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Fri, 12 Feb 2010, 01:52 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  730 Caroline Jimerfield                  5300 Al Corda                     
E1                   0.107 11.897 112.00     ****WINNER****  0.043 10.604 117.54
       J/SA  Dial: 11.86 (+/-):  0.037           C/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.044
 Qualified:            #60 11.893 -0.557                       #21 10.550 -0.850

10:16 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 1,699 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.
Jimerfield is late off the line and it costs him.

Corda takes the nine foot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7700 Larry Maxwell                        6254 Darcy Clarke                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069 11.012 111.94                     0.132 10.378 123.71
       F/SA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.022           A/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-): -0.022
 Qualified:            #17 10.972 -0.878                       #56 10.412 -0.588

Larry Maxwell wins on a -0.022 breakout by Clarke.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7628 Richard Meierhenry                   6261 Larry Peterson               
E1                   0.016 11.979 109.34     ****WINNER****  0.051 10.363 125.87
       K/SA  Dial: 12.05 (+/-): -0.071           B/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #53 12.037 -0.613                       #14 10.367 -0.883

Larry Peterson wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4689 Paula Cotten                         6088 Dave Flett                   
E1                   0.093 11.311 108.13     ****WINNER****  0.126 11.187 111.71
       G/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-):  0.111           D/SA  Dial: 11.14 (+/-):  0.047
 Qualified:            #29 11.204 -0.796                       #68 11.143 -0.407

Dave Flett's MOV: 0.0317 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6111 Mary Ann Method                      7787 Dick Dreher                  
E1                   0.222 10.426 125.03     ****WINNER****  0.112 10.941 122.69
       B/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.006           C/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-):  0.031
 Qualified:            #26 10.424 -0.826                       #65 10.885 -0.515

Method is way late and can't catch Dreher.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7501 James Skaien                           66 Terry Hembree                
E1                   0.058 12.488 103.28     ****WINNER****  0.043 10.953 121.56
       M/SA  Dial: 12.52 (+/-): -0.032           E/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-):  0.023
 Qualified:            #72 12.499 -0.351                       #33 10.921 -0.779

Terry Hembree wins on a -0.032 breakout by Skaien.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6477 Aldon Miller                         3384 Mike McGinley                
E1                   0.135 10.743 122.27     ****WINNER****  0.041 12.148 106.03
       C/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-): -0.047           N/SA  Dial: 12.14 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #48 10.748 -0.652                        #9 12.080 -0.920

Miller gets the wheels up at the launch and then breaks out trying to catch McGinley.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           7274 Larry Gilley                 
E1                   0.052 10.191 128.05     ****WINNER****  0.043 11.153 107.15
       A/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.091           E/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:            #16 10.120 -0.880                       #55 11.112 -0.588

Local favorite, Wann, gives it up to Gilley.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7007 Roger Bedford                        7004 Curtis Coulter               
E1                  -0.001 10.707 124.19     ****WINNER****  0.058 10.723 124.98
       A/SA  Dial: 10.66 (+/-):  0.047            D/S  Dial: 10.71 (+/-):  0.013
 Qualified:            #71 10.646 -0.354                       #32 10.712 -0.788

Bedford misses the green by -0.001 and gives an easy one to Coulter.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Scott Burton                         6780 Eric Waldo                   
E1                   0.039 11.158 119.96     ****WINNER****  0.001 10.940 109.20
       D/SA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-):  0.348            C/S  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.150
 Qualified:            #19 10.690 -0.860                       #58 10.777 -0.573

Waldo has a stellar 0.001 RT and Burton can't run the dial.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5335 Dic Geary                              75 Les Norton                   
E1                  -0.006 11.316 113.98     ****WINNER****  0.080 10.110 128.87
       H/SA  Dial: 11.36 (+/-): -0.044          AA/SA  Dial: 10.14 (+/-): -0.030
 Qualified:            #27 11.339 -0.811                       #66 10.118 -0.482

Les Norton wins on a -0.006 red light by Geary.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Brad Burton                          7307 Jeff Jerome                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057 10.816 116.88                     0.065 11.331 116.10
       E/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.046           G/SA  Dial: 11.28 (+/-):  0.051
 Qualified:             #3 10.731 -0.969                       #42 11.278 -0.722

Brad Burton's MOV: 0.0133 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 706C Chad Langdon                          776 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                   0.021 11.659 113.09     ****WINNER****  0.022 10.210 116.90
       H/SA  Dial: 11.49 (+/-):  0.169           A/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.110
 Qualified:            #47 11.484 -0.666                        #8 10.076 -0.924

Almost identical RT's and Lambeck gets the nod by half a car length.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Mike Johnston                        7410 Robert Pond                  
E1                  -0.016 11.051 121.27     ****WINNER****  0.073  9.803 138.27
       D/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.001           AA/S  Dial: 9.71 (+/-):  0.093
 Qualified:            #54 10.952 -0.598                       #15  9.718 -0.882

Robert Pond wins on a red light. Johnson wastes a 0.001 to his dial.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3305 Alex Denysenko                       1117 Wayne Totaro                 
E1                  -0.007 10.811 121.77     ****WINNER**** -0.021 10.368 127.94
       C/SA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-):  0.011           B/SA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #51 10.784 -0.616                       #12 10.361 -0.889

Wayne Totaro wins on a red light. Totaro breaks out by -0.002 to boot!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  736 Gary Humrichouse                        9 Toby Lang                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026 11.079 119.15                     0.021 11.641 111.07
       F/SA  Dial: 11.09 (+/-): -0.011           G/SA  Dial: 11.66 (+/-): -0.019
 Qualified:            #39 11.105 -0.745                       #78 11.993 -0.007

Gary Humrichouse wins on a double-breakout. -0.011 to -0.019!

Lang will go home early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1044 John Shaul                            741 John Irving                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.100 10.192 117.90                    -0.044 11.044 119.08
       A/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.092           E/SA  Dial: 11.08 (+/-): -0.036
 Qualified:            #10 10.086 -0.914                       #49 11.053 -0.647

John Shaul wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6149 Wesley Libby                         6723 Gary Waldo                   
E1                   0.277 10.366 127.14     ****WINNER****  0.049 11.191 111.03
       B/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-): -0.024            E/S  Dial: 11.09 (+/-):  0.101
 Qualified:            #13 10.365 -0.885                       #52 11.036 -0.614

Libby is way late and then breaks out too. Waldo gets a free pass to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1595 Lloyd MacKay                           59 Stephen Hagberg              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010 10.917 122.11                    -0.018 10.169 129.23
       C/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-):  0.037           A/SA  Dial: 10.16 (+/-):  0.009
 Qualified:            #59 10.842 -0.558                       #20 10.149 -0.851

Another red light. MacKay goes on.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                      6842 Daniel Cyr                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.067 10.827 111.55                     0.193 10.708 126.22
       E/SA  Dial: 10.78 (+/-):  0.047           A/SA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.408
 Qualified:             #7 10.761 -0.939                       #46 10.303 -0.697

Cyr breaks, so Glasbrenner get to play again tomorrow.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7053 Bernie Cunningham                    6730 Jim Waldo                    
E1                  -0.010 10.910 122.46     ****WINNER****  0.044 10.188 131.75
       C/SA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-):  0.020            A/S  Dial: 10.14 (+/-):  0.048
 Qualified:            #64 10.876 -0.524                       #25 10.120 -0.830

Jim Waldo wins on a -0.010 red light by Cunningham.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7616 Ryan Mangus                           796 Tony Hewes                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007 11.489  98.01                     0.033 11.197 122.28
       F/SA  Dial: 11.38 (+/-):  0.109           D/SA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-):  0.387
 Qualified:            #76 11.740 -0.110                       #37 10.793 -0.757

Hewes breaks this time. Mangus takes it easy down track.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7185 Dave Bridgewater                     1547 Jack Matyas                  
E1                   0.002 10.991 110.82     ****WINNER****  0.036 11.111 120.96
       B/SA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-):  0.291           E/SA  Dial: 10.87 (+/-):  0.241
 Qualified:            #57 10.672 -0.578                       #18 10.839 -0.861

A great 0.002 light and a big wheel stand and a close lose for Bridgewater.

Jack Matyas' MOV: 0.0163 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7099 Dave Kuhnhoff                        6821 Mark Faul                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.173 10.950 119.11                    -0.001 11.624 114.60
       E/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-):  0.050           G/SA  Dial: 11.61 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #28 10.903 -0.797                       #67 11.581 -0.419

Ouch! a -0.001 red light for Faul. Kuhnhoff goes on to the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  608 Ryan Warter                           713 Jim Durham                   
E1                   0.052 12.260 103.46     ****WINNER****  0.025 11.063 119.88
       J/SA  Dial: 12.31 (+/-): -0.050           F/SA  Dial: 11.08 (+/-): -0.017
 Qualified:            #73 12.284 -0.166                       #34 11.076 -0.774

Jim Durham wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  701 John Calvert                          777 Earl Blake                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040 10.011 126.02                     0.051 11.015 118.92
       AA/S  Dial: 10.03 (+/-): -0.019           F/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-): -0.035
 Qualified:            #62 10.060 -0.540                       #23 11.016 -0.834

John Calvert wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  372 Jeg Coughlin                         7593 Richie Pauley                
E1                   0.134 10.081 121.92     ****WINNER****  0.045 10.839 122.98
       A/SA  Dial: 10.06 (+/-):  0.021           C/SA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-):  0.039
 Qualified:             #6 10.046 -0.954                       #45 10.696 -0.704

Coughlin is way late and gives the car length win to Pauley.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3321 Marion Stephenson                    7797 Don Keen                     
E1                   0.133 12.535 104.87     ****WINNER****  0.067 10.688 114.45
       M/SA  Dial: 12.53 (+/-):  0.005            C/S  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.068
 Qualified:            #69 12.457 -0.393                       #30 10.555 -0.795

Close one!

Don Keen's MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 6 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7355 Chad Loge                            703D Kyle Rizzoli                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029 10.575 116.47                     0.060 10.357 116.06
       B/SA  Dial: 10.54 (+/-):  0.035          AA/SA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.057
 Qualified:            #38 10.505 -0.745                       #77 10.526 -0.074

Loge has the better package for the half a car length win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7220 Jeff Huffman                         7966 Ron Durham                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047 10.733 124.38                     0.109 10.607 122.80
        B/S  Dial: 10.69 (+/-):  0.043           C/SA  Dial: 10.61 (+/-): -0.003
 Qualified:            #63 10.676 -0.524                       #24 10.570 -0.830

Durham is late and then breaks out by -0.003. Huffman takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Jody Lang                             660 Dallas Glenn                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022 12.855  92.32                    -0.011 10.494 129.24
       N/SA  Dial: 12.65 (+/-):  0.205           B/SA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #70 12.621 -0.379                       #31 10.455 -0.795

Red light for Glenn. Lang takes it easy for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7984 Charlie Smith                          71 Brian McClanahan             
E1                   0.045 10.562 120.39     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.088 121.81
       B/SA  Dial: 10.53 (+/-):  0.032           A/SA  Dial: 10.04 (+/-):  0.048
 Qualified:            #43 10.533 -0.717                        #4 10.034 -0.966

Nice 0.008 light for McClanahan and a four foot win over Smith.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1290 James Perrone                        3231 Harry Doolittle              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044 11.324 113.44                     0.031 12.088 101.13
       G/SA  Dial: 11.29 (+/-):  0.034           N/SA  Dial: 12.09 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #41 11.273 -0.727                        #2 12.025 -0.975

James Perrone wins on a -0.002 breakout by Doolittle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7941 Tony Janes                            778 Jimmy Defrank                
E1                  -0.010 11.953 112.38     ****WINNER****  0.053 10.490 113.89
       J/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-):  0.103           B/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.130
 Qualified:            #50 11.828 -0.622                       #11 10.347 -0.903

Jimmy Defrank wins on a -0.010 red light by Janes.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7131 Don Forester                         7854 Ryan McClanahan              
E1                  -0.010 11.768 112.35     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.889 122.36
       I/SA  Dial: 11.76 (+/-):  0.008          AA/SA  Dial: 9.80 (+/-):  0.089
 Qualified:            #61 11.752 -0.548                       #22  9.764 -0.836

Another -0.010 red light... Forester this time. McClanahan has a great 0.006 light in the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1977 Michael Iacono                       7311 Chuck Norton                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.308 128.18                    -0.035 10.678 125.61
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.008           C/SA  Dial: 10.66 (+/-):  0.018
 Qualified:            #74 10.463 -0.137                       #35 10.632 -0.768

Michael Iacono wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Jon Irving                           7784 Paul Wong                    
E1                  -0.033 12.278 103.06     ****WINNER**** -0.044 11.174 118.22
       O/SA  Dial: 12.26 (+/-):  0.018           F/SA  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:             #5 12.192 -0.958                       #44 11.134 -0.716

Double red light this time. Irving is first and Wong takes the free pass to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7002 Jim Meador                           7808 Gabe Torres                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.115 10.813 121.67                    -0.024 11.166 119.89
       D/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -0.737           D/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -0.384
 Qualified:            #36 10.789 -0.761                       #75 11.427 -0.123

Looks like a pattern here. Another red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  391 Irvin Johns                                Bye
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.167 10.577 106.38     
       A/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-):  0.097    
 Qualified:             #1  9.918 -1.082                     Bye

Johns gets the Bye Run into round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7159 Bill Nelson                          3125 Joey Wilkes                  
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.016 12.432 109.76                           No Time      
       O/SA  Dial: 12.43 (+/-):  0.002           E/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): 88.299
 Qualified:            #40 12.412 -0.738                       #79 12.841  1.141

Wilkes is a No Show, so Nelson gets the single to round two.

10:48 a.m.

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