Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 22 Feb 2014, 10:41 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By David Gerard



CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6821 Mark Faul                              76 Ryan Mangnus                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058 11.614  99.35                     0.073 11.486 103.29
        I/SA  Dial: 11.56 (+/-):  0.054           F/SA  Dial: 11.49 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #24 11.536 -0.764                       #48 11.898  0.048
8:04 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 54 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 28.71 inches, adjusted altitude 1,416 feet, track temperature 51 degrees.

First round of eliminations at the "new" Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.

Mark Faul's MOV: Opponent broke out by -0.004.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5096 Taylor McLaughlin                    7695 Raul Vargas Jr.              
E1                  -0.017 12.283 106.28     ****WINNER****  0.015 11.390 115.16
        J/SA  Dial: 12.26 (+/-):  0.023           H/SA  Dial: 11.43 (+/-): -0.040
 Qualified:            #47 12.254 -0.196                       #23 11.384 -0.766
Raul Vargas Jr.'s MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7707 Dennis Alvey                         7639 Brad Hawk                    
E1                   0.001 10.295 129.53     ****WINNER****  0.042 12.619  94.79
         A/S  Dial: 10.19 (+/-):  0.105           M/SA  Dial: 12.59 (+/-):  0.029
 Qualified:            #22 10.176 -0.774                       #46 12.585 -0.265
Brad Hawk gets the win with a strong 0.001 light. MOV: 0.0353 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  701 John Calvert                         5009 Scott Burton                 
E1                   0.103  8.943 155.08     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.385 116.59
      AAA/SA  Dial: 9.03 (+/-): -0.087            B/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:            #31  9.047 -0.653                        #7 10.358 -0.892
Scott Burton's MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 771C Karen Comstock                       6688 Mike Pruss                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.129  9.157 142.88                     0.130 10.904 118.91
      AAA/SA  Dial: 9.07 (+/-):  0.087             F/S  Dial: 10.93 (+/-): -0.026
 Qualified:            #36  9.079 -0.621                       #12 10.931 -0.869
Two "not so good lights and Karen Comstock gets the win. MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5809 Brad Burton                          5035 Keith Lynch                  
E1                   0.051 10.668 120.01     ****WINNER****  0.010 10.311 118.56
        D/SA  Dial: 10.68 (+/-): -0.012           A/SA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.031
 Qualified:             #5 10.651 -0.899                       #29 10.321 -0.679
Keith Lynch's MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7628 Richard Meierhenry                     75 Jeff Jerome                  
E1                   0.005 12.352 106.30     ****WINNER****  0.025 11.410 105.93
        K/SA  Dial: 12.16 (+/-):  0.192           G/SA  Dial: 11.24 (+/-):  0.170
 Qualified:            #45 12.230 -0.420                       #21 11.226 -0.774
Jeff Jerome wins the top end pedal contest, after a great 0.005 light. MOV: 0.0026 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7042 Errol Farmer                         7179 Bob Elliott                  
E1                   0.055 10.703 121.16     ****WINNER****  0.061 11.530 113.27
        D/SA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.053           H/SA  Dial: 11.49 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:             #9 10.661 -0.889                       #33 11.507 -0.643
Close in the lights, after a close start. Bob Elliott's MOV: 0.0074 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 T700 Paul Cannan                          6261 Larry Peterson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018 10.185 126.74                     0.058 11.558 113.94
        A/SA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.035           H/SA  Dial: 11.54 (+/-):  0.018
 Qualified:            #13 10.142 -0.858                       #37 11.541 -0.609
Paul Cannan's MOV: 0.0233 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7402 Tibor Kadar                          7411 Jon Irving                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.052 10.082 121.64                     0.067 12.468  97.93
        A/SA  Dial: 10.06 (+/-):  0.022           O/SA  Dial: 12.42 (+/-):  0.048
 Qualified:             #2 10.039 -0.961                       #26 12.411 -0.739
Tibor Kadar has to wait over two seconds for the green. MOV: 0.0412 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Justin Lamb                           785 Tony Mandella                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037 10.880 117.74                     0.083 11.066 116.18
        E/SA  Dial: 10.85 (+/-):  0.030           F/SA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #42 11.156 -0.544                       #18 11.061 -0.789
Two big wheels up leaves and our new 2013 National Champion, Justin Lamb gets the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0124 seconds (approximately 2 feet), opponent broke out by just -0.004.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  737 Dwight Machael                       7866 Bill North                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.082 10.186 127.23                    -0.006 10.892 119.33
        A/SA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-): -0.014           C/SA  Dial: 10.83 (+/-):  0.062
 Qualified:            #17 10.205 -0.795                       #41 10.842 -0.558
Dwight Machael's MOV: opponent's -0.006 red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5227 John Cooper                          1426 Jerry Hatch                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036 10.440 118.79                     0.051 10.697 122.41
        A/SA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-):  0.060           D/SA  Dial: 10.64 (+/-):  0.057
 Qualified:            #35 10.366 -0.634                       #11 10.675 -0.875
John Cooper's MOV: 0.0128 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5775 Bob Johnson                          7007 Roger Bedford                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.222 10.869 106.09                     0.436 10.643 122.05
        D/SA  Dial: 10.63 (+/-):  0.239           B/SA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:            #10 10.664 -0.886                       #34 10.612 -0.638
Looks like they weren't in any hurry to leave. Bob Johnson takes the win with a 0.222 light. MOV: 0.0187 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7593 Richard Pauley                        727 Mike Johnston                
E1                   0.210 10.901 123.42     ****WINNER****  0.148 10.705 123.11
        C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.499           C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.695
 Qualified:            #19 10.612 -0.788                       #43 10.859 -0.541
Heads-up!

Johnson has the power for the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Leo Glasbrenner                      6001 Norm LaPointe                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011 10.590 109.92                     0.079 12.575  96.11
        C/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.070           O/SA  Dial: 12.51 (+/-):  0.065
 Qualified:             #8 10.509 -0.891                       #32 12.503 -0.647
Leo Glasbrenner's MOV: 0.0633 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5799 Brian Schultz                        7410 Robert Pond                  
E1                   0.073 10.823 120.57     ****WINNER****  0.020 10.029 127.71
        D/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.033            A/S  Dial: 9.96 (+/-):  0.069
 Qualified:            #25 10.796 -0.754                        #1  9.963 -0.987
Number one qualifier, Robert Pond, gets the starting line advantage for the win. MOV: 0.0172 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4689 Paula Cotten                         5218 Neal Rhodes                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025 11.114 112.22                     0.102 11.185 117.06
        F/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.174           E/SA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.195
 Qualified:             #4 10.951 -0.899                       #28 10.986 -0.714


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6111 Mary Ann Method                         6 Michael Brand II             
E1                   0.052 11.428 113.07     ****WINNER****  0.023 11.020 113.65
        H/SA  Dial: 11.42 (+/-):  0.008           F/SA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #27 11.429 -0.721                        #3 10.904 -0.946
Close finish! Michael Brand II gets the hole shot win. Method ran 0.008 to her dial to no avail. MOV: 0.0070 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  778 Jimmy DeFrank                        7790 Jesse Sanderson              
E1                   0.095 10.339 127.45     ****WINNER****  0.106 11.235 112.59
        B/SA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.029           F/SA  Dial: 11.22 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:            #14 10.421 -0.829                       #38 11.242 -0.608
Jesse Sanderson's MOV: 0.0037 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  776 Doug Lambeck                         724P Seth Polvadore               
E1                   0.023 11.040  84.09     ****WINNER****  0.028 12.022  81.17
        A/SA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-):  0.930           I/SA  Dial: 11.65 (+/-):  0.372
 Qualified:             #6 10.105 -0.895                       #30 11.635 -0.665
Just 0.005 difference at the green and Seth Polvadore gets the easy win, as Lambeck has a flat tire. Lots of smoke out from underneath the car going down the track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7881 Chris Ashley                          706 Buddy Jensen                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048 11.516 113.68                    -0.023 11.716 111.05
        I/SA  Dial: 11.48 (+/-):  0.036           F/SA  Dial: 11.28 (+/-):  0.436
 Qualified:            #15 11.476 -0.824                       #39 11.258 -0.592
Chris Ashley's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                          754 Lindy Lindholm               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.171 122.82                     0.013 11.542 113.02
       CC/SA  Dial: 10.13 (+/-):  0.041           I/SA  Dial: 11.49 (+/-):  0.052
 Qualified:            #44 10.100 -0.500                       #20 11.517 -0.783
Great race at the finish line. Peter Biondo's MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 703D Kyle Rizzoli                         1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                   0.015 10.556 114.68     ****WINNER****  0.031 11.009 109.55
        B/SA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-):  0.066           E/SA  Dial: 10.96 (+/-):  0.049
 Qualified:            #16 10.437 -0.813                       #40 11.139 -0.561
Dan Fletcher gets the super close win, but has smoke from under the car down track. MOV: 0.0017 seconds (approximately 3 inches).

8:35 a.m.

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