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Fri, 10 Feb 2017, 11:53 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7031 Gregg Luneack                        7474 Justin Lamb                  
E1                   0.027 10.946 118.35     ****WINNER****  0.046 10.812 114.86
        E/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.754           E/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.888
 Qualified:            #32 10.923 -0.777                       #64 13.600  1.900

Heads-up! 8:20 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 28.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,156 feet, track temperature 65 degrees.
The first pair of the first round of the first race of the year!

Luneack gets a nice head start, but is no match for a charging Lamb.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7432 Ryan Schloe                           771 John Anacona                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035 11.087 117.05                     0.017 10.498 116.18
        F/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-):  0.047          AA/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-): -0.022
 Qualified:            #30 11.072 -0.778                       #62 10.507 -0.193

Anacona is away first and then breaks out. Easy win for Schloe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Chad Loge                             652 Bob Gullett                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.077 10.586 115.31                     0.201 10.850 120.66
        B/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-):  0.106            F/S  Dial: 10.83 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #37 10.507 -0.743                        #5 10.889 -0.911

Gullett is late. Chad Loge's MOV: 0.0388 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  611 Cal Method                            737 Dwight Machael               
E1                   0.051 11.270 112.23     ****WINNER****  0.023 10.356 127.27
        H/SA  Dial: 11.30 (+/-): -0.030           A/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #14 11.311 -0.839                       #46 10.295 -0.705

Dwight Machael's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0020 seconds (approximately 4 inches) in a double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7209 Jeff Lindstrom                       7179 Bob Elliott                  
E1                  -0.022 10.444 125.42     ****WINNER****  0.083 10.512 126.22
        B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.806           B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.738
 Qualified:            #16 10.435 -0.815                       #48 10.571 -0.679

Heads-up! Lots of smoke out from under Elliot's car, but he gets an easy win, as Lindstrom red lit.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  741 John Irving                          1044 John Shaul                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069 12.402 103.02                     0.046  9.911 126.03
        N/SA  Dial: 12.41 (+/-): -0.008          AA/SA  Dial: 9.92 (+/-): -0.009
 Qualified:            #55 12.398 -0.602                       #23  9.901 -0.799

John Irving's MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Mike Johnston                         733 Richard Ariotti              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.128 11.860 114.47                     0.032 11.066 118.71
        C/SA  Dial: 10.85 (+/-):  1.010           F/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-): -0.034
 Qualified:            #58 10.941 -0.459                       #26 11.059 -0.791

Mike Johnston's MOV: Opponent broke out. Johnson was late and slowed.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7947 Bill O'Connor                          75 Chris Hall                   
E1                  -0.128 16.942  77.78     ****WINNER****  0.017 10.537 107.45
        EF/S  Dial: 16.79 (+/-):  0.152           B/SA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-):  0.127
 Qualified:            #49 16.780 -0.670                       #17 10.436 -0.814

Chris Hall's MOV: opponent's very red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7003 John Schloe                            77 Mike Cotten                  
E1                   0.225 10.609 124.32     ****WINNER****  0.063 11.131 104.87
        C/SA  Dial: 10.51 (+/-):  0.099           F/SA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-):  0.061
 Qualified:             #7 10.502 -0.898                       #39 11.110 -0.740

Schloe's Firebird made a hard move towards the center line at the green and it cost him. Easy win for Cotten.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7067 Broc Broaddus                        7307 Jeffrey Jerome               
E1                   0.167 12.507 105.99     ****WINNER****  0.043 10.243 125.30
        O/SA  Dial: 12.52 (+/-): -0.013           A/SA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-):  0.063
 Qualified:            #53 12.539 -0.611                       #21 10.193 -0.807

Jeffrey Jerome's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0480 seconds (approximately 7 feet), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                      7888 John Roderick                
E1                  -0.010 10.511 124.76     ****WINNER****  0.148 11.513 113.68
        C/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.059           G/SA  Dial: 11.54 (+/-): -0.027
 Qualified:            #31 10.622 -0.778                       #63 11.920 -0.080

John Roderick's MOV: opponent's -0.010 red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Chad Langdon                          715 Justin Jerome                
E1                   0.059 10.988 113.96     ****WINNER****  0.027 10.995 119.12
        E/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-):  0.038           F/SA  Dial: 10.96 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:            #38 10.960 -0.740                        #6 10.952 -0.898

Justin Jerome's MOV: 0.0354 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5717 Bobby DeArmond                        713 Jim Durham                   
E1                  -0.086 10.273 105.47     ****WINNER****  0.032 10.934 120.38
        A/SA  Dial: 10.05 (+/-):  0.223           E/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-): -0.006
 Qualified:             #3 10.063 -0.937                       #35 10.952 -0.748

Jim Durham's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Nanette Stein                         754 Lindy Lindholm               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.000 12.364 105.61                    -0.028 11.388 115.00
        O/SA  Dial: 13.33 (+/-): -0.966           I/SA  Dial: 11.38 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #33 12.382 -0.768                        #1 11.274 -1.026

Stein nails the tree with a perfect light and then breaks out by almost a second. Wrong dial?

Lindholm runs 0.008 to his dial for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7500 Doug Holder                          7650 Doug Gibson                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018 12.069 108.23                    -0.043 11.547 114.60
        M/SA  Dial: 12.05 (+/-):  0.019           H/SA  Dial: 11.54 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #29 12.066 -0.784                       #61 11.802 -0.348

Doug Holder's MOV: opponent's red light.Doug Holder's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7025 Jerry Stein                          5227 John Cooper                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044 10.781 120.91                    -0.008 10.015 131.51
        D/SA  Dial: 10.68 (+/-):  0.101          AA/SA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:            #15 10.732 -0.818                       #47 10.002 -0.698

Jerry Stein's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7401 Darren Smith                         7776 Christopher Whitney          
E1                   0.086 11.309 113.75     ****WINNER****  0.067 10.476 111.42
        G/SA  Dial: 11.09 (+/-):  0.219            A/S  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.196
 Qualified:             #4 11.079 -0.921                       #36 10.202 -0.748

Christopher Whitney's MOV: 0.0426 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  800 Markus Svensson                      339L Randi Lyn Shipp              
E1                   0.064 10.510 127.02     ****WINNER****  0.039 10.617 115.52
         B/S  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.080           C/SA  Dial: 10.54 (+/-):  0.077
 Qualified:            #45 10.494 -0.706                       #13 10.554 -0.846

Randi Lyn Shipp's MOV: 0.0284 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7108 Lonnie Cox                           7965 Michael Hakkert              
E1                   0.099 11.376 113.32     ****WINNER****  0.120 10.364 128.10
        H/SA  Dial: 11.39 (+/-): -0.014           B/SA  Dial: 10.34 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #40 11.412 -0.738                        #8 10.364 -0.886

Michael Hakkert's MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7002 Jim Meador                            624 Don Little                   
E1                   0.035 10.939 116.85     ****WINNER****  0.042  9.891 126.93
        D/SA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-):  0.119          AA/SA  Dial: 9.86 (+/-):  0.031
 Qualified:            #43 10.837 -0.713                       #11  9.849 -0.851

Meador gets away first, but can't run his number. Little goes on to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 771C Karen Comstock                        732 Phil Mandella Jr.            
E1                   0.038  9.093 142.32     ****WINNER****  0.032 11.209 117.86
        FS/A  Dial: 9.15 (+/-): -0.057            G/SA  Dial: 11.17 (+/-):  0.039
 Qualified:            #57  9.166 -0.534                       #25 11.204 -0.796

Phil Mandella Jr.'s MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6001 Norman LaPointe                       781 Tony DeFrank                 
E1                  -0.012 11.205 117.41     ****WINNER****  0.089 10.540 124.74
        F/SA  Dial: 11.16 (+/-):  0.045           B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #51 11.196 -0.654                       #19 10.438 -0.812

Tony DeFrank's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  701 John Calvert                         7593 Richie Pauley                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  8.808 132.83                     0.029 10.618 124.66
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.79 (+/-):  0.018            C/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.058
 Qualified:            #50  8.732 -0.668                       #18 10.587 -0.813

Big time wheelstand for Pauley, but John Calvert has the better package. MOV: 0.0485 seconds (approximately 9 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7185 Dave Bridgewater                     3361 Bo Butner                    
E1                   0.001 10.153 132.71     ****WINNER****  0.044  8.971 131.37
        FS/D  Dial: 10.19 (+/-): -0.037           FS/A  Dial: 8.95 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:            #60 10.180 -0.420                       #28  8.915 -0.785

Great one light for Bridgewater and then he breaks out. Butner gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Larry Gilley                         7360 Mike Loge                    
E1                   0.095 10.881 116.15     ****WINNER****  0.019 11.352 110.62
        E/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-): -0.029           G/SA  Dial: 11.35 (+/-):  0.002
 Qualified:            #20 10.889 -0.811                       #52 11.371 -0.629

Mike Loge runs two to his dial in the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0450 seconds (approximately 8 feet), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           7931 Cliff Hanson                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.079 10.174 106.33                     0.038 10.374 126.42
        A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.826           A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.626
 Qualified:            #24 10.201 -0.799                       #56 10.410 -0.590

Heads-up! Wann leaves second and finishes first!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 777B Kim Cocuzza                           720 Carl Battis                  
E1                   0.164 12.122 114.95     ****WINNER****  0.019 11.436 103.17
        G/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-):  0.872           H/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-):  0.186
 Qualified:            #41 11.263 -0.737                        #9 11.271 -0.879

Cocuzza is late and slows. Battis takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jody Lang                            7411 Jon Irving                   
E1                   0.033 12.087 102.30     ****WINNER****  0.024 10.732 114.28
        M/SA  Dial: 12.03 (+/-):  0.057           D/SA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:            #44 12.143 -0.707                       #12 10.701 -0.849

Jon Irving's MOV: 0.0345 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5400 Al Corda                             1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                  -0.018 10.050 131.33     ****WINNER****  0.016 10.532  99.58
        FS/E  Dial: 10.07 (+/-): -0.020           FS/F  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.232
 Qualified:            #10 10.079 -0.871                       #42 10.484 -0.716

Dan Fletcher gets a good start towards his 100th win. MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4402 Jerry Emmons                         7616 Ryan Mangus                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071 10.440 118.59                    -0.002 11.172 114.91
        B/SA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-): -0.010           G/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.078
 Qualified:            #59 10.802 -0.448                       #27 11.211 -0.789

Jerry Emmons' MOV: opponent's -0.002 red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3540 Charley Downing                      7670 Michael Williams             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.245 122.82                     0.064 10.967 114.73
        FS/F  Dial: 10.24 (+/-):  0.005           E/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:             #2 10.245 -0.955                       #34 10.932 -0.768

Charley Downing runs five to his dial for the win. MOV: 0.0599 seconds (approximately 10 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7010 Duane Dickens                        3697 Brad Zaskowski               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020 11.549 112.44                    -0.001 15.469  56.72
        J/SA  Dial: 11.56 (+/-): -0.011            H/S  Dial: 11.27 (+/-):  4.199
 Qualified:            #22 11.647 -0.803                       #54 11.391 -0.609

Zaskowski misses the tree by just -0.001. Dickens gets the win.

8:48 a.m.

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