Sat, 5 Jun 2010, 04:58 PM Stock Allstars Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Allstars at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 26th annual NHRA Jeg's Allstars:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2207 Craig Couris                            5 Dustan Lowell                
E1                   0.046 10.209 124.12     ****WINNER****  0.036 11.156 112.47
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.059           F/SA  Dial: 11.14 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:             #5 10.070 -0.530                        #1 11.027 -0.823

3:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 83 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,895 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Couris and Lowell are both in their first Allstars event, Lowell from Division 1 and Couris Division 2.

Dustan Lowell's MOV: 0.0531 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 Chris Stephenson                       74 Jon Irving                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054 12.626 101.60                     0.057 12.407 104.90
       K/SA  Dial: 12.70 (+/-): -0.074           N/SA  Dial: 12.49 (+/-): -0.083
 Qualified:             #8 12.733  0.083                        #4 12.364 -0.636

, Division 7, and Stephenson, Division 3, are also in their first Allstars event.

Chris Stephenson wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Brad Haugaard                         751 Ben Wenzel                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023 11.205 117.23                    -0.004 10.572 124.37
       E/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.045            C/S  Dial: 10.65 (+/-): -0.078
 Qualified:             #6 11.170 -0.530                        #2 10.547 -0.803

Haugaard, Division 5, is in his first Allstars. Wenzel was runner-up in '91 and won last year. He is the blocker.

Brad Haugaard wins on a red light. He races Stephenson in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6821 Mark Faul                            4041 Verne Buchanan               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044 11.853 109.00                     0.036 11.574 114.11
       G/SA  Dial: 11.82 (+/-):  0.033           H/SA  Dial: 11.52 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:             #7 11.834 -0.166                        #3 11.467 -0.683

Faul, Division 6, is in his fifth Allstars and was runner-up in '07. Buchanan is in his first Allstars, from Division four. He is a veteran driver, taking his first divisional win in '86.

Close race...Mark Faul's MOV: 0.0130 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He races Lowell next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink