CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Pep Boys NHRA Carolina Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6 Michael Brand 1967 James Marshall
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.013 11.013 115.37 0.004 12.403 106.75
F/SA Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.837 J/SA Dial: 12.45 (+/-): -0.047
Qualified: #25 11.064 -0.786 #51 12.301 -0.149
Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 75 percent, barometer 29.39
inches, adjusted altitude 2,837 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.Marshall with a great light,
but Brand gets the win in double breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1150 Russell Linke N229 Lee Norton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 10.642 123.14 0.057 12.697 105.18
C/SA Dial: 10.62 (+/-): 0.022 O/SA Dial: 12.69 (+/-): 0.007
Qualified: #24 10.608 -0.792 #50 12.987 -0.163
Russell Linke's MOV: 0.0138 seconds (approximately 2 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1710 Jerry MacNeish 2561 Gene Jordan
E1 -0.023 10.533 124.45 ****WINNER**** 0.008 10.202 127.98
C/S Dial: 10.60 (+/-): -0.067 BB/SA Dial: 10.26 (+/-): -0.058
Qualified: #26 10.575 -0.775 #52 10.286 -0.014
MacNeish goes red and Jordan gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2400 Monty Bogan 3751 Terry Nagel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.043 11.067 118.32 -0.161 11.036 118.29
E/SA Dial: 11.23 (+/-): -0.163 F/SA Dial: 11.08 (+/-): -0.044
Qualified: #42 11.140 -0.560 #16 10.990 -0.860
Nagel goes red and Bogan gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1470 Adam Keir 205 Jeff Warren
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.032 10.117 129.73 -0.043 10.229 128.32
A/SA Dial: 10.16 (+/-): -0.043 A/S Dial: 10.24 (+/-): -0.011
Qualified: #6 10.081 -0.919 #32 10.233 -0.717
Warren goes red and Keir gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2924 Bud Rowe 2707 Mickey Whaley
E1 0.114 10.775 123.45 ****WINNER**** 0.024 10.920 116.27
D/SA Dial: 10.67 (+/-): 0.105 C/SA Dial: 10.79 (+/-): 0.130
Qualified: #14 10.684 -0.866 #40 10.814 -0.586
Whaley with the better light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3613 Randall Campbell 2923 Gregory Rowe
E1 0.032 12.786 96.33 ****WINNER**** 0.097 10.685 123.24
Q/SA Dial: 12.86 (+/-): -0.074 C/SA Dial: 10.66 (+/-): 0.025
Qualified: #3 12.824 -0.976 #29 10.678 -0.722
Campbell with the starting line advantage, but Rowe gets win when Campbell took too much
stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1129 Victor Guilmino 1656 Kenneth Miele
E1 0.049 10.858 115.89 ****WINNER**** 0.053 9.957 132.37
E/SA Dial: 10.89 (+/-): -0.032 CC/SA Dial: 9.91 (+/-): 0.047
Qualified: #9 10.807 -0.893 #35 9.921 -0.679
Miele gets the win when Guilmino broke out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Drew Skillman 3193 Mark Williams
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.070 8.964 151.07 -0.035 10.541 125.42
AA/SA Dial: 8.98 (+/-): -0.016 B/SA Dial: 10.45 (+/-): 0.091
Qualified: #1 8.986 -1.014 #27 10.484 -0.766
Williams goes red and Skillman gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1128 Wallace Dent 2007 Daren Poole-Adams
E1 0.145 10.593 124.78 ****WINNER**** 0.008 10.200 122.13
C/SA Dial: 10.54 (+/-): 0.053 CC/SA Dial: 10.06 (+/-): 0.140
Qualified: #18 10.561 -0.839 #44 10.136 -0.464
Adams with a great light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
154 Anthony Fetch 1117 J Wayne Totaro
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 11.305 114.93 0.038 10.249 133.42
G/SA Dial: 11.31 (+/-): -0.005 B/S Dial: 10.30 (+/-): -0.051
Qualified: #37 11.334 -0.666 #11 10.309 -0.891
Totaro with the starting line advantage, but Fetch gets the win in a double breakout
race.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2213 Kenneth Stott 2466 Gale Pinkston
E1 0.010 11.683 104.31 ****WINNER**** 0.051 11.454 112.54
I/SA Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.017 G/SA Dial: 11.47 (+/-): -0.016
Qualified: #17 11.441 -0.859 #43 11.477 -0.523
Stott with the starting line advantage and then took too much stripe to give Pinkson the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2808 Bobby Warren 2323 Heather Lamar
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 10.667 118.71 0.299 10.875 122.08
C/SA Dial: 10.49 (+/-): 0.177 B/SA Dial: 10.89 (+/-): -0.015
Qualified: #22 10.601 -0.799 #48 10.931 -0.319
Warren with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1522 Jeff Myers 1351 Tex Miller
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.003 9.500 123.42 0.058 11.028 118.09
BB/SA Dial: 9.48 (+/-): 0.020 F/SA Dial: 11.04 (+/-): -0.012
Qualified: #49 10.010 -0.290 #23 11.054 -0.796
Myers with a great light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
16 Joe Lisa 5 Katie Sepanek
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 11.061 113.73 -0.030 No Time
E/SA Dial: 11.06 (+/-): 0.001 I/SA Dial: 11.50 (+/-): 88.499
Qualified: #31 10.983 -0.717 #5 11.360 -0.940
Sepanek went red and then never got a time. Lisa with the easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
28 Larry Hill 1587 Don Fezell
E1 0.062 13.088 96.16 ****WINNER**** 0.140 8.921 151.31
R/S Dial: 13.14 (+/-): -0.052 AAA/SA Dial: 8.85 (+/-): 0.071
Qualified: #46 13.512 -0.438 #20 8.866 -0.834
Hill with the starting line and then took too much stripe to give Fezell the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2032 Jack Zimmerman 158N Eddie Brooks
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.007 10.521 124.28 -0.003 10.803 124.17
B/SA Dial: 10.52 (+/-): 0.001 D/SA Dial: 10.86 (+/-): -0.057
Qualified: #8 10.342 -0.908 #34 10.868 -0.682
Brooks goes red and Zimmerman gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1115 Dave Thomas 2107 Rodger Johnson
E1 0.084 9.438 129.54 ****WINNER**** 0.123 10.313 129.62
BB/SA Dial: 9.44 (+/-): -0.002 B/SA Dial: 10.23 (+/-): 0.083
Qualified: #28 9.568 -0.732 #2 10.254 -0.996
Thomas with the starting line advantage and then took too much stripe to give Johnson the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1608 Gary Richard 1259 Tom Seemann
E1 0.006 10.767 113.23 ****WINNER**** 0.066 10.376 126.28
C/SA Dial: 10.63 (+/-): 0.137 A/SA Dial: 10.37 (+/-): 0.006
Qualified: #13 10.530 -0.870 #39 10.351 -0.649
Richard with a great light, but Seeman gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1162 Sal Biondo 6104 Brad Plourd
E1 0.042 9.082 139.73 ****WINNER**** 0.023 12.045 95.59
AA/SA Dial: 9.08 (+/-): 0.002 K/SA Dial: 12.03 (+/-): 0.015
Qualified: #12 9.118 -0.882 #38 11.984 -0.666
This is a great drag race...Brad Plourd's MOV: 0.0068 seconds (approximately 17
inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
9 DJ Pires 131 Sterling Simmons
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.015 11.502 101.30 0.010 10.462 123.80
H/SA Dial: 11.47 (+/-): 0.032 C/SA Dial: 10.50 (+/-): -0.038
Qualified: #33 11.451 -0.699 #7 10.485 -0.915
A couple good lights, an Pires gets the win when Simmons took too much stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2952 Jeff Longhany 10 Robbie Shaw
E1 0.037 10.934 99.03 ****WINNER**** 0.028 10.143 130.68
A/SA Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.066 A/SA Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.857
Qualified: #45 10.545 -0.455 #19 10.162 -0.838
Heads-up! Shaw with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1781 Dan Fletcher 216 Michael Beard
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 10.418 121.77 0.032 11.550 111.55
B/SA Dial: 10.41 (+/-): 0.008 G/SA Dial: 11.55 (+/-): 0.000
Qualified: #21 10.446 -0.804 #47 11.585 -0.415
This is a great drag race...Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0044 seconds (approximately 9
inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
24 Jeff Hairrington P270 Ricky Pennington
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.013 10.784 96.53 0.025 No Time
C/SA Dial: 10.56 (+/-): 0.224 D/SA Dial: 10.73 (+/-): 89.269
Qualified: #41 10.815 -0.585 #15 10.686 -0.864
Harrington with the starting line advantage and the win, when Pennington broke right off the
line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1139 John Leach 213A Anthony Bertozzi
E1 0.070 10.403 126.39 ****WINNER**** 0.082 10.370 127.19
C/SA Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.997 C/SA Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -1.030
Qualified: #4 10.425 -0.975 #30 10.678 -0.722
Heads-up! Leach with the starting line advantage and Bertozzi gets the win by 0.0218 seconds
(approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1296 George Cable 210 Ryan Hardison
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.030 10.813 94.75 No Time
B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.437 B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): 88.749
Qualified: #36 10.578 -0.672 #10 10.357 -0.893
Heads-up! Hardinson is a no show...Cable gets the freebie.
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