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Sat, 4 Sep 2010, 10:56 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1348 Mike Farrell                           10 Kevin Helms                  
E2                   0.035 10.924 119.07     ****WINNER****  0.019 10.454 125.41
       F/SA  Dial: 10.97 (+/-): -0.046            B/S  Dial: 10.48 (+/-): -0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Smith     ) 0.044 10.947 -0.023      (D Atwill    ) 0.026 10.431 -0.019
 Qualified:            #57 10.979 -0.871                       #89 10.372 -0.828

10:21 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.06 inches, adjusted altitude 2,005 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Big wheelstand for Helms, but it doesn't hurt him as he wins the double breakout race.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Ralph Porpora                        3639 Nick Folk                    
E2                   0.098 10.256 127.92     ****WINNER****  0.025 10.652 112.48
        A/S  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.106           B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.132
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J DeFrank   ) 0.003 10.175  0.025      (B Butner    ) 0.026 10.469 -0.021
 Qualified:           #125 10.202 -0.748                       #93 10.430 -0.820

I'm not sure what size tires Folk runs but his car looks like the rear sits considerably higher than the other F body cars in the class.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3655 Ellis V Buth                            1 Edmond Richardson            
E2                   0.068 15.866  79.69     ****WINNER****  0.001 10.738 109.78
        W/S  Dial: 15.78 (+/-):  0.086           C/SA  Dial: 10.63 (+/-):  0.108
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Davis     ) 0.008 15.680  0.220      (M Faul      ) 0.000 10.795  0.105
 Qualified:            #59 15.536 -0.864                       #91 10.575 -0.825

A five second spot is really, really hard to wait out, but Edmond has staged once or twice before.

Amazing. How good is this guy? After a wait that would destroy a bunch of competitors, Richardson reels off a .001 light to take a 5 foot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4312 P.B. Candies                          441 Mitch Truman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.092 10.248 131.74                    -0.279 11.185 115.98
       E/SA  Dial: 10.23 (+/-):  0.018           F/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R West      ) 0.050 10.233  0.033      (B Hawk      ) 0.036 11.141  0.001
 Qualified:             #7 10.399 -1.301                      #103 11.061 -0.789


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3023 Chuck Belanger                       3651 Bob Gere                     
E2                   0.037 11.289 111.22     ****WINNER****  0.014 11.798 109.53
       G/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-):  0.039           L/SA  Dial: 11.74 (+/-):  0.058
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Periard   ) 0.038 11.279  0.099      (B McClister ) 0.043 11.767  0.047
 Qualified:           #128 11.256 -0.744                       #32 11.756 -0.944

Bob Gere's MOV: 0.0041 seconds (approximately 8 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1608 Gary Richard                         3608 Bill Sempsrott               
E2                   0.218 10.611 124.26     ****WINNER****  0.006 11.735 101.48
       C/SA  Dial: 10.59 (+/-):  0.021            K/S  Dial: 11.65 (+/-):  0.085
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Gresens   ) 0.106 10.574  0.044      (T Lowe      ) 0.012 11.645 -0.035
 Qualified:            #30 10.447 -0.953                       #62 11.689 -0.861

Sempsrott was so light in staging that the light flickered a couple of times until he moved in just a couple of inches more. He manages to avoid a red light and takes the easy win as Richard is very late.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1280 Chuck Veach                          316D Carey Bales                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004 11.552 104.10                     0.185 10.083 129.47
       H/SA  Dial: 11.48 (+/-):  0.072           E/SA  Dial: 10.03 (+/-):  0.053
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Shaw      ) 0.032 11.449 -0.011      (A Faulk     ) 0.568 10.000 -0.050
 Qualified:            #99 11.348 -0.802                        #3 10.245 -1.455


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  701 John Calvert                         1021 Gene Monahan                 
E2                   0.043 10.139 122.09     ****WINNER****  0.024 11.518 112.87
        A/S  Dial: 10.15 (+/-): -0.011           I/SA  Dial: 11.47 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Pendarvis ) 0.071 10.156  0.136      (S Pourciau  ) 0.102 11.460  0.090
 Qualified:            #69 10.097 -0.853                       #37 11.366 -0.934

Another poster-quality wheelstand for the Thunderbolt gets the crowd excited. And yes, there are quite a few fans checking out some great sportsman action.

Calvert takes too much stripe and the win goes to Monahan.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   66 Terry Hembree                        3125 Joey Wilkes                  
E2                   0.019 11.541 104.57     ****WINNER****  0.040 10.954 107.04
       D/SA  Dial: 10.78 (+/-):  0.761           F/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J McCormack ) 0.076 10.773  0.083      (I Johns     ) 0.017 10.911  0.011
 Qualified:            #98 10.744 -0.806                       #66 10.992 -0.858


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5508 Charles Blossom                       392 J. T. Shouse                 
E2                   0.112 13.733  98.95     ****WINNER****  0.109 10.512 116.90
       DF/S  Dial: 13.71 (+/-):  0.023            C/S  Dial: 10.49 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Holzman   ) 0.067 13.846  0.096      (J Beattie  J) 0.078 10.465 -0.095
 Qualified:             #1 13.774 -1.826                       #97 10.543 -0.807

Ah, the beauty of stock. We're looking at a PT Cruiser convertible going up against a late model Corvette.

Cubic inches wins this one over manifold pressure. J. T. Shouse's MOV: 0.0047 seconds (approximately 8 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2032 Jack Zimmerman                       1322 Tim Bishop                   
E2                  -0.055 10.456 124.93     ****WINNER****  0.075 10.276 128.43
       B/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.036            B/S  Dial: 10.27 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Seibenick ) 0.201 10.416  0.006      (M Lind      ) 0.110 10.272  0.072
 Qualified:            #73 10.400 -0.850                       #41 10.286 -0.914


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Matt Welker                             6 Brad Burton                  
E2                   0.041 10.826 115.36     ****WINNER****  0.040 10.870 115.96
       D/SA  Dial: 10.78 (+/-):  0.046           E/SA  Dial: 10.83 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Rodgers   ) 0.014 10.837  0.057      (D Beeler    ) 0.033 10.795  0.035
 Qualified:            #78 10.707 -0.843                       #46 10.796 -0.904

Nice wheelstand for Burton. Unlike a lot of other classes, in stock a Firebird is going to hasve a Pontiac engine. Pretty cool stuff to see the big 455 doing its thing.

Brad Burton's MOV: 0.0074 seconds (approximately 15 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Jon Irving                           4022 Jeff Teuton                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.098 12.248 101.15                     0.042 10.785 121.94
       N/SA  Dial: 12.20 (+/-):  0.048           G/SA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  0.235
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Norton    ) 0.064 12.247  0.087      (K Findell   ) 0.272 10.529 -1.471
 Qualified:           #102 12.208 -0.792                        #6 10.629 -1.371

Teuton has LOTS of wheelspin and doesn't run the number.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3238 Brian Phillips                        751 Ben Wenzel                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.007 12.049 101.80                     0.117 10.526 118.75
       L/SA  Dial: 12.03 (+/-):  0.019            C/S  Dial: 10.50 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Lacy      ) 0.004 12.023  0.113      (M Buth      ) 0.020 10.500 -0.020
 Qualified:           #114 11.926 -0.774                       #82 10.511 -0.839

Nothing against Phillips, but Wenzel is always a favorite here since he won this race, in the same car he's racing now, when the car was new. But Ben may have been reminiscing on the line because he's dead late.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  350 Doug Duell                           1977 Michael Iacono               
E2                   0.076  9.937 133.16     ****WINNER****  0.003 11.070 109.52
       A/SA  Dial: 9.91 (+/-):  0.027            F/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-):  0.070
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Shaul     ) 0.034  9.967 -1.033      (S Wann      ) 0.015 10.990  0.040
 Qualified:            #22 10.017 -0.983                       #54 10.976 -0.874

Another of the feared Drag Pack cars bites the dust. Nice light for Iacono.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3569 Patrick Downing                        41 Gary Emmons                  
E2                   0.049 13.193  98.93     ****WINNER****  0.032 10.817  92.30
       O/SA  Dial: 12.46 (+/-):  0.733           C/SA  Dial: 10.54 (+/-):  0.277
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Skillman  ) 0.016 12.444  0.104      (D Patrick   ) 0.015 10.523 -0.027
 Qualified:            #77 12.305 -0.845                      #109 10.621 -0.779


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4422 Wes Neely                            3211 Buddy Hughes                 
E2                   0.454 12.360  97.19     ****WINNER****  0.098 11.857 103.49
       N/SA  Dial: 12.29 (+/-):  0.070           K/SA  Dial: 11.77 (+/-):  0.087
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Walther   ) 0.044 12.290  0.030      (B Zaskowski ) 0.013 11.785  0.015
 Qualified:            #95 12.184 -0.816                       #63 11.789 -0.861


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3611 Jimmy Ronzello                       3658 Phil Pierce                  
E2                   0.044  9.972 128.16     ****WINNER****  0.089 12.666  99.94
       A/SA  Dial: 9.98 (+/-): -0.008            P/SA  Dial: 12.66 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Conte     ) 0.013 10.021  0.041      (J Keihn     ) 0.050 12.710  0.060
 Qualified:            #12  9.942 -1.058                       #44 12.541 -0.909

Ronzello has this race won but gets to the finish line .008 too quickly. Ouch!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1721 Joe Lisa                             4401 Terry Emmons                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039 11.378 114.19                     0.038 10.462 121.11
       G/SA  Dial: 11.31 (+/-):  0.068           B/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.072
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Findell   ) 0.011 11.303  0.073      (J Hanlon    ) 0.006 10.410  0.020
 Qualified:            #92 11.180 -0.820                       #60 10.387 -0.863

Lots of air for Emmons, while Lisa pretty much stays on the ground.

Joe Lisa's MOV: 0.0038 seconds (approximately 8 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1574 Frank Maiolo                         2523 Bryan Phillips               
E2                  -0.048 10.405 112.98     ****WINNER****  0.037 10.854 119.72
       A/SA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.115           E/SA  Dial: 10.83 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C McFarland ) 0.111 10.251  0.031      (W Lent      ) 0.015 10.891  0.111
 Qualified:            #87 10.168 -0.832                       #55 10.827 -0.873


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Jerry Emmons                         4520 David Latino                 
E2                   0.024 10.999  99.53     ****WINNER****  0.028 10.382 122.53
       B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.251           B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.868
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Corda     ) 0.058 10.597 -0.653      (D Fezell    ) 0.009 10.479  0.019
 Qualified:           #107 10.468 -0.782                       #75 10.403 -0.847

I'm not sure what happened to Emmons, but Latino had time to lift really early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2787 Charlie Fitzsimmons                  3520 Steve Polhill                
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.176 16.431  78.50
       A/SA  Dial: 9.82 (+/-): 90.179            EF/S  Dial: 16.43 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Carnero   ) 0.101  9.884 -0.106      (J Bennett   ) 0.041 16.413  0.033
 Qualified:           #104 10.212 -0.788                        #8 16.298 -1.152

Fitzsimmons' Drag Pak car has problems and gets pushed off before it ever headed toward the water box.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4448 John Duzac                           1173 Charles Sousa                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021 10.865 112.16                     0.182 11.519 110.98
        D/S  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.215           I/SA  Dial: 11.46 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B LLoyd     ) 0.014 10.660  0.060      (M Lelchook  ) 0.087 11.474  0.064
 Qualified:            #88 10.669 -0.831                      #120 11.540 -0.760

Sousa makes it close even with a not-so-great light.

John Duzac's MOV: 0.0056 seconds (approximately 11 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  321 Jimbo Fields                         2205 Mark Poole                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027 11.596 102.66                     0.060 11.068 116.60
       J/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-):  0.096           F/SA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Martens   ) 0.023 11.546  0.046      (T Kreeber   ) 0.002 11.034  0.064
 Qualified:            #53 11.571 -0.879                       #85 11.014 -0.836


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 286T Jeff Taylor                          3428 Tom Rambo                    
E2                   0.033 10.499 121.38     ****WINNER****  0.036 11.280 114.59
       B/SA  Dial: 10.44 (+/-):  0.059           G/SA  Dial: 11.24 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Wolfe     ) 0.125 10.474  0.034      (G Summers   ) 0.100 11.225  0.005
 Qualified:            #83 10.411 -0.839                      #115 11.226 -0.774

That was a great race! Rambo takes out the ex-champion Taylor.

Tom Rambo's MOV: 0.0164 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1990 David Barton                         3167 Danny Black                  
E2                   0.019 10.000 130.63     ****WINNER****  0.021 10.845 117.83
       A/SA  Dial: 10.02 (+/-): -0.020           E/SA  Dial: 10.86 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mc Cormack) 0.019 10.085  0.105      (D Campolito ) 0.038 10.839  0.019
 Qualified:            #42 10.088 -0.912                       #74 10.850 -0.850

Black's Demon stands way up in the air, looking like a 1971 Pro Stock car. He breaks out just a touch less than Barton in the big Coronet.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Scott Burton                           71 Brian McClanahan             
E2                   0.018 10.423 123.16     ****WINNER****  0.032 10.135 133.71
       B/SA  Dial: 10.44 (+/-): -0.017           A/SA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Hagberg   ) 0.010 10.429  0.059      (G Howell    ) 0.017 10.158  0.058
 Qualified:            #58 10.381 -0.869                       #90 10.173 -0.827


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Anthony Fetch                        3203 Tommy Mattingly              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.869 116.28                     0.039 10.618 121.81
       D/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.029           C/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Wilkes    ) 0.013 10.884  0.054      (S Cummings  ) -0.020 10.575 -0.015
 Qualified:            #84 10.712 -0.838                      #116 10.628 -0.772


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1109 John Gray                            3334 Chris Holbrook               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035 11.140 116.07                    -0.042 11.864  85.06
       G/SA  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.020           E/SA  Dial: 10.23 (+/-):  1.634
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Rampy     ) 0.014 11.108  0.048      (J Perrone   ) 0.072 10.277  0.047
 Qualified:            #36 11.066 -0.934                        #4 10.251 -1.449


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1962 Billy Leber                          3077 Bill Dyer                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002 10.831 110.00                     0.059 12.378 105.61
       D/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.081            N/S  Dial: 12.34 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Owens     ) 0.020 10.827  0.047      (B Owen      ) 0.031 12.340 -0.040
 Qualified:            #81 10.710 -0.840                      #113 12.175 -0.775

Billy Leber's MOV: 0.0141 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3012 Carlton Sweasy                       1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                  -0.016 11.538 113.28     ****WINNER****  0.003 11.161 118.41
       I/SA  Dial: 11.51 (+/-):  0.028           F/SA  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Ellard    ) 0.079 11.520  0.070      (M Welfel    ) 0.044 11.185  0.065
 Qualified:           #130 11.557 -0.743                      #129 11.106 -0.744


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1778 Joe Santangelo                        318 Randy Warford                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.407 127.79                           No Time      
       B/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.007           A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): 88.999
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Morgan    ) 0.018 10.439  0.009      (B Brannon   ) 0.077 10.095  0.095
 Qualified:            #80 10.409 -0.841                       #48 10.101 -0.899

Warford doesn't make the call.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink