Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 10:34 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
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BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 44th annual
NHRA Brainerd Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5411 Chris Knudsen 55 Jeff Chaney
E2 -0.004 10.262 130.58 ****WINNER**** 0.030 10.725 119.14
B/S Dial: 10.25 (+/-): 0.012 C/SA Dial: 10.73 (+/-): -0.005
Prior rounds:
E1 (K Leinart ) 0.023 10.271 0.041 (C Line ) 0.067 10.722 -0.048
Qualified: #10 10.307 -0.893 #26 10.608 -0.792
Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 30.12 inches,
adjusted altitude 2,067 feet. Knudsen goes red to give Chaney the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5330 Jordin Jurgens 5263 Larry Curtis
E2 0.019 11.051 118.34 ****WINNER**** 0.012 9.838 137.18
G/SA Dial: 11.07 (+/-): -0.019 FS/E Dial: 9.82 (+/-): 0.018
Prior rounds:
E1 (D McGaugh ) 0.036 11.211 0.111 (J Picht ) 0.025 9.888 0.048
Qualified: #19 11.163 -0.837 #3 9.943 -1.007
Curtis with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5031 Michael Barrett 5023 Tom Barrett
E2 0.073 10.166 124.98 ****WINNER**** 0.048 10.651 110.45
A/SA Dial: 10.19 (+/-): -0.024 B/S Dial: 10.55 (+/-): 0.101
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Cotten ) 0.007 10.240 -0.010 (N Lapointe ) 0.034 10.648 0.028
Qualified: #38 10.338 -0.662 #54 10.675 -0.525
Barrett with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
601 Cody Lane 5406 Kevin Hemenway
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.024 9.222 122.63 0.161 13.082 100.35
FS/B Dial: 9.10 (+/-): 0.122 AF/S Dial: 13.00 (+/-): 0.082
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Fairchild ) 0.046 9.141 0.031 (L Gottschalk) 0.039 13.101 0.101
Qualified: #36 9.318 -0.682 #20 13.016 -0.834
Lane with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5128 Denny Nelson 5751 Lee Johnson
E2 -0.013 10.319 126.99 ****WINNER**** 0.064 10.624 124.08
B/SA Dial: 10.30 (+/-): 0.019 D/SA Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.076
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Hutar ) 0.083 10.381 -0.089 (G Krause ) 0.038 10.699 -0.001
Qualified: #31 10.515 -0.735 #15 10.683 -0.867
Nelson goes red to give Johnson the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
473C James Carter 5676 Bryan Heath
E2 0.029 11.165 104.55 ****WINNER**** 0.034 10.323 120.65
D/SA Dial: 11.20 (+/-): -0.035 B/SA Dial: 10.26 (+/-): 0.063
Prior rounds:
E1 (E Mosbek ) 0.040 11.231 -0.009 (B Kopejtka ) 0.090 10.313 -0.027
Qualified: #64 11.329 -0.221 #16 10.391 -0.859
Carter with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Heath the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
54 Jamey Picht 7797 Don Keen
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.004 10.953 112.92 0.050 10.213 130.02
F/SA Dial: 10.92 (+/-): 0.033 C/S Dial: 10.22 (+/-): -0.007
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Fenner ) 0.012 11.041 0.051 (N Bredemus ) 0.054 10.300 -0.020
Qualified: #24 11.045 -0.805 #8 10.393 -0.957
Picht with a great light for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5307 Sophia Diekema 5006 Dan Jeska
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.048 11.007 118.55 -0.049 11.885 111.44
F/SA Dial: 11.04 (+/-): -0.033 M/SA Dial: 11.91 (+/-): -0.025
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Koivisto ) 0.049 11.112 0.032 (J Findell ) 0.051 11.944 0.024
Qualified: #37 11.187 -0.663 #21 12.021 -0.829
Jeska goes red to give Diekema the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
539 Glen DeMenge 5210 Hannah Line
E2 -0.010 9.830 133.76 ****WINNER**** 0.019 10.552 124.11
AAA/SA Dial: 9.81 (+/-): 0.020 D/SA Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.018
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Storey ) 0.045 9.883 -0.017 (T Mosbek ) 0.013 10.601 0.011
Qualified: #60 9.979 -0.421 #12 10.669 -0.881
DeMenge goes red to give Line the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
555 Al Corda 5939 Dave Picht
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.046 10.047 121.04 0.066 10.892 122.89
AA/SA Dial: 10.02 (+/-): 0.027 C/S Dial: 10.86 (+/-): 0.032
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Barrett ) 0.033 10.061 0.011 (M Johnston ) 0.035 10.917 0.057
Qualified: #43 10.075 -0.625 #59 10.927 -0.423
Coda with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5390 Lance Line 506 Trent Pfisthner
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.218 10.232 124.97 0.233 10.543 122.74
C/S Dial: 10.25 (+/-): -0.018 B/SA Dial: 10.51 (+/-): 0.033
Prior rounds:
E1 -0.110 10.258 0.258 (M Malenke ) 0.081 10.644 -0.006
Qualified: #1 10.226 -1.124 #50 10.680 -0.570
Line with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5058 Brian Anderson 5036 Dirk Olson
E2 -0.033 10.146 129.22 ****WINNER**** 0.003 9.999 133.33
A/SA Dial: 10.15 (+/-): -0.004 AA/S Dial: 9.98 (+/-): 0.019
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Diekema ) 0.034 10.220 0.010 (P Theobald ) 0.038 10.039 0.009
Qualified: #29 10.252 -0.748 #45 10.084 -0.616
Anderson goes red to give Olson the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
51 Logan Wernet 858 Jarmo Markkanen
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.024 11.101 113.50 0.027 10.497 119.92
E/SA Dial: 11.08 (+/-): 0.021 B/S Dial: 10.53 (+/-): -0.033
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Hutar ) 0.048 11.139 -0.001 (B Line ) 0.031 10.534 0.004
Qualified: #57 11.256 -0.444 #41 10.563 -0.637
Wernet with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
H507 Joseph Harry Bye
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.084 10.450 125.89
B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.800
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Mans ) 0.034 10.483 -0.047
Qualified: #34 10.545 -0.705 Bye
Harry with the bye run.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5317 Scott Dugdale 1778 Joe Santangelo
E2 0.006 11.357 114.49 ****WINNER**** 0.015 10.356 113.45
I/S Dial: 11.41 (+/-): -0.053 B/SA Dial: 10.34 (+/-): 0.016
Prior rounds:
E1 (P Anderson ) 0.079 11.455 0.005 (M Nelson ) 0.036 10.401 0.041
Qualified: #33 11.480 -0.720 #17 10.406 -0.844
Dugdale with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Santangelo the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
580 Steve Couch X501 Clayton Mattson
E2 0.068 10.857 117.47 ****WINNER**** 0.015 10.797 118.91
FS/H Dial: 10.83 (+/-): 0.027 F/SA Dial: 10.74 (+/-): 0.057
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Findell ) 0.086 10.876 -0.054 (R Hutar ) 0.036 10.802 -0.028
Qualified: #55 10.989 -0.511 #7 10.887 -0.963
Mattson with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2455 Jason Line 5583 Dan Zrust
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.038 11.550 114.96 -0.037 10.996 106.01
G/SA Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.150 A/SA Dial: 10.45 (+/-): 0.546
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Feist ) 0.047 11.903 0.203 (J Tolston ) 0.078 10.488 0.158
Qualified: #62 11.645 -0.355 #46 10.385 -0.615
Zrust goes red to give Line the win.
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