Fri, 13 Mar 2020, 13:01 PM Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2109 Korey Alexander                      1986 Shane Oakes                  
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.015 11.729  94.07
        J/SA  Dial: 12.45 (+/-): 87.549           J/SA  Dial: 12.45 (+/-): -0.721
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Richard   )       No Time            (D Kincaid   ) 0.077 11.555  0.015
 Qualified:            #40 11.682 -0.768                       #26 11.614 -0.836

Heads-up! Alexander is a no-show to give Oakes the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   22 Jeff Strickland                      2106 Roy Caraway                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  9.198 147.12                     0.057 11.252 115.08
        FS/B  Dial: 9.19 (+/-):  0.008            H/SA  Dial: 11.29 (+/-): -0.038
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Jordan    ) 0.036  9.129 -0.031      (E Brooks    ) 0.051 11.244  0.014
 Qualified:            #30  9.168 -0.832                       #15 11.251 -0.899

Strickland with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 K169 Bill Kelly                            350 Doug Duell                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017 11.209 118.30                     0.058 10.540 123.66
         H/S  Dial: 11.23 (+/-): -0.021           C/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-): -0.040
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Lowe      ) 0.065 11.209  0.009      (J Warren    ) 0.028 10.523  0.013
 Qualified:            #36 11.187 -0.813                       #22 10.550 -0.850

Kelly with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3154 Gary Russell                         4422 Wes Neely                    
E2                   0.015 15.677  50.94     ****WINNER****  0.054 11.863  89.52
         A/S  Dial: 10.08 (+/-):  5.597           I/SA  Dial: 11.65 (+/-):  0.213
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Roberts   ) 0.052 10.178  0.178      (J Adkinson  ) 0.026 11.625  0.105
 Qualified:             #5  9.976 -0.974                       #49 11.607 -0.693

Russell with the starting line advantage, but has problems and Neely gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 R228 Jacob Rutledge                        243 Roy Hill                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052 11.850 111.54                     0.042  8.654 149.13
        K/SA  Dial: 11.83 (+/-):  0.020           FS/A  Dial: 8.68 (+/-): -0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Reiter    ) 0.073 11.840  0.000                     -0.095 14.659  4.959
 Qualified:            #45 11.915 -0.735                        #1  8.571 -1.129

Hill with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Rutledge the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 W255 George Warren                        2530 Peter Noriega                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009 11.111 118.28                    -0.056 12.021 108.88
        F/SA  Dial: 11.12 (+/-): -0.009           M/SA  Dial: 12.05 (+/-): -0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Miller    ) 0.005 11.087 -0.003      (T Barrett   ) 0.121 12.034  0.024
 Qualified:            #41 11.089 -0.761                       #27 12.015 -0.835

Noriega goes red to give Warren the win, who had a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 505B Michael Brand II                       28 Eddie Longhany Jr            
E2                   0.012 10.854 123.01     ****WINNER****  0.025 10.393 122.97
        D/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.064           A/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.043
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Stickles  ) 0.010 10.870  0.080      (S Libersher ) 0.002 10.477  0.207
 Qualified:            #21 10.699 -0.851                       #35 10.186 -0.814

Brand with the starting line advantage, but Longhany Jr. chased him down for the win in a close one. Eddie Longhany Jr's MOV: 0.0086 seconds (approximately 19 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  190 Frank Aragona                        206F Steve Foley                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.105 10.461 101.75                     0.109 24.739  53.46
        A/SA  Dial: 10.09 (+/-):  0.371           C/SA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-): 13.929
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Anderson  ) 0.068 10.213  0.143      (M Rover     ) 0.022 10.822  0.042
 Qualified:            #10 10.060 -0.940                       #54 10.792 -0.608

Aragona with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2367 Greg Lubben                          3321 Marion Stephenson            
E2                  -0.158 10.664 124.33     ****WINNER****  0.025 10.490 126.68
        C/SA  Dial: 10.66 (+/-):  0.004           B/SA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Longhany  ) 0.052 10.637 -0.023      (M Freeman   ) 0.089 10.466  0.056
 Qualified:            #43 10.649 -0.751                       #29 10.417 -0.833

Lubben goes red to give Stephenson the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 400D Slate Cummings                       2128 Case Volkman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005 10.357 114.47                    -0.023 11.631 112.90
        B/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.007           J/SA  Dial: 11.60 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Bulriss   ) 0.011 10.451  0.151      (W Mylin     ) 0.025 11.628  0.048
 Qualified:             #9 10.300 -0.950                       #24 11.613 -0.837

Volkman goes red to give Cummings the win, who has a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4520 David Latino                          541 Larry DeForrest              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.522 125.25                    -0.050  9.789 105.90
        C/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.002           FS/C  Dial: 9.51 (+/-):  0.279
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Thibert   ) 0.052 10.775  0.205      (H Meeks     ) 0.011  9.489  0.049
 Qualified:            #31 10.570 -0.830                       #17  9.415 -0.885

DeForrest goes red to give Latino the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1340 Scott Gove                           400B Britt Cummings               
E2                   0.151  9.990 131.10     ****WINNER****  0.023 10.154 124.08
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-): -0.010           A/SA  Dial: 10.09 (+/-):  0.064
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Bakies    ) 0.029  9.974  0.094      (J Hidalgo Jr) 0.019 10.079 -0.001
 Qualified:            #23  9.853 -0.847                        #8 10.048 -0.952

Cummings with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1151 Ron Urquhart                           21 Jeff Harrington              
E2                   0.070 11.033 118.23     ****WINNER****  0.046 10.189 131.19
        F/SA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-): -0.037           FS/E  Dial: 10.20 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Wilkes    ) 0.056 11.043  0.033      (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.045 10.182  0.082
 Qualified:            #19 10.985 -0.865                       #33 10.123 -0.827

Harrington with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   33 Austin Alvey                         1967 Jim Marshall                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.063 11.236 113.43                     0.046 11.401 113.86
        G/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-):  0.006           I/SA  Dial: 11.37 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Martens   ) 0.043 11.191  0.011      (G Pinkston  ) 0.113 11.685  0.405
 Qualified:            #47 11.269 -0.731                        #3 11.289 -1.011

Marshall with the starting line advantage, but Alvey chased him down for the win in a close one. Austin Alvey's MOV: 0.0088 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      1109 John Gray                    
E2                  -0.009 10.878  97.43     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.947 132.10
        D/SA  Dial: 10.66 (+/-):  0.218          AA/SA  Dial: 9.92 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Hidalgo   ) 0.000 10.654  0.054      (S LaMar     ) 0.061  9.832 -0.008
 Qualified:            #13 10.637 -0.913                       #28  9.866 -0.834

Shipp is a little too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Gray the win who had a great light.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

E-mail rick@fastnews.net for information about supporting these reports.

NHRA: 10 Most Recent Entries [ top ]

May 21- Second JEGS SPORTSnationals Added, to be held in mid-August in New England
May 20- DENSO Sponsors NHRA Champs' Shelter-in-Place Dachshund Race
May 14- To Our Racing Community-From Racers for Christ
May 13- The Name Game Part I
May 12- Morgan Lucas, Son of Forrest and Charlotte Lucas, Appointed President of Lucas Oil Products, Inc.
May 05- Cancellation of the 14th Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
May 04- NHRA Announces Revised Plan to Restart 2020 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
Apr 29- DSR Drivers Join Global Superstars in Fight for COVID-19 Relief
Apr 02- NHRA National Dragster will Temporarily Shift to a Free-to-All Digital Magazine
Apr 02- NHRA Announces Revised E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Drag Racing Series Schedule