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Sat, 05 May 2012, 16:13 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the 2012 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam presented by Domino's Pizza, Day Two:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4860 Jimmy Hidalgo                              Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.086 11.203 116.15     
       E/FIA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-):  0.013   
 Qualified:             #1 11.163 -1.337                     Bye

2:55 p.m. Hidalgo Sr. takes his bye run at the start of the round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2113 Chad Rhodes                          4248 Rickey Kastner               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.202 11.910 110.28                    -0.009 11.294 116.51
       E/FIA  Dial: 11.93 (+/-): -0.020           F/SA  Dial: 11.31 (+/-): -0.016
 Qualified:            #31 11.891 -0.609                       #13 11.281 -0.869


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4745 Wayne Larsen                         4720 Jerry Doughty                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.100 11.057 119.20                     0.081 11.735 107.21
        C/SA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.067           J/SA  Dial: 11.76 (+/-): -0.025
 Qualified:            #27 10.970 -0.730                        #9 11.730 -1.020

Wayne Larsen's MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4057 Maurice Jones                        4926 Ian Talbot                   
E1                  -0.027 15.112  53.44     ****WINNER****  0.079 11.507 113.02
       C/FIA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-):  3.982          CT/SA  Dial: 11.56 (+/-): -0.053
 Qualified:            #22 11.106 -0.794                        #4 11.639 -1.161


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4686 Sharon Bogues                         399 Lindell Hilling              
E1                   0.047 11.685 111.49     ****WINNER****  0.059 10.697 120.61
       S/GTD  Dial: 11.58 (+/-):  0.105           E/CM  Dial: 10.68 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #33 11.562 -0.588                       #15 10.641 -0.859

Lindell Hilling's MOV: 0.0767 seconds (approximately 13 feet), Bogues unable to run the number.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4261 Gerald Nivans                        4584 Tim Bartlett                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050 16.060  82.58                    -0.022 12.076 101.39
        W/SA  Dial: 16.09 (+/-): -0.030           I/SA  Dial: 12.00 (+/-):  0.076
 Qualified:            #12 16.074 -0.876                       #30 11.980 -0.620

Bartlett just couldn't wait the full 4.09 seconds...


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1957 Jeff Lewis                           4671 Willie Coleman               
E1                  -0.041 10.552 127.44     ****WINNER****  0.112 10.663 125.20
        C/CM  Dial: 10.56 (+/-): -0.008          B/FIA  Dial: 10.66 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #29 10.513 -0.687                       #11 10.591 -0.959

Lewis picked the front wheels straight up...


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4723 Kenny Doughty                        4402 Jerry Emmons                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050 11.792 111.87                    -0.017 10.520 115.39
        I/SA  Dial: 11.83 (+/-): -0.038           B/SA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-): -0.030
 Qualified:            #24 11.815 -0.785                        #6 10.490 -1.060

Emmons did the same thing, the wheels going up and the light turning red.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4875 John Bartlett                         489 Sam Pourciau                 
E1                   0.036 11.141 118.89     ****WINNER****  0.019 10.374 126.19
        D/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.031          B/FIA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #21 11.054 -0.796                        #3 10.330 -1.220

Sam Pourciau's MOV: 0.0341 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4864 Eric Landry                            44 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.            
E1                  -0.001 10.867 121.62     ****WINNER****  0.024 10.328 115.78
       C/FIA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-): -0.023          A/FIA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-): -0.062
 Qualified:             #7 10.855 -1.045                       #25 10.381 -0.769

Landry went red by a thousandth...


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  420 John Brimer                          4407 Bob Murray                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.472 118.01                     0.063 11.425 114.82
        A/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.082           I/CM  Dial: 11.36 (+/-):  0.065
 Qualified:            #10 10.382 -0.968                       #28 11.404 -0.696

John Brimer's MOV: 0.0267 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  478 Hagen Gary                           4017 Mike Carey                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.055 13.673  72.10                    -0.061 10.818 121.16
        A/SA  Dial: 10.24 (+/-):  3.433           B/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.028
 Qualified:             #5 10.222 -1.128                       #23 10.757 -0.793

We had Gary's car wrong on the qualifying report - it's a '70 Plymouth GTX.

He'll be back, Carey goes red.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4422 Wes Neely                            4520 David Latino                 
E1                   0.028 12.318 105.36     ****WINNER****  0.003 10.572 116.23
       G/FIA  Dial: 12.30 (+/-):  0.018          B/FIA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  0.022
 Qualified:            #26 12.291 -0.759                        #8 10.512 -1.038

David Latino's MOV: 0.0215 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4103 Billy Chaisson                       4903 Brandon Bakies               
E1                   0.052 12.542 104.84     ****WINNER****  0.022 11.233 114.62
       G/FIA  Dial: 12.52 (+/-):  0.022           E/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:            #34 12.491 -0.559                       #16 11.174 -0.826

Brandon Bakies' MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 17 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4046 Warren Birkett Jr.                   4427 Jarrod Granier               
E1                   0.009 13.643  97.68     ****WINNER****  0.062 11.587  94.13
        N/SA  Dial: 12.86 (+/-):  0.783          C/FIA  Dial: 11.09 (+/-):  0.497
 Qualified:            #35 12.846 -0.454                       #17 11.075 -0.825

Birkett had a great light, but slowed and could not run the number.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4333 John Lemoine                           42 Thomas Marlow                
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.021 10.050 133.35                    -0.012 11.239 116.74
       BBFIA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-): -0.050           F/SA  Dial: 11.21 (+/-):  0.029
 Qualified:            #36 10.171 -0.429                       #18 11.326 -0.824


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4274 Jacob Pitt                           4728 Danny Doughty                
E1                   0.037 11.223 113.80     ****WINNER****  0.019 12.705 104.52
        H/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-):  0.033           O/SA  Dial: 12.66 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:             #2 11.177 -1.273                       #20 12.639 -0.811

Danny Doughty's MOV: 0.0067 seconds (approximately 13 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4611 Larry Hudson                         4553 Jay Landry                   
E1                   0.028 11.418 117.29     ****WINNER****  0.027 12.373 106.39
         G/S  Dial: 11.37 (+/-):  0.048           K/SA  Dial: 12.37 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #14 11.332 -0.868                       #32 12.355 -0.595

Used to be a comedy team "Hudson & Landry"...

Just a thousandth apart at the tree...Jay Landry's MOV: 0.0465 seconds (approximately 8 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4488 John Cox                             4877 Ronnie Marlow                
E1                  -0.036 11.807 110.82     ****WINNER**** -0.016 11.480 115.13
        F/SA  Dial: 11.81 (+/-): -0.003           G/SA  Dial: 11.53 (+/-): -0.050
 Qualified:            #37 11.776 -0.374                       #19 11.482 -0.818

Last pair.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink