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Sat, 15 Oct 2011, 11:30 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      7707 Dennis Alvey                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020 11.150  94.53                     0.022 11.790 110.89
       D/SA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-):  0.390            A/S  Dial: 10.48 (+/-):  1.310
 Qualified:            #11 10.779 -0.771                       #32 10.497 -0.453

8:05 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 28.63 inches, adjusted altitude 2,614 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Alvey slows and gives the easy win to Shipp.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3578 Chris Mattingly                      7360 Mike Loge                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071 10.620 120.87                     0.117 11.668 112.81
       C/SA  Dial: 10.61 (+/-):  0.010           H/SA  Dial: 11.68 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #10 10.624 -0.776                       #31 11.695 -0.455

Chris Mattingly wins on Mike Loge's -0.012 breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7769 Rick Unterseh                        4689 Paula Cotten                 
E1                  -0.017 12.407 107.03     ****WINNER****  0.013 11.105 118.79
       O/SA  Dial: 12.56 (+/-): -0.153           G/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.055
 Qualified:            #25 12.516 -0.634                        #4 11.051 -0.949

Paula Cotten wins on Rick Unterseh's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7783 Angelo Phillips                      7179 Bob Elliott                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046 12.229 100.78                     0.018 12.742 100.78
       M/SA  Dial: 12.20 (+/-):  0.029           K/SA  Dial: 12.65 (+/-):  0.092
 Qualified:            #20 12.188 -0.662                       #41 12.779  0.129

Angelo Phillips takes the close win with the better ET. MOV: 0.0358 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3909 Drew Skillman                        7793 Wes McGann                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.482 136.83                     0.015 10.962 119.41
      AA/SA  Dial: 9.48 (+/-):  0.002            D/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:             #1  9.481 -1.119                       #22 10.901 -0.649

Drew Skillman runs 0.002 to his dial for the win. MOV: 0.0246 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Chad Loge                            3610 Leonard Mattingly            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012 10.909 101.58                     0.683 10.331 121.27
       C/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.139           B/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-): -0.019
 Qualified:            #27 10.826 -0.574                        #6 10.350 -0.900

Chad Loge wins on Leonard Mattingly's late leave and breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3231 Harry Doolittle                      7695 Raul Vargas                  
E1                  -0.003 12.217 108.39     ****WINNER****  0.066 11.664 111.91
       N/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-):  0.067           F/SA  Dial: 11.63 (+/-):  0.034
 Qualified:            #16 12.309 -0.691                       #37 11.643 -0.207

Raul Vargas wins on Harry Doolittle's -0.003 red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7402 Tibor Kadar                           726 Dave Gertschen               
E1                   0.033 11.856 102.66     ****WINNER****  0.047 10.509 118.04
       L/SA  Dial: 11.90 (+/-): -0.044           A/SA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-): -0.041
 Qualified:            #12 11.976 -0.724                       #33 10.562 -0.438

Huge wheelstand for Gertschen and the double breakout win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  383 Larry Hill                           7709 Kenny Newsome                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018 10.551 117.71                     0.089 11.946 109.73
       B/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-): -0.029           H/SA  Dial: 12.01 (+/-): -0.064
 Qualified:            #18 10.570 -0.680                       #39 12.001 -0.149

Larry Hill wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  706 Buddy Jensen                          737 Dwight Machael               
E1                  -0.023 11.451 115.49     ****WINNER****  0.076 10.633 124.69
       F/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -0.099           B/SA  Dial: 10.68 (+/-): -0.047
 Qualified:            #36 11.521 -0.329                       #15 10.554 -0.696

Dwight Machael wins on Buddy Jensen's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5680 Marlene Nelson                        754 Lindy Lindholm               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.072 12.091 101.44                     0.075 46.239  61.17
       I/SA  Dial: 12.07 (+/-):  0.021           O/SA  Dial: 12.44 (+/-): 33.799
 Qualified:            #38 12.095 -0.205                       #17 12.459 -0.691

Lindholm's Pontiac raises the front end at the green and immediately drops. He coasts slowly down the track and takes the first turnout.

Nelson gets a free pass to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Jeff Jerome                            10 Toby Lang                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002 11.301 115.74                     0.036 11.575 112.24
       G/SA  Dial: 11.27 (+/-):  0.031           F/SA  Dial: 11.58 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:            #13 11.287 -0.713                       #34 11.421 -0.429

Great 0.002 light for Jerome and a win on Toby Lang's -0.005 breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5009 Scott Burton                         4008 Randy Guest                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080 10.638 110.19                     0.056 11.137 120.71
       B/SA  Dial: 10.54 (+/-):  0.098           C/SA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.147
 Qualified:            #14 10.552 -0.698                       #35 10.993 -0.407

Lots of pumping the peal in the lights and Scott Burton gets the win. MOV: 0.0252 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7881 Chris Ashley                         7706 Kelly Pott-Hall              
E1                   0.066 11.494 111.02     ****WINNER****  0.024 12.103 108.65
       I/SA  Dial: 11.52 (+/-): -0.026            K/S  Dial: 12.09 (+/-):  0.013
 Qualified:             #9 11.522 -0.778                       #30 12.073 -0.477

Kelly Pott-Hall wins on Chris Ashley's breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   71 Rusty Hall                           3361 Bo Butner                    
E1                   0.039 10.417 112.00     ****WINNER****  0.021  9.564 131.06
       A/SA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.047          AA/SA  Dial: 9.52 (+/-):  0.044
 Qualified:            #24 10.356 -0.644                        #3  9.524 -1.076

Close at the finish line!

Bo Butner's MOV: 0.0211 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5300 Al Corda                                1 Brad Burton                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.486 125.51                     0.052 11.152 112.69
       B/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-):  0.006           E/SA  Dial: 11.17 (+/-): -0.018
 Qualified:             #8 10.438 -0.812                       #29 11.156 -0.544

Al Corda runs 0.006 to his dial and wins on Brad Burton's -0.018 breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5824 Gary Hampton                         7053 Bernie Cunningham            
E1                   0.034 15.398  85.00     ****WINNER****  0.033 10.736 122.43
       DF/S  Dial: 15.49 (+/-): -0.092           C/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:            #40 15.499 -0.101                       #19 10.730 -0.670

They leave with almost the same RT and Bernie Cunningham wins on Gary Hampton's breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         5035 Keith Lynch                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044 11.228 113.30                     0.052  9.880 132.65
       F/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-): -0.002           A/SA  Dial: 9.89 (+/-): -0.010
 Qualified:            #23 11.205 -0.645                        #2  9.888 -1.112

Dan Fletcher wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7077 Jeff Interlicchia                     795 Brian McClanahan             
E1                   0.051 12.512 101.80     ****WINNER****  0.063  9.991 132.13
       P/SA  Dial: 12.52 (+/-): -0.008          AA/SA  Dial: 9.96 (+/-):  0.031
 Qualified:             #5 12.513 -0.937                       #26  9.970 -0.630

Brian McClanahan wins on Jeff Interlicchia's -0.008 breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7240 Kayla Mozeris                        7866 Bill North                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034 11.730 112.09                           No Time      
       I/SA  Dial: 11.73 (+/-):  0.000           D/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): 88.449
 Qualified:            #21 11.646 -0.654                       #42 11.683  0.133

North is a no show and Mozeris runs right on her dial for the bye run win. She'll want that back for next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5335 Dic Geary                            7947 Bill O'Connor                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.043 16.492  78.82
       H/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): 87.849           EF/S  Dial: 16.63 (+/-): -0.138
 Qualified:            #28 11.589 -0.561                        #7 16.584 -0.866

Geary is a no show and O'Connor takes the free pass to round two to end the round.

8:26 a.m.

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