Drag Race Central | Presented by Summitracing.com

Sat, 23 Feb 2019, 17:50 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7888 John Roderick                        7307 Jeff Jerome                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.102 11.181 115.70                    -0.002 10.150 130.04
        G/SA  Dial: 11.22 (+/-): -0.039           A/SA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:            #26 11.206 -0.794                       #51 28.000 17.000

3:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 1,653 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Jerome misses the green by just -0.002 and gives the win to Roderick.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7025 Jerry Stein                          T733 Tim Seymour                  
E1                   0.019 10.706 120.55     ****WINNER****  0.042  9.241 143.11
        D/SA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-): -0.054           FS/B  Dial: 9.22 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:            #50 20.496  8.946                       #25  9.202 -0.798

Stein gets a better RT, but breaks out. Tim Seymour gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Mike Johnston                         706 Buddy Jensen                 
E1                   0.041 11.235 100.30     ****WINNER****  0.193 11.108 111.49
        C/SA  Dial: 11.36 (+/-): -0.125           F/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #49 11.363 -0.037                       #24 11.052 -0.798

Buddy Jensen is dead late at the green, but Johnston is way too quick and breaks out big time.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7680 Tom Ferruggia                
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.050  9.327 142.03
                                                  FS/C  Dial: 9.40 (+/-): -0.073
 Qualified:                                                       #1  9.223 -1.077

Bye run for Tom Ferruggia.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  715 Justin Jerome                        7801 Pete Lanciers                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024 11.052 117.74                    -0.500 15.039  58.91
        F/SA  Dial: 11.06 (+/-): -0.008           E/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-):  3.639
 Qualified:            #20 11.036 -0.814                       #45 11.488 -0.212

Justin Jerome gets the easy win, as Lanciers goes red big time.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7022 Nanette Stein                         652 Bob Gullett                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041 12.380 105.59                     0.016 10.900 111.23
        O/SA  Dial: 12.34 (+/-):  0.040            F/S  Dial: 10.92 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:            #32 12.429 -0.721                        #7 10.924 -0.876

Nanette Stein's MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6254 Darcy Clarke                         5306 Johnny Diekema               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.011 11.141 114.78
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.26 (+/-): 89.739           G/SA  Dial: 11.17 (+/-): -0.029
 Qualified:            #40 10.237 -0.463                       #15 11.159 -0.841

Clarke rolls through the lights and gives the automatic win to Diekema.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  732 Phil Mandella                        7688 Paula Cotten                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.067 11.217 113.19                     0.072 11.719  95.80
        G/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-):  0.017           I/SA  Dial: 11.82 (+/-): -0.101
 Qualified:            #22 11.192 -0.808                       #47 12.162 -0.138

Cotten runs ay under her dial and gives the win to Mandella.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7881 Chris Ashley                           74 Mike Cotten                  
E1                  -0.025 11.514 113.55     ****WINNER****  0.016 11.207  95.77
        I/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-):  0.014           F/SA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-):  0.317
 Qualified:            #27 11.531 -0.769                        #2 10.855 -0.995

Red light win for Cotten.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7341 Rick Kolber                          6969 Greg Marshall                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001 10.738 121.42                    -0.039 11.857 109.88
        E/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-): -0.012           K/SA  Dial: 11.91 (+/-): -0.053
 Qualified:             #3 10.752 -0.948                       #28 11.881 -0.769

Great 0.001 light for Rick Kolber, as Marshall goes red.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5031 Michael Barrett                      7707 Dennis Alvey                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.103 10.382 125.72                     0.108 10.249 127.97
        B/SA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-): -0.028            A/S  Dial: 10.29 (+/-): -0.041
 Qualified:             #9 10.390 -0.860                       #34 10.287 -0.663

Two not so good lights and Michael Barrett gets the win. MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5526 Dwayne Scheitlin                     5101 David McGaugh                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048 10.249 127.47                    -0.002 11.793 112.54
        A/SA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-): -0.021           K/SA  Dial: 11.75 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:            #30 10.243 -0.757                        #5 11.762 -0.888

McGaugh goes red by just -0.002 and gives the win to Scheitlin.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 J712 Chris Hall                           7411 Jon Irving                   
E1                  -0.006 10.584 101.23     ****WINNER****  0.025 11.225  93.56
        B/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.194           D/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-):  0.275
 Qualified:            #10 10.393 -0.857                       #35 10.912 -0.638

Jon Irving's MOV: opponent's -0.006 red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7031 Gregg Luneack                        7474 Justin Lamb                  
E1                  -0.015 10.746 121.95     ****WINNER****  0.040  9.729 136.93
        B/SA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.096           FS/D  Dial: 9.85 (+/-): -0.121
 Qualified:            #39 10.773 -0.477                       #14  9.757 -0.843

Big wheels up leave for Lamb and the red light win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      7500 Doug Holder                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010 10.509 123.41                     0.019 11.930 103.05
        C/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-): -0.011           L/SA  Dial: 11.95 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:             #4 10.502 -0.898                       #29 11.935 -0.765

Two great lights and a super close finish. Randi Lyn Shipp's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0000 seconds (approximately 0 inches) in a double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6477 Aldon Miller                         771C Karen Comstock               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013 11.062 104.71                    -0.500  9.005 152.55
        C/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.122           FS/A  Dial: 8.91 (+/-):  0.095
 Qualified:            #41 10.967 -0.433                       #16  8.865 -0.835

Comstock left before the tree and gave the easy win to Miller.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 703D Kyle Rizzoli                         5054 Jay Randall                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039 10.481 115.12                     0.116  9.326 142.67
        B/SA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.051           FS/B  Dial: 9.29 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:             #8 10.385 -0.865                       #33  9.316 -0.684

Randall is a little late and can't run down Rizzoli.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7650 Doug Gibson                           741 John Irving                  
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.029 10.724 121.20                    -0.088 12.613 102.62
        D/SA  Dial: 10.74 (+/-): -0.016           N/SA  Dial: 12.62 (+/-): -0.007
 Qualified:            #17 10.716 -0.834                       #42 12.589 -0.411

Irving leaves a bunch early and Gibson goes on to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7402 Tibor Kadar                          7118 Leroy Duran                  
E1                   0.048 10.149 120.88     ****WINNER****  0.020 13.842  94.20
        A/SA  Dial: 10.21 (+/-): -0.061           T/SA  Dial: 13.84 (+/-):  0.002
 Qualified:            #11 10.152 -0.848                       #36 13.789 -0.611

Leroy Duran runs 0.002 to his dial and pushes Kadar out by a bunch.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 723R Ryan Smith                           7010 Duane Dickens                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.052 12.756 100.67                     0.121 11.640 110.82
        N/SA  Dial: 12.73 (+/-):  0.026           J/SA  Dial: 11.65 (+/-): -0.010
 Qualified:            #44 12.729 -0.271                       #19 11.629 -0.821

Dickens is late at the green and Ryan Smith gets the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0330 seconds (approximately 5 feet), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 R797 Dave Muller                          7360 Mike Loge                    
E1                   0.109 12.472 103.84     ****WINNER****  0.035 11.577 112.32
        N/SA  Dial: 12.44 (+/-):  0.032           I/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-):  0.077
 Qualified:            #48 12.942 -0.058                       #23 11.497 -0.803

Muller is late this time and Mike Loge gets the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0294 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  707 Jesse Loeffler                       H770 Jerry Cramer                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045 11.025 113.60                    -0.500  8.779 155.47
        F/SA  Dial: 11.02 (+/-):  0.005          FS/AA  Dial: 8.87 (+/-): -0.091
 Qualified:            #13 11.006 -0.844                       #38  8.870 -0.530

Cramer misses the tree completely and gives the win to Loeffler. He runs 0.005 to his dial.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Jody Lang                            7947 Bill O'Connor                
E1                   0.041 12.227 105.57     ****WINNER****  0.035 17.161  73.91
        N/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-):  0.077           EF/S  Dial: 17.08 (+/-):  0.081
 Qualified:            #18 12.167 -0.833                       #43 17.146 -0.304

Over a five second difference in dials.

They leave with just 0.006 difference in RT's and 0.004 difference to their dial and Bill O'Connor gets there first. MOV: 0.0022 seconds (approximately 4 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5016 Steve Scherschligt                    778 Jimmy DeFrank                
E1                   0.156 11.378 100.61     ****WINNER****  0.038  9.907 128.19
        H/SA  Dial: 11.42 (+/-): -0.042          AA/SA  Dial: 9.89 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #46 11.981 -0.169                       #21  9.888 -0.812

Jimmy DeFrank's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0590 seconds (approximately 9 feet), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  601 Cody Lane                            5415 John Dourlet                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035 11.345 114.59                     0.066 10.151 126.41
        H/SA  Dial: 11.31 (+/-):  0.035          AA/SA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-): -0.029
 Qualified:            #12 11.302 -0.848                       #37 10.156 -0.544

Cody Lane puts up a pair of thirty-fives for the win.MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7575 Mark Kirby                           7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
E1                   0.064 10.950 111.30     ****WINNER****  0.062 10.577 120.46
        F/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-):  0.050           C/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #31 11.105 -0.745                        #6 10.513 -0.887

Two good lights, just 0.002 apart and Leo Glasbrenner gets the win. MOV: 0.0351 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

3:24 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink