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Sat, 21 May 2016, 12:33 PM

Super Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5440 Gene Bichlmeier                        52 Troy Ross                    
E1                   0.029 26.718  56.71     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.037 122.08
        GT/I  Dial: 10.17 (+/-): 16.548          SS/BM  Dial: 8.91 (+/-):  0.127
 Qualified:            #22 10.170 -0.780                       #45  9.438  0.238

11:04 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,482 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Bichlmeier launched with the wheels up and then he just coasted down the track.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5709 Robert Baldwin                       3306 Larry Hodge                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  9.268 122.10                     0.059 26.058  26.90
       SS/BM  Dial: 8.82 (+/-):  0.448           GT/JA  Dial: 10.54 (+/-): 15.518
 Qualified:            #43  8.946 -0.254                       #20 10.515 -0.785

Hodge's launch looked much like Bichlmeier's before him.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4120 Chris Chaney                         5488 Dean Mesenbring              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.090 130.73                    -0.042 10.706 123.00
       GT/GA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-): -0.020          GT/IA  Dial: 10.71 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #14 10.088 -0.812                       #37 10.705 -0.495

Chris Chaney's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5215 Larry Vierregger                     5545 Gary Stinnett                
E1                   0.027 10.599 123.59     ****WINNER****  0.026 10.409 127.10
       GT/JA  Dial: 11.30 (+/-): -0.701          GT/JA  Dial: 11.30 (+/-): -0.891
 Qualified:            #34 10.646 -0.654                       #11 10.431 -0.869

Heads-up! Gary Stinnett's MOV: 0.1915 seconds (approximately 35 feet). He'll face Ross in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5004 Larry Schmidt                        5578 Bill Bernstrauch             
E1                   0.005 11.522 107.32     ****WINNER****  0.019 11.417 114.39
       SS/OA  Dial: 11.60 (+/-): -0.078           SS/O  Dial: 11.29 (+/-):  0.127
 Qualified:            #27 11.564 -0.736                        #4 11.267 -0.933

Schmidt took too much stripe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Tyler Wudarczyk                      5462 Scott Pearson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036 10.368 121.98                     0.035 10.755 122.19
       GT/HA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.088          SS/KA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.105
 Qualified:            #16 10.252 -0.798                       #39 10.892 -0.358

Tyler Wudarczyk's MOV: 0.0162 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5248 Shaun Vincent                        5657 Randall Klein                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068 10.263 130.89                     0.090 11.422 109.53
       SS/FM  Dial: 10.23 (+/-):  0.033          SS/NA  Dial: 11.49 (+/-): -0.068
 Qualified:            #41 10.203 -0.297                       #18 11.355 -0.795

Shaun Vincent's MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5150 Jason DeForrest                      5929 Brett Speer                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  9.181 138.23                     0.056 10.069 130.29
       GT/AA  Dial: 9.19 (+/-): -0.009           GT/FA  Dial: 10.08 (+/-): -0.011
 Qualified:             #3  9.163 -0.937                       #26 10.062 -0.738

Jason DeForrest's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0320 seconds (approximately 6 feet) in a double breakout. He'll face Chaney in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4102 Jack Hodge                           3948 Mike Stokes                  
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.073  8.337 151.26                    -0.012  8.503 154.69
       FSS/B  Dial: 8.29 (+/-):  0.047           SS/BM  Dial: 8.49 (+/-):  0.013
 Qualified:             #7  8.293 -0.907                       #30  8.490 -0.710

Jack Hodge's MOV: opponent's red light. He'll face Vincent in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5517 Justin Jenkins                       5203 Tom Cain                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  9.562 133.86                     0.038  8.774 154.49
       GT/BA  Dial: 9.55 (+/-):  0.012           SS/BS  Dial: 8.75 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #28  9.528 -0.722                        #5  8.724 -0.926

Justin Jenkins' MOV: 0.0274 seconds (approximately 6 feet). He'll face Wudarczyk in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4747 Tommy Phillips                       4903 Brandon Bakies               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  9.528 127.51                     0.019  9.443 138.44
       GT/CA  Dial: 9.52 (+/-):  0.008           FSS/F  Dial: 9.48 (+/-): -0.037
 Qualified:             #6  9.492 -0.908                       #29  9.487 -0.713

Tommy Phillips' MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4373 Ashton Hudson                        5250 Todd Patterson               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.108  9.013 120.02
       SS/CS  Dial: 9.68 (+/-): 90.319           FSS/C  Dial: 8.79 (+/-):  0.223
 Qualified:            #35  9.649 -0.651                       #12  8.798 -0.852

Hudson broke after staging.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4274 Jacob Pitt                           4300 Lloyd Wofford                
E1                   0.100  9.451 140.58     ****WINNER****  0.030  8.623 150.82
       FGT/D  Dial: 9.38 (+/-):  0.071           SS/AH  Dial: 8.55 (+/-):  0.073
 Qualified:             #2  9.373 -0.977                       #25  8.558 -0.742

Lloyd Wofford's MOV: 0.0689 seconds (approximately 14 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4147 Rob Cruzen                           4688 Mike Cotten                  
E1                  -0.005  9.793 133.46     ****WINNER****  0.053 10.092 116.54
       GT/EA  Dial: 9.77 (+/-):  0.023           SS/IA  Dial: 10.02 (+/-):  0.072
 Qualified:             #9  9.759 -0.891                       #32 10.002 -0.698

Mike Cotten's MOV: opponent's red light. He'll face Baldwin in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4208 James Caro                           5600 Michael Mans                 
E1                   0.023  9.884 134.31     ****WINNER****  0.015  8.740 146.04
       FSS/K  Dial: 9.86 (+/-):  0.024           SS/AS  Dial: 8.71 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #31  9.850 -0.700                        #8  8.693 -0.907

Michael Mans' MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 7 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5518 Mark Jenkins                          332 Marion Stephenson            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.303  9.663 137.15                    -0.014 10.085 117.52
        GT/D  Dial: 9.68 (+/-): -0.017           GT/FA  Dial: 9.97 (+/-):  0.115
 Qualified:            #33  9.667 -0.683                       #10  9.929 -0.871

Stephenson left a little too early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4466 Robert Cruzen                        4444 Norman Marsden               
E1                   0.007  9.145 141.74     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.526 123.96
       GT/AA  Dial: 9.12 (+/-):  0.025           SS/KA  Dial: 10.51 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:             #1  9.084 -1.016                       #24 10.495 -0.755

Norman Marsden's MOV: 0.0084 seconds (approximately 21 inches). He'll have a bye run in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5065 Wayne Denklau                           9 Phil Unruh                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066 10.419 121.58                     0.033  8.574 145.86
        SS/K  Dial: 10.41 (+/-):  0.009          SS/CM  Dial: 8.51 (+/-):  0.064
 Qualified:            #36 10.410 -0.590                       #13  8.651 -0.849

Wayne Denklau's MOV: 0.0221 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He'll face Wofford in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5426 Gene Mosbek                          3881 Brian Stufflebeam            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023 10.305 125.87                     0.006 10.283 125.65
       SS/FA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.015          SS/JA  Dial: 10.24 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:            #44 10.279 -0.171                       #21 10.219 -0.781

Gene Mosbek's MOV: 0.0119 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He'll face Mark Jenkins in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5461 Eric Pearson                          540 Curtis Hieb                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026 11.025 113.65                     0.273  9.995 133.12
       SS/KA  Dial: 10.98 (+/-):  0.045          FSS/L  Dial: 10.01 (+/-): -0.015
 Qualified:            #42 10.972 -0.278                       #19 10.012 -0.788

Eric Pearson's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.1870 seconds (approximately 37 feet), opponent broke out. He'll face Mans in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  582 Scott Burton                         4110 Jared Swinehart              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.129 128.62                           No Time      
       GT/GA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-): -0.771          GT/AA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-): 89.899
 Qualified:            #23 10.140 -0.760                       #46 10.835  0.735

Swinehart was a no show. Burton will face Patterson in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  554 Ron Roddel                           3575 Don O'Malley                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.096 11.087  95.27                           No Time      
       GT/LA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.337          SS/HA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-): 89.399
 Qualified:            #15 10.746 -0.804                       #38 10.131 -0.469

O'Malley was a no show. Roddel will face Bernstrauch in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4118 Pete Peery                           5748 Marlin Bogner                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.736 135.95                           No Time      
       GT/DA  Dial: 9.72 (+/-):  0.016           SS/AH  Dial: 9.30 (+/-): 90.699
 Qualified:            #17  9.703 -0.797                       #40  8.984 -0.316

Bogner was a no show. Peery will face Phillips in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink