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Fri, 25 Jun 2010, 11:20 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 2 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
 3118 Jim Bailey                           3852 Dave Edwards                 
E2                  -0.038 10.321 127.49     ****WINNER****  0.062 10.520 125.22
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.32 (+/-):  0.001           C/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.050
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Dilcher   ) 0.055 10.329 -0.011      (T Rambo     ) 0.098 10.701  0.141
 Qualified:            #53 10.369 -0.231                        #7 10.577 -0.823

10:38 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.18 inches, adjusted altitude 2,507 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Dave Edwards starts the round with a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3582 John Lovins                           350 Doug Duell                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052 12.460 103.71                     0.031  9.996 131.39
       M/SA  Dial: 12.46 (+/-):  0.000           A/SA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Truman    ) 0.011 12.472  0.012      (S Zaskowski ) 0.057 10.010  0.010
 Qualified:            #49 12.484 -0.366                        #3 10.022 -0.978

John Lovins runs right on his dial and wins on a -0.004 breakout by Duell.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3295 John Dinkel                          3125 Joey Wilkes                  
E2                   0.080 11.057 122.43     ****WINNER****  0.034 11.007 107.25
       A/SA  Dial: 10.71 (+/-):  0.347           E/SA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-):  0.207
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J McCormack ) 0.143 10.922  0.212      (J Adkinson  ) 0.084 10.764 -0.066
 Qualified:            #51 10.748 -0.252                        #5 10.831 -0.869


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   39 Tim Gillespie                        3924 Brian Wolfe                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039 11.184 114.39                     0.068 10.174 129.89
       F/SA  Dial: 11.18 (+/-):  0.004           A/SA  Dial: 10.23 (+/-): -0.056
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Garvey    ) 0.053 11.207 -0.643      (L Hill      ) 0.154 10.215 -0.785
 Qualified:            #25 11.212 -0.638                       #10 10.205 -0.795

Tim Gillespie runs 0.004 to his dial and wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2124 Jeff Strickland                      3611 Jimmy Ronzello               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002 10.785 105.60                     0.040 10.207 129.74
       A/SA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-):  0.025           AA/S  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Zane      ) 0.004 10.752 -0.008      (D Lynch     ) 0.001 10.168  0.008
 Qualified:            #59 11.046  0.046                       #44 10.160 -0.440

Nice light for Strickland and a ten foot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2885 David Rampy                          3377 Joe Marcinowski              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.033 11.376 110.88                     0.013 11.837 111.50
       F/SA  Dial: 11.37 (+/-):  0.006           H/SA  Dial: 11.81 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Marshall  ) 0.043 11.387  0.037      (J Martens   ) 0.037 11.846  0.026
 Qualified:            #35 11.334 -0.516                       #50 11.852 -0.298

Close one!

David Rampy runs 0.006 to his dial for the win. MOV: 0.0016 seconds (approximately 3 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1617 Gary Parker                          2020 Brenda Grubbs                
E2                   0.080 11.356 109.83     ****WINNER****  0.001 10.794 121.06
       H/SA  Dial: 11.34 (+/-):  0.016           C/SA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Klomps    ) 0.058 11.332  0.012      (C Stephenson) 0.008 10.785  0.015
 Qualified:             #8 11.338 -0.812                       #23 10.751 -0.649

Grubbs gets a 0.001 light for the ten foot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1499 Jim Boudreau                         4888 Luke Bogacki                 
E2                   0.048 10.481 125.27     ****WINNER****  0.051 10.566 120.74
       B/SA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-):  0.011          AA/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Nagel     ) 0.106 10.505  0.045      (W Mc Cracken) 0.010 10.627  0.027
 Qualified:            #14 10.491 -0.759                       #60 10.772  0.172

Close dial ins, close RT's and a close finish.
Luke Bogacki's MOV: 0.0025 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

Jim Boudreau's package: 0.059. Luke Bogacki's package: 0.057.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3334 Chris Holbrook                        198 Steve Szupka                 
E2                   0.095 10.832 120.67     ****WINNER****  0.037 11.708 107.75
       E/SA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-):  0.032           J/SA  Dial: 11.67 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Fuller    ) 0.030 10.830  0.090      (E Wallace   ) 0.000 11.668  0.008
 Qualified:             #2 10.700 -1.000                       #17 11.729 -0.721


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2209 Jorge Carnero                           5 Dustan Lowell                
E2                  -0.034 12.167 104.77     ****WINNER****  0.096 11.099 110.50
       I/SA  Dial: 12.10 (+/-):  0.067           F/SA  Dial: 11.09 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Lowe      ) 0.073 12.236  0.046      (R Wilkes    ) 0.044 11.167  0.037
 Qualified:            #57 12.205 -0.095                       #42 11.370 -0.480

Dustan Lowell wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Edmond Richardson                    1136 Peter Biondo                 
E2                   0.041 10.949 104.40     ****WINNER****  0.016 10.529 118.16
       C/SA  Dial: 10.87 (+/-):  0.079           B/SA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Simpson   ) 0.029 10.900  0.020      (D Kincaid   ) 0.021 10.520 -0.730
 Qualified:            #61 11.597  0.197                       #15 10.507 -0.743

Lots of World Championships between these two...

Biondo has the better package for the car length win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Matt Antrobius                          2 Anthony Fetch                
E2                   0.008 11.459 110.93     ****WINNER****  0.034 10.950 109.74
       H/SA  Dial: 11.51 (+/-): -0.051           D/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Marshall  ) 0.025 11.533  0.023      (R Rodgers   ) 0.065 10.876  0.066
 Qualified:            #21 11.489 -0.661                       #37 11.035 -0.515

Anthony Fetch wins on a breakout. Antrobius' 0.008 light didn't help him on the top end.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  751 Ben Wenzel                           1290 James Perrone                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040 10.570 122.63                     0.015 11.484 110.19
        C/S  Dial: 10.58 (+/-): -0.010           H/SA  Dial: 11.52 (+/-): -0.036
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Kenney    ) 0.029 10.731  0.211      (R Dean      ) 0.053 11.486  0.026
 Qualified:             #9 10.544 -0.806                       #24 11.502 -0.648

Lots of air for Perrone and then Ben Wenzel wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3602 Jason McCormack                      1962 Billy Leber                  
E2                   0.016 10.328 119.15     ****WINNER****  0.033 10.849 116.57
        A/S  Dial: 10.33 (+/-): -0.002           D/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lisa      ) 0.021 10.331  0.041      (P Downing   ) 0.016 10.926  0.106
 Qualified:            #27 10.321 -0.629                       #43 11.075 -0.475

McCormack has a better RT, but Billy Leber wins on his -0.002 breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3022 Jennifer McCormack                   1021 Gene Monahan                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.102 11.598 111.80                     0.110 11.630 114.16
       I/SA  Dial: 12.30 (+/-): -0.702           I/SA  Dial: 12.30 (+/-): -0.670
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Updike    ) 0.118 11.978  0.258      (N Reiter    ) 0.079 11.554 -0.006
 Qualified:            #31 11.754 -0.546                       #16 11.561 -0.739

Heads up and two poor lights. Jennifer McCormack gets there first. MOV: 0.0406 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1945 Ed Fernandez                               Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.065 13.879  89.14     
       T/SA  Dial: 13.91 (+/-): -0.031    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Fezell    ) 0.085 13.904  0.904   
 Qualified:            #32 13.863 -0.537                     Bye

Fernandez's little Gremlin gets the Bye Run to end the round.

10:51 a.m.

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