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Sat, 03 Oct 2026, 09:59 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  776 Doug Lambeck                         3034 Zachary Nash                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010 10.025 130.49                           No Time      
        A/SA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.025           FS/D  Dial: 10.00 (+/-): 89.999
 Qualified:            #30 10.091 -0.909                       #59 11.322  0.722
Weather conditions: air temperature 52 degrees, relative humidity 83 percent, barometer 30.24 inches, adjusted altitude -43 feet.

Nash is a no-show to give Lambeck the freebie.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  427 Jarrod Granier                       3066 Nathan Riley                 
E1                   0.071 10.301 123.66     ****WINNER****  0.021 10.103 123.28
        B/SA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.021         AAA/SA  Dial: 10.04 (+/-):  0.063
 Qualified:            #29 10.339 -0.911                       #58 10.264 -0.136
Riley with the starting line advantage for the win in a close one. Nathan Riley's MOV: 0.0085 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Jamey Picht                           858 Jarmo Markkanen              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028 11.051 100.39                           No Time      
        F/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-):  0.171            B/S  Dial: 10.47 (+/-): 89.529
 Qualified:            #28 10.933 -0.917                       #57 11.059 -0.141
Markkanen with problems on the starting line and Picht with the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4041 Verne Buchanan                       5317 Scott Dugdale                
E1                   0.040 11.113 118.00     ****WINNER****  0.015 11.154 114.84
        G/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  0.013            I/S  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.034
 Qualified:            #41 11.221 -0.779                       #12 11.209 -0.991
Dugdale with the starting line advantage for the win in a close one. Scott Dugdale's MOV: 0.0048 seconds (approximately 10 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3074 Tommy Turner                         2035 Mike Welfel                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013 11.945  97.11                    -0.007 10.578 123.88
         K/S  Dial: 11.80 (+/-):  0.145            E/S  Dial: 10.61 (+/-): -0.032
 Qualified:            #49 11.934 -0.616                       #20 10.682 -0.968
Welfel goes red to give Tuner the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3635 Tom Gillam                            302 Brent Voges                  
E1                   0.055 10.544 119.23     ****WINNER****  0.032 12.435  97.57
         D/S  Dial: 10.56 (+/-): -0.016           M/SA  Dial: 12.44 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:            #25 10.565 -0.935                       #54 12.530 -0.320
Voges with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   47 Jimmy Hidalgo                        5147 James Tolston                
E1                  -0.023 10.952 121.26     ****WINNER****  0.044 10.722 124.53
        G/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-):  0.002            E/S  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.072
 Qualified:             #2 10.898 -1.102                       #31 10.756 -0.894
Hidalgo goes red to give Tolston the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2409 Kenny Bomar                          349J Joey Shipp                   
E1                   0.049 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.049 11.659  83.63
      AAA/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-): 89.899           H/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.549
 Qualified:            #55 10.116 -0.284                       #26 11.219 -0.931
They have identical reaction times, but Bomar with problems right at the hit and pulls out of the groove.

Shipp is straight down the groove for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4688 Mike Cotten                            37 Brina Splingaire             
E1                   0.029 10.904 112.38     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.243 118.67
        F/SA  Dial: 10.68 (+/-):  0.224           FS/B  Dial: 9.11 (+/-):  0.133
 Qualified:             #4 10.780 -1.070                       #33  9.117 -0.883
Splingaire with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4312 PB Candies                           3922 Julie Biermann               
E1                   0.236  9.516 139.83     ****WINNER****  0.020 10.684 118.34
        FS/D  Dial: 9.51 (+/-):  0.006            D/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-):  0.104
 Qualified:            #11  9.596 -1.004                       #40 10.723 -0.827
Biermann with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5680 Marlene Nelson                          4 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.            
E1                  -0.014 11.660 111.23     ****WINNER****  0.033 10.731 122.06
        J/SA  Dial: 11.58 (+/-):  0.080           E/SA  Dial: 10.67 (+/-):  0.061
 Qualified:            #46 11.747 -0.703                       #17 10.725 -0.975
Nelson goes red to give Hidalgo Jr. the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3382 Bruce Kastle                         2030 Corkey Welfel                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066 11.346 116.48                    -0.015 11.044 118.58
        I/SA  Dial: 11.38 (+/-): -0.034           H/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-):  0.004
 Qualified:            #35 11.428 -0.872                        #6 11.112 -1.038
Welfel goes red to give Kastle the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5111 Trista Fenner                        3120 Lyn Smith                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029 10.193 120.63                     0.029 10.646 122.48
         A/S  Dial: 10.18 (+/-):  0.013           E/SA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #51 10.377 -0.573                       #22 10.734 -0.966
They have identical reaction times and smith takes too much stripe to give Fenner the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2020 Brenda Grubbs                        4192 Brett Candies                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.701 126.68                     0.073  9.175 144.44
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.64 (+/-):  0.061            FS/B  Dial: 9.20 (+/-): -0.025
 Qualified:            #18  9.726 -0.974                       #47  9.304 -0.696
Grubbs with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1990 David Barton                         3321 Marion Stephenson            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006 10.149 129.68                     0.064  9.564 122.72
        FS/E  Dial: 10.13 (+/-):  0.019           FS/D  Dial: 9.55 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #42 10.198 -0.752                       #13  9.612 -0.988
Barton with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  543 Billy Maddox                         5120 Jacob Picht                  
E1                   0.050  9.207 140.72     ****WINNER****  0.032 11.002 112.53
        FS/C  Dial: 9.21 (+/-): -0.003            F/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-):  0.092
 Qualified:             #7  9.286 -1.014                       #36 10.986 -0.864
Picht with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5939 Dave Picht                           313Y T.C. Morris                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038 10.792 119.87                     0.075 10.687 120.50
         C/S  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.042           E/SA  Dial: 10.67 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #53 10.834 -0.516                       #24 10.747 -0.953
Picht with the starting line advantage for the win. Dave Picht's MOV: 0.0127 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3186 Drew Whalen                          4313 Anne Candies                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.089 10.513 115.93                     0.291 11.584 111.34
        C/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-):  0.033           K/SA  Dial: 11.57 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #39 10.567 -0.833                       #10 11.645 -1.005
Whalen with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3082 Brett Saurbaugh                       350 Doug Duell                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  9.964 125.00                     0.112 10.864 109.13
        AA/S  Dial: 9.92 (+/-):  0.044            F/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.074
 Qualified:            #43  9.951 -0.749                       #14 10.862 -0.988
Saurbaugh with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Jeff Cheney                            34 Cody Herron                  
E1                  -0.004 10.443 123.98     ****WINNER**** -0.016  8.863 151.22
        C/SA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-): -0.047           FS/B  Dial: 8.85 (+/-):  0.013
 Qualified:            #34 10.521 -0.879                        #5  8.932 -1.068
Cheney goes red to give Herron the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3009 James Reed                           505B Michael Brand                
E1                   0.003  8.996 148.10     ****WINNER****  0.053  8.603 156.21
        FS/A  Dial: 9.70 (+/-): -0.704            FS/A  Dial: 9.70 (+/-): -1.097
 Qualified:            #50  9.104 -0.596                       #21  8.733 -0.967
Heads-up!

Reed with a great light, but Brand chased him down for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3027 Doug Deck                            2124 Jeff Strickland              
E1                   0.040 11.112   NS       ****WINNER****  0.011  9.276   NS  
         G/S  Dial: 11.12 (+/-): -0.008           FS/C  Dial: 9.26 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:            #48 11.263 -0.637                       #19  9.326 -0.974
Strickland with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1967 Jim Marshall                         5307 Sophia Diekema               
E1                   0.020 11.355 113.66     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.917 118.98
        J/SA  Dial: 11.37 (+/-): -0.015           F/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-): -0.013
 Qualified:             #9 11.442 -1.008                       #38 11.007 -0.843
Marshall with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Diekema the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   33 Steven Dziorny                       5411 Chris Knudsen                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027 11.945 104.35                     0.040 10.260 131.68
        K/SA  Dial: 11.83 (+/-):  0.115            B/S  Dial: 10.14 (+/-):  0.120
 Qualified:            #45 11.927 -0.723                       #16 10.221 -0.979
Dziorny with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4056 Hunter Pierdolla                       15 Paul Stalba                  
E1                  -0.008 10.699  98.22     ****WINNER****  0.035 10.207 117.92
        A/SA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.629           B/SA  Dial: 10.19 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #37 10.146 -0.854                        #8 10.241 -1.009
Pierdolla goes red to give Stalba the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 325F Jesse Fritts                         4520 David Latino                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003 10.200 124.81                     0.046 10.366 116.85
        FS/E  Dial: 10.19 (+/-):  0.010           C/SA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #44 10.225 -0.725                       #15 10.415 -0.985
Fritts with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5676 Bryan Heath                          5306 Johnny Diekema               
E1                   0.083 10.195 119.07     ****WINNER****  0.055 10.029 125.48
        B/SA  Dial: 10.14 (+/-):  0.055           AA/S  Dial: 9.98 (+/-):  0.049
 Qualified:            #23 10.285 -0.965                       #52 10.169 -0.531
Diekema with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2974 Johnson Raynor                       5500 Randy Mans                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019 11.191 112.74                     0.088  9.900 120.52
        H/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-):  0.001            A/S  Dial: 9.83 (+/-):  0.070
 Qualified:            #32 11.256 -0.894                        #3  9.849 -1.101
Raynor with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1994 Katie Sepanek                        473C James Carter                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015 11.288 111.69                     0.028 11.038 112.67
        I/SA  Dial: 11.32 (+/-): -0.032           D/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-): -0.072
 Qualified:            #27 11.378 -0.922                       #56 11.371 -0.179
Sepanek with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                3391 Jerry Bennett                
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.043 10.577 106.01
                                                  D/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -0.973
 Qualified:                                                       #1 10.439 -1.111
Bennett with the bye run.

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