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Fri, 25 Jun 2010, 09:06 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  383 Larry Hill                           3924 Brian Wolfe                  
E1                   0.003 10.410 125.42     ****WINNER****  0.154 10.215 130.35
       A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.590           A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.785
 Qualified:            #41 10.519 -0.481                       #10 10.205 -0.795

8:37 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,605 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Heads up race to start eliminations and a half a car length win for Wolfe, after a terrible light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  441 Mitch Truman                         3582 John Lovins                  
E1                   0.050 11.080 106.00     ****WINNER****  0.011 12.472 102.46
       E/SA  Dial: 11.06 (+/-):  0.020           M/SA  Dial: 12.46 (+/-):  0.012
 Qualified:            #18 11.009 -0.691                       #49 12.484 -0.366


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3118 Jim Bailey                           1037 Paul Dilcher                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.055 10.329 126.16                     0.100 11.685 110.24
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.34 (+/-): -0.011           I/SA  Dial: 11.75 (+/-): -0.065
 Qualified:            #53 10.369 -0.231                       #22 11.649 -0.651

Jim Bailey wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1945 Ed Fernandez                         1587 Don Fezell                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.085 13.904  91.16                     0.029  9.623 118.50
       T/SA  Dial: 13.00 (+/-):  0.904           AA/S  Dial: 9.67 (+/-): -0.047
 Qualified:            #32 13.863 -0.537                        #1  9.512 -1.088

Big wheelstand leave for Fezell and then he breaks out. Fernandez goes to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2730 Bo Kenney                             751 Ben Wenzel                   
E1                   0.260 10.471 125.12     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.731 102.99
       A/SA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-):  0.001            C/S  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.211
 Qualified:            #40 10.516 -0.484                        #9 10.544 -0.806

Ben Wenzel's MOV: 0.0217 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 Chris Stephenson                     2020 Brenda Grubbs                
E1                   0.004 12.535 101.54     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.785 119.70
       K/SA  Dial: 12.48 (+/-):  0.055           C/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:            #54 12.501 -0.149                       #23 10.751 -0.649

Two great lights and a close five foot win for Grubbs.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3428 Tom Rambo                            3852 Dave Edwards                 
E1                   0.578 11.450 113.83     ****WINNER****  0.098 10.701 108.50
       G/SA  Dial: 11.48 (+/-): -0.030           C/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.141
 Qualified:            #38 11.494 -0.506                        #7 10.577 -0.823

Dave Edwards wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3189 Randy Simpson                           1 Edmond Richardson            
E1                   0.032 11.194 106.39     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.900 113.29
       E/SA  Dial: 11.16 (+/-):  0.034           C/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #30 11.150 -0.550                       #61 11.597  0.197

Close one!

Edmond Richardson's MOV: 0.0172 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3022 Jennifer McCormack                   3777 Harlan Updike                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.118 11.978  96.43                     0.090 14.338  93.44
       I/SA  Dial: 11.72 (+/-):  0.258           R/SA  Dial: 14.05 (+/-):  0.288
 Qualified:            #31 11.754 -0.546                       #62 14.329  0.279

Even closer!

Jennifer McCormack's MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 5 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3616 Judy McCormack                       3295 John Dinkel                  
E1                   0.016 12.635 108.55     ****WINNER****  0.143 10.922 109.64
       K/SA  Dial: 11.99 (+/-):  0.645           A/SA  Dial: 10.71 (+/-):  0.212
 Qualified:            #20 11.968 -0.682                       #51 10.748 -0.252

McCormack slows to give the easy win to Dinkel.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1617 Gary Parker                           339 Bill Klomps                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058 11.332 114.58                    -0.013 12.218 106.60
       H/SA  Dial: 11.32 (+/-):  0.012           L/SA  Dial: 12.19 (+/-):  0.028
 Qualified:             #8 11.338 -0.812                       #39 12.214 -0.486

Gary Parker wins on a -0.013 red light by Klomps.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   39 Tim Gillespie                        1159 Robert Garvey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053 11.207 116.79                     0.070 11.554 110.31
       F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.643           F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.296
 Qualified:            #25 11.212 -0.638                       #56 11.738 -0.112

Heads up race and Gillespie has all of the numbers for a decisive win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  396 Mike Fuller                          3334 Chris Holbrook               
E1                   0.074 10.723 119.67     ****WINNER****  0.030 10.830 121.09
       B/SA  Dial: 10.67 (+/-):  0.053           E/SA  Dial: 10.74 (+/-):  0.090
 Qualified:            #33 10.713 -0.537                        #2 10.700 -1.000

Fuller runs closer to his dial, but Holbrook gets the win by 15 inches!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3125 Joey Wilkes                            26 Jeff Adkinson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.084 10.764 122.85                    -0.031 10.902 119.41
       E/SA  Dial: 10.83 (+/-): -0.066           D/SA  Dial: 10.92 (+/-): -0.018
 Qualified:             #5 10.831 -0.869                       #36 11.035 -0.515

Joey Wilkes wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1525 Dan Lynch                            3611 Jimmy Ronzello               
E1                  -0.010 11.388 113.77     ****WINNER****  0.001 10.168 132.97
       H/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.012           AA/S  Dial: 10.16 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #13 11.387 -0.763                       #44 10.160 -0.440

Jimmy Ronzello wins on a red light.

Nice pass! Jimmy Ronzello's package: 0.009.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2124 Jeff Strickland                      1937 Lee Zane                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.752 117.02                     0.023 10.733 120.26
       A/SA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-): -0.008           C/SA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-): -0.027
 Qualified:            #59 11.046  0.046                       #28 10.772 -0.628

Both cars dial 10.76 and Strickland gets the advantage off the line, and then wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  382 Richard Rodgers                         2 Anthony Fetch                
E1                  -0.075  9.712 136.91     ****WINNER****  0.065 10.876 120.41
      AA/SA  Dial: 9.69 (+/-):  0.022            D/SA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-):  0.066
 Qualified:             #6  9.767 -0.833                       #37 11.035 -0.515

Anthony Fetch wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3249 Roy Dean                             1290 James Perrone                
E1                   0.077 13.930  91.61     ****WINNER****  0.053 11.486 110.96
       R/SA  Dial: 13.94 (+/-): -0.010           H/SA  Dial: 11.46 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #55 13.917 -0.133                       #24 11.502 -0.648

Big wheels stand off the line for Perrone and a breakout win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2209 Jorge Carnero                        3200 Tim Lowe                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.073 12.236  95.31                     0.242 11.982 107.42
       I/SA  Dial: 12.19 (+/-):  0.046           K/SA  Dial: 11.98 (+/-):  0.002
 Qualified:            #57 12.205 -0.095                       #26 12.015 -0.635

Lowe is dead late and runs out of room to catch up. Easy win for Carnero.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3220 Randy Wilkes                            5 Dustan Lowell                
E1                   0.063 10.451 124.81     ****WINNER****  0.044 11.167 108.34
       B/SA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-):  0.041           F/SA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:            #11 10.460 -0.790                       #42 11.370 -0.480

Dustan Lowell's MOV: 0.0234 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3751 Terry Nagel                          1499 Jim Boudreau                 
E1                   0.018 11.398 112.21     ****WINNER****  0.106 10.505 116.76
       F/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.002           B/SA  Dial: 10.46 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:            #45 11.424 -0.426                       #14 10.491 -0.759

Boudreau is late, but Nagelbreaks out by -0.002.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  369 Shane Zaskowski                       350 Doug Duell                   
E1                   0.047 10.910 120.39     ****WINNER****  0.057 10.010 132.01
        D/S  Dial: 10.94 (+/-): -0.030           A/SA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:            #34 10.970 -0.530                        #3 10.022 -0.978

Zaskowski airs out the front wheels at the green and then breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4888 Luke Bogacki                         1189 Wes McCracken                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010 10.627 112.98                     0.046 10.703 110.33
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-):  0.027           B/SA  Dial: 10.66 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:            #60 10.772  0.172                       #29 10.681 -0.569

Almost identical dial ins and Luke Bogacki has the better numbers. MOV: 0.0523 seconds (approximately 8 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3377 Joe Marcinowski                      3969 Joe Martens                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037 11.846 108.20                     0.050 10.536 126.77
       H/SA  Dial: 11.82 (+/-):  0.026            B/S  Dial: 10.51 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #50 11.852 -0.298                       #19 10.517 -0.683

Martens spins the tires at the hit and it costs him. Joe Marcinowski's MOV: 0.0130 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1721 Joe Lisa                             3602 Jason McCormack              
E1                   0.017 11.475 111.81     ****WINNER****  0.021 10.331 119.77
       F/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-):  0.075            A/S  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.041
 Qualified:            #58 11.784 -0.066                       #27 10.321 -0.629

Old school vs. new school!

Jason McCormack's MOV: 0.0308 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1967 Jim Marshall                         2885 David Rampy                  
E1                   0.128 11.098 117.25     ****WINNER****  0.043 11.387 110.75
       G/SA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-): -0.032           F/SA  Dial: 11.35 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:             #4 11.118 -0.882                       #35 11.334 -0.516

Big advantage at the green for Rampy and he holds off a break out by Marshall.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Matt Antrobius                       3473 Craig Marshall               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025 11.533 114.22                     0.032 11.167 113.81
       H/SA  Dial: 11.51 (+/-):  0.023           E/SA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:            #21 11.489 -0.661                       #52 11.464 -0.236

Close RT's and Matt Antrobius gets the win. MOV: 0.0215 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1135 Nick Reiter                          1021 Gene Monahan                 
E1                  -0.013 10.956 120.50     ****WINNER****  0.079 11.554 112.91
       C/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.016           I/SA  Dial: 11.56 (+/-): -0.006
 Qualified:            #47 10.996 -0.404                       #16 11.561 -0.739

Gene Monahan wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3569 Patrick Downing                      1962 Billy Leber                  
E1                   0.087 12.671 102.44     ****WINNER****  0.016 10.926 109.33
       P/SA  Dial: 12.62 (+/-):  0.051           D/SA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-):  0.106
 Qualified:            #12 12.669 -0.781                       #43 11.075 -0.475

Close one!

Billy Leber's MOV: 0.0160 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  390 Ed Wallace                            198 Steve Szupka                 
E1                  -0.001 11.624 111.94     ****WINNER****  0.000 11.668 112.90
       G/SA  Dial: 11.61 (+/-):  0.014           J/SA  Dial: 11.66 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #48 11.633 -0.367                       #17 11.729 -0.721

Steve Szupka wins on a -0.001 red light by Wallace. He cuts a perfect light to boot.

Steve Szupka's package: 0.008.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3421 Dick Kincaid                         1136 Peter Biondo                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.021 10.520 110.52
       B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): 88.749           B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.730
 Qualified:            #46 10.835 -0.415                       #15 10.507 -0.743

Last race of the round and Kincaid can't make the call!
Biondo gets a free pass to round two.

9:00 a.m.

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