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Fri, 10 Feb 2017, 13:43 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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
 7010 Duane Dickens                         715 Justin Jerome                
E2                  -0.059 11.521 112.44     ****WINNER****  0.015 10.968 119.43
        J/SA  Dial: 11.56 (+/-): -0.039           F/SA  Dial: 11.01 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Zaskowski ) 0.020 11.549 -0.011      (C Langdon   ) 0.027 10.995  0.035
 Qualified:            #22 11.647 -0.803                        #6 10.952 -0.898

10:19 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 28.95 inches, adjusted altitude 2,431 feet, track temperature 73 degrees.

Justin Jerome's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7360 Mike Loge                            7776 Christopher Whitney          
E2                   0.024 11.287 115.03     ****WINNER****  0.142 10.327 121.34
        G/SA  Dial: 11.33 (+/-): -0.043            A/S  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.047
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Gilley    ) 0.019 11.352  0.002      (D Smith     ) 0.067 10.476  0.196
 Qualified:            #52 11.371 -0.629                       #36 10.202 -0.748

Christopher Whitney's MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7432 Ryan Schloe                           737 Dwight Machael               
E2                   0.122 11.112 116.39     ****WINNER****  0.022 10.449 113.94
        F/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  0.012           A/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Ancona    ) 0.035 11.087  0.047      (C Method    ) 0.023 10.356 -0.004
 Qualified:            #30 11.072 -0.778                       #46 10.295 -0.705

Dwight Machael's MOV: 0.0531 seconds (approximately 9 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Mike Cotten                           741 John Irving                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.075 12.897  87.16                    -0.013 12.390 105.31
        F/SA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-):  1.827           N/SA  Dial: 12.41 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Schloe    ) 0.063 11.131  0.061      (J Shaul     ) 0.069 12.402 -0.008
 Qualified:            #39 11.110 -0.740                       #55 12.398 -0.602

Mike Cotten's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Nanette Stein                          75 Chris Hall                   
E2                  -0.032 12.320 105.95     ****WINNER****  0.025 10.493 113.36
        O/SA  Dial: 12.35 (+/-): -0.030           B/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.093
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Lindholm  ) 0.000 12.364 -0.966      (B O'Connor  ) 0.017 10.537  0.127
 Qualified:            #33 12.382 -0.768                       #17 10.436 -0.814

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


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Chad Loge                            7307 Jeffrey Jerome               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.469 121.88                     0.024 10.237 129.34
        B/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-): -0.011           A/SA  Dial: 10.25 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Gullett   ) 0.077 10.586  0.106      (B Broaddus  ) 0.043 10.243  0.063
 Qualified:            #37 10.507 -0.743                       #21 10.193 -0.807

Chad Loge's MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      7500 Doug Holder                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.573 118.99                     0.057 12.072 108.06
        C/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-):  0.003           M/SA  Dial: 12.07 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Svensson  ) 0.039 10.617  0.077      (D Gibson    ) 0.018 12.069  0.019
 Qualified:            #13 10.554 -0.846                       #29 12.066 -0.784

Just 0.001 difference to their dials and Randi Lyn Shipp has the better light for the win. MOV: 0.0285 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           7965 Michael Hakkert              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047 10.216 120.52                     0.013 10.343 127.91
        A/SA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.046           B/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Hanson    ) 0.079 10.174 -0.826      (L Cox       ) 0.120 10.364  0.024
 Qualified:            #24 10.201 -0.799                        #8 10.364 -0.886

Steve Wann's MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7025 Jerry Stein                          7888 John Roderick                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.086 10.797 120.50                    -0.041 11.627 113.47
        D/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.027           G/SA  Dial: 11.51 (+/-):  0.117
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cooper    ) 0.044 10.781  0.101      (L Glasbrenne) 0.148 11.513 -0.027
 Qualified:            #15 10.732 -0.818                       #63 11.920 -0.080

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


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  720 Carl Battis                           732 Phil Mandella Jr.            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017 11.291 113.29                     0.035 11.198 117.48
        H/SA  Dial: 11.28 (+/-):  0.011           G/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Cocuzza   ) 0.019 11.436  0.186      (K Comstock  ) 0.032 11.209  0.039
 Qualified:             #9 11.271 -0.879                       #25 11.204 -0.796

Carl Battis' MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0050 seconds (approximately 10 inches), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  701 John Calvert                         3540 Charley Downing              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  8.698 156.95                    -0.007 10.417 108.55
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.70 (+/-): -0.002            FS/F  Dial: 10.21 (+/-):  0.207
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Pauley    ) 0.021  8.808  0.018      (M Williams  ) 0.017 10.245  0.005
 Qualified:            #50  8.732 -0.668                        #2 10.245 -0.955

John Calvert runs nine to his dial. MOV: opponent's -0.007 red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  781 Tony DeFrank                          713 Jim Durham                   
E2                   0.036 11.079 117.48     ****WINNER****  0.054 10.944 118.66
        B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.559           E/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Lapointe  ) 0.089 10.540  0.020      (B DeArmond  ) 0.032 10.934 -0.006
 Qualified:            #19 10.438 -0.812                       #35 10.952 -0.748

DeFrank gets the starting line advantage, but slows down track. Durham goes on to round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7411 Jon Irving                           3361 Bo Butner                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023 10.717 113.27                     0.047  8.886 142.03
        D/SA  Dial: 10.71 (+/-):  0.007           FS/A  Dial: 8.92 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lang      ) 0.024 10.732  0.032      (D Bridgewate) 0.044  8.971  0.021
 Qualified:            #12 10.701 -0.849                       #28  8.915 -0.785

Jon Irving runs seven to his dial for the win. MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Mike Johnston                        1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                   0.037 11.142 117.65     ****WINNER****  0.027 10.514 103.42
        C/SA  Dial: 10.85 (+/-):  0.292           FS/F  Dial: 10.33 (+/-):  0.184
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Ariotti   ) 0.128 11.860  1.010      (A Corda     ) 0.016 10.532  0.232
 Qualified:            #58 10.941 -0.459                       #42 10.484 -0.716

Johnson slows and gives Fletcher win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          7179 Bob Elliott                  
E2                   0.058 10.906 116.94     ****WINNER****  0.056 10.529 124.16
        E/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-): -0.044           B/SA  Dial: 10.54 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Luneack   ) 0.046 10.812 -0.888      (J Lindstrom ) 0.083 10.512 -0.738
 Qualified:            #64 13.600  1.900                       #48 10.571 -0.679

Bob Elliott's MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4402 Jerry Emmons                          624 Don Little                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.062 10.447 117.46                     0.065  9.864 133.25
        B/SA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-): -0.003          AA/SA  Dial: 9.91 (+/-): -0.046
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Mangus    ) 0.071 10.440 -0.010      (J Meador    ) 0.042  9.891  0.031
 Qualified:            #59 10.802 -0.448                       #11  9.849 -0.851

Just 0.003 difference in RT's and Jerry Emmons breaks out by less. MOV: Double breakout.

10:28 a.m.

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