Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 09:00 AM Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Larry Sullivan |
HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA, Fourth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
11 Lee Zane 3295 John Dinkel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 11.125 92.44 0.088 11.643 114.16
D/SA Dial: 10.86 (+/-): 0.265 A/SA Dial: 10.71 (+/-): 0.933
Qualified: #33 10.845 -1.005 #74 10.736 -0.564
8:21 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 73 percent, barometer 29.31 inches, adjusted
altitude 1,320 feet, track temperature 64 degrees. Should be lots of breakouts this morning.Dinkel slowed on the top
end.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
751 Ben Wenzel 3751 Terry Nagel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.121 10.720 122.57 -0.045 11.286 115.75
D/S Dial: 10.76 (+/-): -0.040 F/SA Dial: 11.34 (+/-): -0.054
Qualified: #16 10.729 -1.071 #57 11.281 -0.869
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3188 Marvin Robinson 3428 Tom Rambo
E1 -0.028 11.769 113.20 ****WINNER**** 0.157 11.323 115.42
F/SA Dial: 11.70 (+/-): 0.069 G/SA Dial: 11.32 (+/-): 0.003
Qualified: #77 11.730 -0.420 #36 11.313 -0.987
Lots of red bulbs today.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1044 John Shaul 3616 Judy McCormack
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.083 9.942 132.48 -0.051 12.215 97.74
AA/SA Dial: 9.96 (+/-): -0.018 K/SA Dial: 12.05 (+/-): 0.165
Qualified: #45 9.969 -0.931 #4 11.770 -1.180
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3187 Billy Baker 3066 Bert Morgan
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.025 11.298 115.30 -0.121 17.300 52.83
G/SA Dial: 11.34 (+/-): -0.042 Q/SA Dial: 12.95 (+/-): 4.350
Qualified: #42 11.343 -0.957 #1 12.846 -1.254
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3954 John Keihn 3023 Chuck Belanger
E1 0.071 12.270 97.42 ****WINNER**** 0.090 11.336 113.01
J/SA Dial: 12.31 (+/-): -0.040 G/SA Dial: 11.29 (+/-): 0.046
Qualified: #78 12.342 -0.408 #37 11.314 -0.986
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1329 Denny Ford 1351 Tex Miller
E1 0.023 10.567 127.51 ****WINNER**** 0.035 11.178 108.10
A/S Dial: 10.44 (+/-): 0.127 F/SA Dial: 11.09 (+/-): 0.088
Qualified: #69 10.453 -0.797 #28 11.128 -1.022
Tex Miller's MOV: 0.0276 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3340 Chuck Beach 3241 Tom Reese
E1 0.077 11.114 104.80 ****WINNER**** 0.000 13.024 101.35
F/SA Dial: 11.15 (+/-): -0.036 P/SA Dial: 12.99 (+/-): 0.034
Qualified: #17 11.091 -1.059 #58 12.887 -0.863
Nice job by Reese, starting with a perfect light. Tom Reese's package: 0.034.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1041 Steven Welker 368 Ed Bennett III
E1 0.081 21.799 36.18 ****WINNER**** 0.170 10.689 123.29
B/SA Dial: 11.55 (+/-): 10.249 B/SA Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -0.861
Qualified: #19 10.498 -1.052 #60 10.692 -0.858
Welker's car broke on the launch and Bennett won the heads-up contest.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3488 Donald Long 1134 Tom Kreeber
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.014 11.407 112.23 0.053 11.488 113.99
G/SA Dial: 11.40 (+/-): 0.007 I/SA Dial: 11.49 (+/-): -0.002
Qualified: #53 11.410 -0.890 #12 11.498 -1.102
Donald Long's package: 0.021.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3200 Tim Lowe 31 Greg Hill
E1 -0.012 12.067 107.79 ****WINNER**** 0.046 10.860 119.96
L/SA Dial: 12.08 (+/-): -0.013 E/SA Dial: 10.83 (+/-): 0.030
Qualified: #46 12.078 -0.922 #5 10.826 -1.174
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3651 Bob Gere 2172 Bill Harris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 11.917 108.69 0.101 11.044 119.82
L/SA Dial: 11.89 (+/-): 0.027 D/SA Dial: 10.97 (+/-): 0.074
Qualified: #13 11.905 -1.095 #54 10.966 -0.884
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3569 Patrick Downing 1634 Briane Philbrick
E1 0.084 13.080 93.82 ****WINNER**** 0.059 13.044 104.07
P/SA Dial: 13.90 (+/-): -0.820 Q/SA Dial: 13.04 (+/-): 0.004
Qualified: #59 12.889 -0.861 #18 13.042 -1.058
Downing's dial-in doesn't look right and he breaks out by a ton.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3656 Bruce Witherspoon 3548 Charley Downing
E1 0.047 11.126 118.99 ****WINNER**** 0.027 12.348 103.71
G/SA Dial: 11.29 (+/-): -0.164 M/SA Dial: 12.47 (+/-): -0.122
Qualified: #7 11.158 -1.142 #48 12.243 -0.907
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3277 Rick Winchester 3850 Lewis Conkey
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.041 11.352 115.62 0.033 12.310 107.28
H/SA Dial: 11.32 (+/-): 0.032 M/S Dial: 12.25 (+/-): 0.060
Qualified: #10 11.328 -1.122 #51 12.250 -0.900
Rick Winchester's MOV: 0.0201 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3377 Joe Marcinowski 3002 Doug Baker
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 12.231 105.78 0.047 10.749 116.58
H/SA Dial: 12.20 (+/-): 0.031 C/SA Dial: 10.73 (+/-): 0.019
Qualified: #81 12.258 -0.192 #40 10.740 -0.960
Joe Marcinowski's MOV: 0.0038 seconds (approximately 8 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3385 Jim Nichols 3533 Brett McFarland
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.001 10.641 124.22 0.119 10.106 128.89
B/SA Dial: 10.61 (+/-): 0.031 A/S Dial: 10.18 (+/-): -0.074
Qualified: #49 10.646 -0.904 #8 10.113 -1.137
Nichols cut the tree down and McFarland spent a lot of time with the wheels in the air. Jim Nichols' package:
0.032.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3990 Tim Gillespie 3139 Ron Seibenick
E1 0.098 11.150 115.32 ****WINNER**** 0.061 17.137 78.24
F/SA Dial: 11.17 (+/-): -0.020 EF/S Dial: 17.15 (+/-): -0.013
Qualified: #32 11.144 -1.006 #73 17.176 -0.574
Seibenick wins the double-breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3057 Bret Velde 3852 David Edwards
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.014 11.079 120.37 -0.022 10.669 123.32
A/S Dial: 10.80 (+/-): 0.279 C/SA Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.031
Qualified: #76 10.757 -0.493 #35 10.706 -0.994
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3372 Dan Walcott 3120 Lyn Smith
E1 0.099 11.123 118.74 ****WINNER**** 0.035 11.183 117.48
E/SA Dial: 11.15 (+/-): -0.027 F/SA Dial: 11.13 (+/-): 0.053
Qualified: #64 11.157 -0.843 #23 11.106 -1.044
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1880 Steve Sweitzer 3240 Bobby Michael
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 12.061 108.19 0.026 12.269 107.79
H/SA Dial: 12.07 (+/-): -0.009 N/SA Dial: 12.32 (+/-): -0.051
Qualified: #79 12.053 -0.397 #38 12.317 -0.983
Almost identical lights, Sweitzer with the smaller breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3726 Terry Dye 3421 Dick Kincaid
E1 0.066 13.913 86.16 ****WINNER**** 0.071 10.861 121.14
BF/S Dial: 13.94 (+/-): -0.027 C/SA Dial: 10.84 (+/-): 0.021
Qualified: #11 13.841 -1.109 #52 10.807 -0.893
Dye took too much stripe and Kincaid gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
396 Mike Fuller 1967 Jim Marshall
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.003 10.622 123.20 -0.045 11.027 118.66
B/SA Dial: 10.63 (+/-): -0.008 F/SA Dial: 11.02 (+/-): 0.007
Qualified: #50 10.647 -0.903 #9 11.028 -1.122
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3222 Chris Stephenson 3969 Joe Martens
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.022 12.969 86.23 -0.001 10.542 126.85
L/SA Dial: 12.77 (+/-): 0.199 B/S Dial: 10.62 (+/-): -0.078
Qualified: #80 12.799 -0.201 #39 10.527 -0.973
Martens went red by "a lousy thou."
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3393 Darrell Steiger 441 Mitch Truman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 11.600 105.52 0.277 11.084 112.55
G/SA Dial: 11.47 (+/-): 0.130 D/SA Dial: 11.11 (+/-): -0.026
Qualified: #30 11.287 -1.013 #71 11.097 -0.753
Steiger's new "Sublime Lime" Dart is really, really green - and it's a winner, Truman really, really late.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3535 Rick Baehr 3218 Paul Boster
E1 -0.019 12.335 106.41 ****WINNER**** 0.036 10.499 126.49
M/SA Dial: 12.34 (+/-): -0.005 B/SA Dial: 10.50 (+/-): -0.001
Qualified: #62 12.302 -0.848 #21 10.500 -1.050
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
383 Larry Hill 3664 Bryan Merkle
E1 0.079 10.360 127.15 ****WINNER**** 0.025 11.245 111.68
A/SA Dial: 10.28 (+/-): 0.080 C/SA Dial: 11.15 (+/-): 0.095
Qualified: #34 10.296 -1.004 #75 11.176 -0.524
Hill's "new" Barracuda is a sharp-looking car, but Bryan Merkle's MOV: 0.0390 seconds (approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
198 Steve Szupka 39 Keith Lynch
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 11.822 111.84 0.040 10.294 120.21
J/SA Dial: 11.79 (+/-): 0.032 A/SA Dial: 10.26 (+/-): 0.034
Qualified: #65 11.913 -0.837 #24 10.257 -1.043
Steve Szupka's MOV: 0.0166 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3206 Steve McFarland 3492 Donnie Beeler
E1 -0.010 10.730 122.87 ****WINNER**** 0.033 11.208 116.82
C/S Dial: 10.74 (+/-): -0.010 G/S Dial: 11.18 (+/-): 0.028
Qualified: #47 10.743 -0.907 #6 11.028 -1.172
McFarland was 0.010 under at both ends of the track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3137 Brian Seibenick 1608 Gary Richard
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.033 14.096 92.66 0.128 10.762 115.05
T/SA Dial: 14.09 (+/-): 0.006 C/SA Dial: 10.72 (+/-): 0.042
Qualified: #72 14.023 -0.677 #31 10.693 -1.007
Brian Seibenick's package: 0.039 with that "big, old" Regal..
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3746 Jack Larsen 1189 Wes McCracken
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.046 15.457 79.91 0.064 10.651 116.13
V/S Dial: 15.45 (+/-): 0.007 B/SA Dial: 10.64 (+/-): 0.011
Qualified: #82 15.459 -0.091 #41 10.591 -0.959
Larsen proves that you don't have to be able to run a second under to win. Jack Larsen's MOV: 0.0224 seconds (approximately 4
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1990 David Barton 308 Greg Fulk
E1 -0.004 10.144 129.22 ****WINNER**** 0.118 12.584 103.36
A/SA Dial: 10.10 (+/-): 0.044 O/SA Dial: 12.54 (+/-): 0.044
Qualified: #3 10.115 -1.185 #44 12.516 -0.934
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3526 Chris Schafer 33 Randy Wilkes
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.099 12.472 106.04 -0.014 10.219 130.63
N/SA Dial: 12.46 (+/-): 0.012 A/SA Dial: 10.24 (+/-): -0.021
Qualified: #63 12.456 -0.844 #22 10.256 -1.044
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3122 Bill Owen 428 Kevin Helms
E1 0.037 14.271 92.32 ****WINNER**** 0.011 11.153 99.77
CF/S Dial: 14.32 (+/-): -0.049 D/SA Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.037
Qualified: #27 14.426 -1.024 #68 11.046 -0.804
Helms broke the Corvette yesterday, but it's a winner today.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
19 Katie Sepanek 3608 Bill Sempsrott
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.023 11.693 108.88 0.035 11.675 110.79
I/SA Dial: 11.66 (+/-): 0.033 K/S Dial: 11.68 (+/-): -0.005
Qualified: #43 11.648 -0.952 #2 11.662 -1.188
Sempsrott took 0.005 too much stripe. Ouch!
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7 Dan Fletcher 3446 Judi Bureski
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 10.662 116.70 0.104 11.240 116.57
B/SA Dial: 10.57 (+/-): 0.092 E/SA Dial: 11.20 (+/-): 0.040
Qualified: #29 10.534 -1.016 #70 11.213 -0.787
Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0154 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
35 Matt Antrobius 3602 Jason McCormack
E1 0.022 11.564 114.71 ****WINNER**** 0.043 10.241 120.56
H/SA Dial: 11.62 (+/-): -0.056 A/S Dial: 10.29 (+/-): -0.049
Qualified: #67 11.627 -0.823 #26 10.220 -1.030
McCormack made a nice wheels-up launch, grabbed second gear with the wheels in the air, and won the double-breakout
race.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1150 Russell Linke 3022 Jennifer McCormack
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.028 11.477 108.79 0.065 11.767 110.40
H/SA Dial: 11.39 (+/-): 0.087 I/SA Dial: 11.71 (+/-): 0.057
Qualified: #14 11.373 -1.077 #55 11.721 -0.879
Russell Linke's MOV: 0.0073 seconds (approximately 14 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1274 Brent Darroch 3205 Larry McFarland
E1 0.028 10.676 122.66 ****WINNER**** 0.044 10.656 125.42
C/S Dial: 10.61 (+/-): 0.066 B/S Dial: 10.61 (+/-): 0.046
Qualified: #20 10.599 -1.051 #61 10.650 -0.850
Stick shifts, a pair. McFarland stood his Mustang on the bumper, landed it hard, and still won by 0.0045 seconds (approximately
10 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
100E Merle Eschman 3384 Mike McGinley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.108 11.244 115.76 No Time
E/SA Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.756 N/SA Dial: 13.30 (+/-): 86.699
Qualified: #66 11.165 -0.835 #25 12.265 -1.035
McGinley was a no-show.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3391 Jerry Bennett 5204 Fred Suiter
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.057 10.473 113.96
D/SA Dial: 11.85 (+/-): 88.149 B/SA Dial: 10.47 (+/-): 0.003
Qualified: #56 10.980 -0.870 #15 10.474 -1.076
Bennett was also a no-show. Suiter did a nice, smooth wheelstand, missed his dial by 0.003.
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