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Sun, 04 Nov 2012, 12:18 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Short Line Express Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7706 Kelly Pott-Hall                      4689 Paula Cotten                 
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.068 11.533 109.82
        C/SA  Dial: 11.43 (+/-): 88.569           G/SA  Dial: 11.43 (+/-):  0.103
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Burton    ) 0.055 10.957 -0.043      (M Hering    ) 0.109 11.446  0.016
 Qualified:            #55 10.964 -0.636                       #31 11.426 -0.784

8:53 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.10 inches, adjusted altitude 2,991 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

Kelly Pott-Hall "broke the Mustang" yesterday, so Cotten gets a competition single to start the round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          3321 Marion Stephenson            
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.004 11.006 107.79                    -0.026 11.780 111.30
        D/SA  Dial: 10.92 (+/-):  0.086           J/SA  Dial: 11.82 (+/-): -0.040
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Ashley    ) 0.006 10.939  0.039      (D Lindsey   ) 0.084 11.823  0.103
 Qualified:            #82 11.330 -0.420                       #10 11.743 -0.927


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7446 Chuck Rayburn                         652 Bob Gullett                  
E2                   0.056  9.933 131.04     ****WINNER****  0.028 11.214 116.31
       CC/SA  Dial: 9.96 (+/-): -0.027             G/S  Dial: 11.23 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Johnston  ) 0.021  9.970  0.010      (A Durham    ) 0.050 11.228  0.028
 Qualified:            #32  9.996 -0.784                        #8 11.157 -0.953

Bob Gullett's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0170 seconds (approximately 3 feet) in a double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6300 Glenn Person                         3222 Chris Stephenson             
E2                   0.052 11.060 117.24     ****WINNER****  0.041 11.764 109.13
        E/SA  Dial: 11.06 (+/-):  0.000           I/SA  Dial: 11.76 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Belli     ) 0.044 11.032  0.022      (R Mangus    ) 0.007 11.788  0.048
 Qualified:            #17 11.034 -0.866                       #41 11.759 -0.751

A hundredth apart at the green and closer than that at the stripe. Chris Stephenson's MOV: 0.0074 seconds (approximately 15 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7106 Dave Workman                         6340 Jim Storms                   
E2                   0.111 12.647 101.95     ****WINNER****  0.103 11.333 115.69
        L/SA  Dial: 12.69 (+/-): -0.043           G/SA  Dial: 11.34 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Battis    ) 0.065 12.676 -0.024      (K Rhoton    ) 0.068 11.342  0.022
 Qualified:            #87 12.706 -0.214                       #15 11.325 -0.885


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  737 Dwight Machael                       7962 George Thomson               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024 10.844 108.78                     0.032 11.935  87.33
        B/SA  Dial: 10.63 (+/-):  0.214           G/SA  Dial: 11.26 (+/-):  0.675
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Jensen    ) 0.054 10.716  0.086      (J Huffman   ) 0.031 11.343  0.113
 Qualified:            #29 10.634 -0.806                        #5 11.238 -0.972

Thomson was way off the pace on the top end.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5680 Marlene Nelson                       7402 Tibor Kadar                  
E2                  -0.017 12.259 107.86     ****WINNER**** -0.014 10.451 107.48
        I/SA  Dial: 12.33 (+/-): -0.071           A/SA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.151
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R L Williams) 0.068 12.324  0.074      (P Haszlauer ) 0.040 10.371  0.061
 Qualified:            #86 12.281 -0.229                       #14 10.299 -0.891

First red loses...


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7005 George Barr                          7411 Jon Irving                   
E2                  -0.016 11.925 109.44     ****WINNER****  0.027 12.258 106.06
        G/SA  Dial: 11.87 (+/-):  0.055           N/SA  Dial: 12.35 (+/-): -0.092
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Drucker   ) 0.079 11.877  0.017      (B Pollard   ) 0.024 12.349  0.009
 Qualified:            #85 11.885 -0.325                       #13 12.324 -0.896


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5415 John Dourlet                          428 Kevin Helms                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.207 128.58                     0.032 10.002 129.40
       CC/SA  Dial: 10.21 (+/-): -0.003          BB/SA  Dial: 10.03 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Mageary   ) 0.069 10.213  0.013      (B Plourd    ) 0.023 10.031  0.031
 Qualified:            #68 10.207 -0.573                       #44  9.739 -0.741

John Dourlet's MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   49 Jeff Teuton                          5717 Bobby DeArmond               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041 11.018 120.23                    -0.073 10.404 125.51
        F/SA  Dial: 10.97 (+/-):  0.048           A/SA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1                   -0.101 10.988 -1.072      (P Wong      ) 0.081 10.426  0.056
 Qualified:             #1 10.957 -1.103                       #26 10.374 -0.816


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  713 Jim Durham                           7945 Earl Snow Jr.                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.097 11.192 116.55                     0.116 11.859 108.73
        E/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-): -0.008           H/SA  Dial: 11.89 (+/-): -0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Skillman  ) 0.030 11.271  0.071      (C Loge      ) 0.062 11.898  0.008
 Qualified:            #52 11.213 -0.687                       #76 11.887 -0.473


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7002 Jim Meador                           4783 Rusty Hall                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.864 114.84                     0.008 10.447 125.03
        D/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.024           A/SA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Irving    ) 0.088 10.848  0.018      (J Foshee    ) 0.055 10.415 -0.025
 Qualified:            #12 10.853 -0.897                       #36 10.424 -0.766

Both drivers drilled the tree, both were close to their dial-in, but Meador was better at both ends of the track for the win. Jim Meador's MOV: 0.0175 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7705 Rod Keeney                           7004 Curtis Coulter               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017 12.242 106.03                     0.066 10.982 121.84
        I/SA  Dial: 12.27 (+/-): -0.028            D/S  Dial: 11.03 (+/-): -0.048
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Holroyd   ) 0.046 12.244 -0.066      (P Cannan    ) 0.051 11.026  0.026
 Qualified:            #88 12.306 -0.204                       #64 11.098 -0.602

Rod Keeney's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0290 seconds (approximately 5 feet) in a double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7931 Cliff Hanson                         7240 Kayla Mozeris                
E2                   0.037 10.556 123.47     ****WINNER****  0.038 11.787 107.60
        A/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-): -0.024           I/SA  Dial: 11.81 (+/-): -0.023
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Kelly     ) 0.031 10.667  0.087      (S Murray    ) 0.008 11.864  0.064
 Qualified:            #66 10.602 -0.588                       #42 11.763 -0.747

They were a thousandth apart at the green and two thousandths apart at the stripe, Hanson losing on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4427 Jarrod Granier                        791 Randy Bursell                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034 11.297 113.20                     0.021 11.884 110.24
        D/SA  Dial: 11.26 (+/-):  0.037           H/SA  Dial: 11.83 (+/-):  0.054
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Glenn     ) 0.041 11.253 -0.017      (C Method    ) 0.036 11.863  0.053
 Qualified:            #94 12.160  0.410                       #70 11.813 -0.547

Jarrod Granier's MOV: 0.0048 seconds (approximately 9 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7185 Dave Bridgewater                      731 Randy Loge                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.831 121.33                     0.018 11.571 112.23
        B/SA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-):  0.031           H/SA  Dial: 11.59 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Pauley    ) 0.012 10.991  0.191      (B Broaddus  ) 0.061 11.630  0.060
 Qualified:            #57 10.811 -0.629                       #33 11.581 -0.779

Loge took too much stripe, giving the win to Bridgewater.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  754 Lindy Lindholm                         71 Kyle Rizzoli                 
E2                   0.048 12.138 103.61     ****WINNER****  0.020 10.457 110.38
        K/SA  Dial: 12.14 (+/-): -0.002           A/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.067
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Hoefer    ) 0.038 12.159  0.159      (L Maxwell   ) 0.030 10.495  0.105
 Qualified:            #49 12.141 -0.729                       #25 10.362 -0.828


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7007 Roger Bedford                         779 Chuck Echmalian              
E2                  -0.004 10.462 125.03     ****WINNER****  0.071 11.522 113.35
        A/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-): -0.018           H/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Glasbrenne) 0.005 10.486  0.006      (E Blake     ) 0.029 11.562  0.062
 Qualified:            #51 10.480 -0.710                       #27 11.544 -0.816


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  508 Ted Romero                           771C Karen Comstock               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.089 10.851 120.41                    -0.009 10.952 122.87
        C/SA  Dial: 11.60 (+/-): -0.749           C/SA  Dial: 11.60 (+/-): -0.648
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Geary     ) 0.022 10.902  0.002      (J Calvert   ) 0.101 10.940  0.010
 Qualified:            #83 11.197 -0.403                       #59 10.977 -0.623

Heads-up!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Jody Lang                            7274 Larry Gilley                 
E2                   0.012 12.561 100.65     ****WINNER****  0.017 11.063 117.86
        M/SA  Dial: 12.54 (+/-):  0.021           E/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Stein     ) 0.020 12.531 -0.049      (S Foley     ) 0.072 11.061  0.021
 Qualified:            #93 13.230  0.160                       #21 11.058 -0.842

Lang was slightly better on the tree, but Gilley was closer to his dial-in in a close race. Larry Gilley's MOV: 0.0038 seconds (approximately 7 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Joe Santangelo                       7179 Bob Elliott                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034 11.259 102.98                     0.015 12.746 101.84
        F/SA  Dial: 11.21 (+/-):  0.049           L/SA  Dial: 12.82 (+/-): -0.074
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Scheer    ) 0.031 11.198 -0.012      (D Alvey     ) 0.013 12.797 -0.023
 Qualified:            #19 11.202 -0.858                       #91 12.800 -0.120

Elliott had "two in hand" at the tree and took too much stripe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7790 Jesse Sanderson                      5809 Brad Burton                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.053 11.562 110.52                     0.063 11.023 110.58
        F/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-):  0.012           E/SA  Dial: 11.02 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Schloe    ) 0.024 11.522 -0.028      (J Brimer    ) 0.024 10.988 -0.032
 Qualified:            #72 11.566 -0.494                       #96 24.000 12.100

This was extremely close...Jesse Sanderson's MOV: 0.0015 seconds (approximately 3 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Slate Cummings                       7307 Jeff Jerome                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000 10.872 110.10                    -0.031 11.367 115.28
        C/SA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-):  0.052           G/SA  Dial: 11.37 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Barcelon  ) 0.018 10.778 -0.062      (D Dreher    ) 0.023 11.362  0.012
 Qualified:            #95 12.080  0.480                       #23 11.376 -0.834

Cummings was "trip-zip" at the tree after Jerome went red.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      7575 Mark Kirby                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.086 10.792 120.61                     0.004 11.415 109.77
        D/SA  Dial: 10.74 (+/-):  0.052           F/SA  Dial: 11.26 (+/-):  0.155
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Grossi    ) 0.061 10.761  0.011      (J Devine    ) 0.040 11.293 -0.007
 Qualified:             #6 10.792 -0.958                       #30 11.259 -0.801

Kirby had a great light, but gave up the stripe. Randi Lyn Shipp's MOV: 0.0213 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7311 Chuck Norton                               Bye
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.038 10.828 122.12     
        C/SA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.828   
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Butner    ) 0.000 10.893  0.033   
 Qualified:            #50 10.883 -0.717                     Bye

Norton gets the scheduled bye.

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