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Sat, 21 Feb 2009, 01:06 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations (Revised)

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - (Revised) Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                                 Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018 10.936 118.76     
       E/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-):  0.026    
 Qualified:             #1 10.856 -1.144                     Bye

9:26 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 28.91 inches, adjusted altitude 1,688 feet, track temperature 68 degrees.

Stock out for it's first round and Steve Wann opens with an odd lot single as the #1 qualifier.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Mark Faul                            7952 Bill Riddle                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.056 11.035 116.59                     0.090 11.205 114.39
       C/SA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-): -0.035           F/SA  Dial: 11.26 (+/-): -0.055
 Qualified:            #63 11.154 -0.546                       #28 11.180 -0.970

Mark Faul wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5300 Al Corda                              323 Rock Haas                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039 10.321 117.00                     0.179 11.931 109.63
       A/SA  Dial: 10.26 (+/-):  0.061           J/SA  Dial: 11.95 (+/-): -0.019
 Qualified:            #13 10.259 -1.041                       #48 11.898 -0.852

Mr. Haas was just a mite late. Win to Corda.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7411 Jon Irving                           7897 Andy Kimball                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041 12.610  82.73                     0.123 11.742 113.81
       L/SA  Dial: 12.28 (+/-):  0.330            E/S  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.802
 Qualified:            #55 12.277 -0.723                       #20 10.933 -1.017

Kimball can't find third gear and Irving gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7881 Chris Denton                          737 Dwight Machael               
E1                   0.460 12.151 110.36     ****WINNER****  0.058 11.007 109.98
       I/SA  Dial: 12.23 (+/-): -0.079           B/SA  Dial: 10.68 (+/-):  0.327
 Qualified:            #68 12.122 -0.478                       #33 10.616 -0.934

Machael caught Denton around half track and played with the throttle the rest of the way.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  724 Robbie Irving                         776 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                   0.088 11.801 111.70     ****WINNER****  0.041 10.388 120.60
       H/SA  Dial: 11.75 (+/-):  0.051           A/SA  Dial: 10.32 (+/-):  0.068
 Qualified:            #58 11.762 -0.688                       #23 10.295 -1.005

Doug Lambeck's MOV: 0.0304 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6791 Tom Gaynor                             77 John McGann                  
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.038 10.826 121.89                     0.006 10.712 121.30
       D/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -1.024           D/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -1.138
 Qualified:            #38 10.942 -0.908                        #3 10.724 -1.126

Heads up! John McGann wins on a red light. Gaynor was reinstated because McGann was DQ'ed for icing.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  741 John Irving                          7941 Tony Janes                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046 11.180 109.97                     0.083 12.488 104.07
       E/SA  Dial: 11.16 (+/-):  0.020           K/SA  Dial: 12.48 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #31 11.059 -0.941                       #66 12.443 -0.507

John Irving's MOV: 0.0254 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5544 Jami Jones                           4782 Steven Hall                  
E1                   0.087 11.260 116.37     ****WINNER****  0.086 10.863 118.31
       G/SA  Dial: 11.21 (+/-):  0.050           C/SA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:             #8 11.208 -1.092                       #43 10.808 -0.892

Even at the hit Steven Hall's MOV: 0.0081 seconds (approximately 17 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7099 Dave Kuhnhoff                        7541 Dallas Theobald              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058 10.966 118.60                    -0.060 10.833 120.80
       E/SA  Dial: 10.96 (+/-):  0.006           C/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-): -0.077
 Qualified:            #14 10.963 -1.037                       #49 10.857 -0.843

Dave Kuhnhoff wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  763 Kelly Pott                           7307 Jeff Jerome                  
E1                   0.043 12.104 104.83     ****WINNER****  0.022 11.357 115.43
        K/S  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): -0.046           G/SA  Dial: 11.35 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #56 12.140 -0.710                       #21 11.285 -1.015

Jeff Jerome wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7031 Greg Luneack                         6300 Glenn Person                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.549 125.55                     0.081 10.706 121.07
       A/SA  Dial: 10.53 (+/-):  0.019           C/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-): -0.044
 Qualified:            #54 10.558 -0.742                       #19 10.679 -1.021

Luneack had the better light and ran Person out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4689 Paula Cotten                         6842 Dan Cyr                      
E1                  -0.034 11.326 115.39     ****WINNER**** -0.147 10.308 127.82
       G/SA  Dial: 11.32 (+/-):  0.006          AA/SA  Dial: 10.34 (+/-): -0.032
 Qualified:            #27 11.328 -0.972                       #62 10.340 -0.560

Dan Cyr wins on a red light. Of course he went red as well. He just did it second.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7593 Richie Pauley                         575 Les Norton                   
E1                   0.072 10.815 121.78     ****WINNER****  0.101 10.270 120.50
       C/SA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-): -0.005           A/SA  Dial: 10.26 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:            #45 10.828 -0.872                       #10 10.248 -1.052

Les Norton wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7063 Brian Sanderson                       759 Dick Clark                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005 10.611 113.51                     0.103 11.093 119.22
       A/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.051           D/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-):  0.093
 Qualified:            #64 10.772 -0.528                       #29 10.894 -0.956

Definitely some throttle whopping going on here. Great light for Sanderson and not so much for Clark.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  704 Joe Accardo                           777 Earl Blake                   
E1                   0.067 10.743 120.75     ****WINNER****  0.002 11.288 115.84
       D/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-): -0.007           F/SA  Dial: 11.27 (+/-):  0.018
 Qualified:             #4 10.727 -1.123                       #39 11.250 -0.900

Earl Blake wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4783 Rusty Hall                           7106 Dave Workman                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.081 10.102 130.83                     0.108 12.541 102.88
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.04 (+/-):  0.062           L/SA  Dial: 12.61 (+/-): -0.069
 Qualified:            #32  9.961 -0.939                       #67 12.499 -0.501

Rusty Hall wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Mike Johnston                        6730 Jim Waldo                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031 10.766 122.86                     0.073 10.452 130.71
       C/SA  Dial: 10.74 (+/-):  0.026           AA/S  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.062
 Qualified:            #24 10.701 -0.999                       #59 10.286 -0.614

Mike Johnston's MOV: 0.0785 seconds (approximately 15 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7402 Tibor Kadar                          7700 Larry Maxwell                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046 12.446  92.20                     0.475 11.218 116.22
       L/SA  Dial: 12.25 (+/-):  0.196           F/SA  Dial: 11.16 (+/-):  0.058
 Qualified:            #51 12.183 -0.817                       #16 11.125 -1.025

Maxwell seemed a bit confused as to which light was his? Actually it appears the drivers look right into the sun as they stare at the tree. Tough job this morning.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1595 Lloyd MacKay                         7220 Jeff Huffman                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031 10.909 118.07                     0.224 10.629 125.25
       C/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-):  0.029            C/S  Dial: 10.63 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:            #50 10.861 -0.839                       #15 10.617 -1.033

Lloyd MacKay wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7616 Ryan Mangus                          6711 Tommy Gaynor                 
E1                   0.079 11.876  99.71     ****WINNER****  0.028 11.097 108.11
       H/SA  Dial: 11.79 (+/-):  0.086           E/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.047
 Qualified:            #57 11.752 -0.698                       #22 10.989 -1.011

Gaynor sends Mangus packing.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7002 Jim Meador                           6621 Chris Barnes                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048 10.861 119.13                     0.069 10.934 121.19
       D/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.021           C/SA  Dial: 10.92 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #18 10.828 -1.022                       #53 10.892 -0.808

Jim Meador's MOV: 0.0149 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6261 Larry Peterson                       5335 Dic Geary                    
E1                   0.037 10.504 124.43     ****WINNER****  0.011 11.580 111.43
       B/SA  Dial: 10.53 (+/-): -0.026           H/SA  Dial: 11.57 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:             #9 10.484 -1.066                       #44 11.577 -0.873

Dic Geary wins on a breakout. Peterson had some smoke coming from his car.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5809 Brad Burton                          7010 Duane Dickens                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029 11.104  98.43                     0.091 13.801  59.90
       E/SA  Dial: 10.92 (+/-):  0.184           B/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  3.051
 Qualified:             #6 10.887 -1.113                       #41 10.654 -0.896

Problems for Dickens leads to a win for Burton.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5009 Scott Burton                         7501 James Skaien                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.055 10.828 108.95                     0.113 12.327 105.72
       D/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.038           M/SA  Dial: 12.31 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:             #7 10.746 -1.104                       #42 12.258 -0.892

Scott Burton's MOV: 0.0374 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7508 Vic Hobbs                               4 Jimmy DeFrank                
E1                   0.160 14.287  90.00     ****WINNER****  0.032 10.308 119.76
       U/SA  Dial: 14.27 (+/-):  0.017           A/SA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:            #47 14.285 -0.865                       #12 10.254 -1.046

You can't give up quite that much to DeFrank and expect to win a round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6477 Aldon Miller                         6780 Eric Waldo                   
E1                   0.095 12.009  89.62     ****WINNER****  0.035 11.043 103.92
       C/SA  Dial: 10.78 (+/-):  1.229            A/S  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.203
 Qualified:            #34 10.767 -0.933                       #69 10.861 -0.389

Miller slows way down and hands an easy one to E.Waldo.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   61 Jody Lang                            5002 Dean Feiock                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023 12.854  99.87                     0.048 12.163 107.93
       N/SA  Dial: 12.84 (+/-):  0.014           L/SA  Dial: 12.18 (+/-): -0.017
 Qualified:            #65 12.785 -0.515                       #30 12.050 -0.950

Lang is really good at this! Jody Lang wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6636 Mick Alley                              2 Toby Lang                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037 10.400 124.29                     0.028 11.875 107.02
       A/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.010           F/SA  Dial: 11.83 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:            #36 10.372 -0.928                       #71 11.846 -0.304

Mick Alley's MOV: 0.0267 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  580 Steve Couch                          5545 Gary Stinnett                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040 12.066 107.15                     0.070  9.786 133.76
       K/SA  Dial: 12.05 (+/-):  0.016          AA/SA  Dial: 9.78 (+/-):  0.006
 Qualified:            #40 12.053 -0.897                        #5  9.782 -1.118

Stinnett runs within .006 of his dial and still loses to Couch.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5730 Jim Hughes                             54 Stephen Hagberg              
E1                   0.067 10.918 117.31     ****WINNER****  0.069 10.228 124.69
        D/S  Dial: 10.90 (+/-):  0.018           A/SA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #37 10.892 -0.908                        #2 10.169 -1.131

Stephen Hagberg's MOV: 0.0081 seconds (approximately 17 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5306 Johnny Diekema                       1789 Thomas Fletcher              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008 10.618 120.63                     0.047 10.511 116.40
       B/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-):  0.038           A/SA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-):  0.041
 Qualified:            #26 10.573 -0.977                       #61 10.734 -0.566

Diekema shows young Fletcher how it's done. Johnny Diekema's MOV: 0.0422 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7243 Joe Mozeris                          7363 Jim Durham                   
E1                   0.155 11.461 119.50     ****WINNER****  0.159 11.161 118.52
       E/SA  Dial: 11.51 (+/-): -0.049           F/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.029
 Qualified:            #60 11.421 -0.579                       #25 11.164 -0.986

Jim Durham wins on a double-breakout. Don't look at either light!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4925 Jimmy Mikolajczyk                    6723 Gary Waldo                   
E1                   0.092 10.551 122.01     ****WINNER****  0.036 11.141 115.74
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-): -0.009            E/S  Dial: 11.14 (+/-):  0.001
 Qualified:            #70 10.527 -0.373                       #35 11.018 -0.932

The Waldo with a Chevy is a winner.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5775 Bob Johnson                          7053 Bernie Cunningham            
E1                   0.025 10.713 121.42     ****WINNER****  0.023 10.656 123.05
       C/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.987           C/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -1.044
 Qualified:            #17 10.678 -1.022                       #52 10.884 -0.816

Bernie Cunningham wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6149 Wesley Libby                         7854 Ryan McClanahan              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032 10.560 124.81                           No Time      
       B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.040          AA/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-): 89.099
 Qualified:            #11 10.499 -1.051                       #46 10.032 -0.868

McClanahan is a no-show and Libby singles for the win.

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