Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 21:03 PM Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5243 Dale Findell                         349J Joey Shipp                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.014 11.979 108.74                    -0.017 11.074 117.00
        M/SA  Dial: 11.92 (+/-):  0.059           G/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Boudreau  ) 0.048 11.947  0.017      (R Kaekel    ) 0.037 11.041  0.041
E2    (J Emmons    ) 0.009 11.988 -0.002      (A Candies   ) 0.108 11.132 -0.018
E1    (J Santangelo) 0.005 11.887  0.017      (B Noland    ) 0.003 11.050  0.040
 Qualified:            #21 11.788 -1.062                       #61 11.024 -0.976

8:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,515 feet.

Shipp is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Findell.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                        37 Brina Splingaire             
E4                  -0.008  9.602 136.81     ****WINNER****  0.080  9.286 127.20
        FS/D  Dial: 9.61 (+/-): -0.008            FS/B  Dial: 9.20 (+/-):  0.086
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Collins   ) 0.020  9.719  0.139      (S Reuland   ) 0.032  9.212  0.042
E2    (E McCormick ) 0.039  9.752  0.082      (A Hill      ) 0.089  9.339  0.079
E1    (R Lyn Butner) 0.035  9.601 -0.019      (J McCarthy  ) 0.072  9.477  0.267
 Qualified:            #57  9.617 -0.983                      #129  9.179 -0.821

Glasbrenner misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Splingaire.

Splingaire will take on Findell in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  427 Jarrod Granier                       313Y T.C. Morris                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.045 10.324 122.49                     0.041 10.840 121.52
        B/SA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.044           E/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Marshall  ) -0.019 10.255 -0.015      (B Kopejtka  ) 0.091 10.855  0.065
E2    (T Boucher   ) 0.009 10.372  0.002      (D Vaught    ) 0.125 10.901  0.001
E1    (C Hopkins   ) 0.033 10.283  0.003      (C Butcher   ) 0.038 10.837  0.007
 Qualified:            #88 10.320 -0.930                       #80 10.757 -0.943

A coin flip off of the line, Granier is able to gets the stripe and take the win.

Jarrod Granier's MOV: 0.0022 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 C166 Cliff Hynson                         338H Tony Fagnilli                
E4                  -0.032  9.019 147.70     ****WINNER****  0.030  8.450 161.83
        FS/B  Dial: 8.99 (+/-):  0.029           FS/AA  Dial: 8.40 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Caldwell  ) 0.036  8.984 -1.016      (J Hidalgo   ) 0.082  8.390  0.000
E2    (P Stalba    ) 0.054  9.419  0.039      (E V. Buth   ) 0.120  8.554  0.044
E1    (D Duell     ) 0.046  9.332  0.002      (M Freeman   ) 0.068  8.463  0.003
 Qualified:           #114  9.132 -0.868                       #58  8.420 -0.980

Hynson leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Fagnilli.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Ray Thurston                         5424 Ryan Korish                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.021 11.102 106.63                    -0.037 10.301 129.55
        G/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.052            C/S  Dial: 10.24 (+/-):  0.061
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Williams  ) 0.010 11.027  0.017      (B Wilson    ) 0.062 10.244  0.034
E2    (T Datweiler ) 0.020 11.133  0.023      (P Candies   ) 0.002 10.366  0.076
E1    (J Reed      ) 0.060 11.047  0.007      (B Martel    ) 0.011 10.240 -0.040
 Qualified:            #92 11.077 -0.923                        #4 10.186 -1.164

Korish is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Thurston.

Thurston will take on Granier in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4056 Hunter Pierdolla                       35 Rusty Hall                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.297 119.27                     0.027 11.620 108.05
        B/SA  Dial: 10.26 (+/-):  0.037            K/S  Dial: 11.55 (+/-):  0.070
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Doll      ) 0.023 10.188 -1.062      (B Rogers    ) 0.011 11.550  0.060
E2    (J DeFrank   ) 1.238 18.542  7.292      (K Shipp     ) 0.014 11.617 -0.013
E1    (A Williams  ) 0.053 10.287  0.027      (B Bender    ) 0.106 11.590  0.080
 Qualified:            #55 10.264 -0.986                       #15 11.468 -1.082

Pierdolla gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Hall for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3120 Lyn Smith                             224 Brad Plourd                  
E4                   0.061 10.779 122.19     ****WINNER****  0.069 10.618 118.49
        E/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.029           C/SA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Decker    ) 0.048 10.735  0.005      (C Howes     ) 0.032 10.617  0.067
E2    (S Smith     ) 0.106 10.852  0.012      (E Monahan   ) 0.018 10.734  0.014
E1    (L Scott Libe) 0.025 10.759 -0.001      (M Trumble   ) 0.041 10.511 -0.119
 Qualified:            #86 10.768 -0.932                       #62 10.424 -0.976

Smith with the advantage off of the line but Plourd takes the stripe and the win.

Brad Plourd's MOV: 0.0035 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

plourd will take on Fagnilli in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3034 Zachary Nash                         3922 Julie Biermann               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.815 130.00                     0.078 NT NS
        FS/D  Dial: 9.74 (+/-):  0.075            D/SA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.107
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Holmes    ) 0.019  9.761  0.041      (P Merolla   ) 0.031 10.687  0.067
E2    (C Saurbaugh ) 0.002  9.910  0.100      (D Tool      ) 0.088 10.781  0.031
E1    (M Antrobius ) 0.137  9.774 -0.006      (J Decker    ) 0.062 10.670  0.040
 Qualified:           #132  9.805 -0.795                      #107 10.665 -0.885

Nash gets the advantage off of the line for the win. Biermann collects the top end timing blocks

Nash will take on Pierdolla in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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