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Thu, 07 Feb 2019, 20:52 PM

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, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  733 Richard Ariotti                      1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                   0.026 16.494  58.75     ****WINNER****  0.040 10.319 100.52
        F/SA  Dial: 11.18 (+/-):  5.314           FS/E  Dial: 10.09 (+/-):  0.229
 Qualified:            #60 18.711  6.861                       #30 10.056 -0.894

5:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.03 inches, adjusted altitude 1,545 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Ariotti slows and Fletcher goes to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  791 Randy Bursell                        7356 Scott Loge                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.011 11.449 114.34
        H/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): 87.849           I/SA  Dial: 12.30 (+/-): -0.851
 Qualified:            #59 12.864  0.714                       #29 11.401 -0.899

Bursell is a no show.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Darrick Ellam                        J712 Chris Hall                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010 16.621  77.00                     0.069 10.450 125.73
        W/SA  Dial: 16.46 (+/-):  0.161           B/SA  Dial: 10.34 (+/-):  0.110
 Qualified:            #58 16.460 -0.190                       #28 10.351 -0.899

Six second head start and just nineteen inches ahead in the lights! Ellam gets the holeshot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5415 John Dourlet                          611 Cal Method                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015 10.079 123.14                     0.078 11.267 115.05
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.04 (+/-):  0.039           H/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:            #49 10.016 -0.684                       #19 11.221 -0.929

Method was late and gives the ten foot win to Dourlet!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  777 Earl Blake                            706 Buddy Jensen                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.149 10.834 112.95                    -0.002 10.969 117.86
        F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -1.016           F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.881
 Qualified:             #6 10.829 -1.021                       #36 10.982 -0.868

Heads-up!

Jensen goes red by -0.002 to give the win to Blake.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  652 Bob Gullett                           713 Jim Durham                   
E1                   0.125 10.779 121.99     ****WINNER****  0.065 10.854 120.43
         F/S  Dial: 10.81 (+/-): -0.031           E/SA  Dial: 10.85 (+/-):  0.004
 Qualified:             #5 10.778 -1.022                       #35 10.829 -0.871

The sun is behind the grandstand now and the tree really shines bright!

Jim Durham runs four to his dial for the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0250 seconds (approximately 4 feet), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  741 John Irving                          771C Karen Comstock               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.187 12.789  87.96                     0.091 20.543  49.54
        N/SA  Dial: 12.45 (+/-):  0.339           FS/A  Dial: 8.82 (+/-): 11.723
 Qualified:            #52 12.434 -0.566                       #22  8.788 -0.912

Comstock's Mustang is way loose and she has to lift.

Irving gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7307 Jeff Jerome                          7801 Pete Lanciers                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.077 10.098 131.02                    -0.033 26.231  41.23
        A/SA  Dial: 10.12 (+/-): -0.022           E/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-): 15.181
 Qualified:            #23 10.090 -0.910                       #53 11.139 -0.561

Lanciers goes red and then dumps a little "stuff" just off the starting line.

Jerome takes the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5400 Al Corda                                3 Jeff Taylor                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002 10.023 130.05                    -0.030  9.254 129.64
        A/SA  Dial: 10.01 (+/-):  0.013           FS/B  Dial: 9.17 (+/-):  0.084
 Qualified:             #7  9.983 -1.017                       #37  9.135 -0.865

Quick clean up and we are back.
Number three in the nation, Taylor, goes red!

Corda scores a great two light and goes on to round two tomorrow


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7707 Dennis Alvey                          785 Tony Mandella                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002 10.168 130.35                     0.027 10.745 119.16
         A/S  Dial: 10.12 (+/-):  0.048           E/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.025
 Qualified:            #40 10.121 -0.829                       #10 10.708 -0.992

Dennis Alvey leaves with a great two light and just takes the really close win by two! MOV: 0.0027 seconds (approximately 6 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7200 Brian Pott                           7650 Doug Gibson                  
E1                  -0.024 10.934 123.63     ****WINNER****  0.051 10.680 122.52
         B/S  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.214           D/SA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #55 10.715 -0.485                       #25 10.645 -0.905

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


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6254 Darcy Clarke                         7635 Roger Hall                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024 10.295 112.23                     0.132 10.400 126.42
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.145           B/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:            #54 10.139 -0.561                       #24 10.340 -0.910

Hall is late, but can't quite catch Clark. MOV: 0.0033 seconds (approximately 7 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7031 Gregg Luneack                        7593 Richie Pauley                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.104 10.535 125.03                    -0.100 10.465 123.69
        B/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-):  0.055           C/SA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:            #45 10.501 -0.749                       #15 10.457 -0.943

Just 0.003 difference in their dials, but Pauley is too quick on the lights to give the easy win to Luneack


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7410 Robert Pond                          701K Karen Stoffer                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  9.865 134.55                     0.013  9.096 145.33
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.84 (+/-):  0.025            FS/A  Dial: 9.21 (+/-): -0.114
 Qualified:            #26  9.797 -0.903                       #56  9.216 -0.484

Stoffer makes her best run of the weekend, puts up a thirteen light, and breaks out.

Pond goes on.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7670 Michael Williams                     3609 John McCarthy Jr.            
E1                   0.178 10.978 113.79     ****WINNER****  0.080 13.447  95.70
        F/SA  Dial: 10.96 (+/-):  0.018           R/SA  Dial: 13.43 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #20 10.923 -0.927                       #50 13.402 -0.648

Just 0.001 difference to their dials, but Williams is late. McCarthy gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 T733 Tim Seymour                          7010 Duane Dickens                
E1                   0.117  9.194 139.99     ****WINNER****  0.106 11.512 112.55
        FS/B  Dial: 9.16 (+/-):  0.034            J/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-):  0.012
 Qualified:            #39  9.161 -0.839                        #9 11.457 -0.993

Duane Dickens gets the win. MOV: 0.0331 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7881 Chris Ashley                         723R Ryan Smith                   
E1                   0.088 11.447 117.43     ****WINNER****  0.038 12.689  95.01
        I/SA  Dial: 11.38 (+/-):  0.067           N/SA  Dial: 12.61 (+/-):  0.079
 Qualified:            #27 11.397 -0.903                       #57 12.552 -0.448

Ryan Smith gets the holeshot win. MOV: 0.0382 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7784 Paul Wong                               9 Ryan Mangus                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045 10.550 118.62                     0.054 10.755 120.56
        C/SA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  0.000           E/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:            #17 10.464 -0.936                       #47 10.955 -0.745

Mangus is just 0.009 behind at the green and runs 0.005 to his dial to no avail.

Paul Wong is quicker off the line and runs right on his dial. MOV: 0.0149 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7888 John Roderick                        7058 Gary Hampton                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008 11.189 102.57                     0.068 15.091  89.78
        G/SA  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.069           DF/S  Dial: 15.00 (+/-):  0.091
 Qualified:            #21 11.088 -0.912                       #51 15.033 -0.567

John Roderick scores a nice eight light. MOV: 0.0829 seconds (approximately 11 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  728 Brent Calvert                         732 Phil Mandella                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.108  8.268 166.74                    -0.019 11.115 118.09
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.63 (+/-): -0.362            G/SA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:            #43  8.605 -0.795                       #13 11.045 -0.955

Brent Calvert misses his dial by a ton, but Mandella had already red lit.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7688 Paula Cotten                         7108 Lonnie Cox                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.157 11.366 116.86                     0.091 11.464 113.26
        I/SA  Dial: 12.30 (+/-): -0.934           I/SA  Dial: 12.30 (+/-): -0.836
 Qualified:            #12 11.342 -0.958                       #42 11.495 -0.805

Heads-up!

Cotton was late, but has the power to just get around Cox cor the five foot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Jody Lang                            7274 Larry Gilley                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014 12.162  97.91                     0.102 10.765 121.83
        M/SA  Dial: 12.10 (+/-):  0.062           E/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:            #44 12.085 -0.765                       #14 10.749 -0.951

Gilley runs fifteen to his dial, but i way late. Lang get the seven foot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           7002 Jim Meador                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.108  9.846 133.39                    -0.001 10.684 122.80
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.83 (+/-):  0.016            D/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.164
 Qualified:            #33  9.819 -0.881                        #3 10.492 -1.058

Meador is red by just -0.001 to give the free pass to round two to Wann.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7931 Cliff Hanson                            1 Brian McClanahan             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018 10.311 127.70                     0.075  9.790 136.41
        A/SA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.011          AA/SA  Dial: 9.77 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #48 10.264 -0.736                       #18  9.769 -0.931

World Champion,McClanahan, is gone early, as Hanson has the better numbers on both ends of the track.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5526 Dwayne Scheitlin                     339L Randi Lyn Shipp              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.063 10.209 123.79                     0.083 10.490 116.01
        A/SA  Dial: 10.16 (+/-):  0.049           C/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.070
 Qualified:            #38 10.137 -0.863                        #8 10.398 -1.002

Dwayne Scheitlin's MOV: 0.0418 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Mike Cotten                           715 Justin Jerome                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.072 10.802 103.53                     0.031 10.931 104.31
        F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -1.048           F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.919
 Qualified:             #2 10.790 -1.060                       #32 10.962 -0.888

Heads-up!

Cotton is a little late, but has the power to take the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7118 Leroy Duran                           778 Jimmy DeFrank                
E1                   0.054 13.713  95.66     ****WINNER****  0.034  9.841 129.05
        U/SA  Dial: 13.66 (+/-):  0.053          AA/SA  Dial: 9.81 (+/-):  0.031
 Qualified:             #1 13.623 -1.227                       #31  9.809 -0.891

Jimmy DeFrank's MOV: 0.0426 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  601 Cody Lane                            7411 Jon Irving                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042 11.254 114.62                     0.058 10.870 116.76
        H/SA  Dial: 11.24 (+/-):  0.014           D/SA  Dial: 10.86 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:            #16 11.211 -0.939                       #46 10.803 -0.747

Lots of tail lights in the lights and Cody Lane takes the close hole shot win. MOV: 0.0124 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7947 Bill O'Connor                        703D Kyle Rizzoli                 
E1                   0.130 16.798  75.66     ****WINNER****  0.063 10.321 115.63
        EF/S  Dial: 16.63 (+/-):  0.168           B/SA  Dial: 10.25 (+/-):  0.071
 Qualified:            #41 16.629 -0.821                       #11 10.260 -0.990

O'Connr is late and gives the easy win to Rizzoli.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  754 Lindy Lindholm                       7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
E1                   0.022  9.334 143.20     ****WINNER****  0.023 10.478 117.98
        FS/C  Dial: 9.35 (+/-): -0.016            C/SA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:             #4  9.275 -1.025                       #34 10.520 -0.880

Just 0.001 difference in RT's at the green.
Leo Glasbrenner runs eight to his dial for the easy win. Lindholm broke out.

5:44 p.m.

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