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Sat, 23 Feb 2019, 18:14 PM

Super Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Super Stock 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
    9 Jimmy DeFrank                        7111 Jon Irving                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048  8.830 151.53                     0.018 10.436 121.89
       SS/CM  Dial: 8.83 (+/-):  0.000           SS/JA  Dial: 10.46 (+/-): -0.024
 Qualified:            #42 28.000 18.500                       #21 10.432 -0.568

3:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 1,480 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Jimmy DeFrank runs right on his dial for the win. MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6153 Rick Pike                             554 Ron Roddel                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037 11.234 104.50                     0.116 10.858 125.56
       SS/MA  Dial: 11.14 (+/-):  0.094          GT/OA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-):  0.058
 Qualified:            #41 26.700 14.850                       #20 10.868 -0.582

Rick Pike gets the hole shot win, as Roddel is late. MOV: 0.0434 seconds (approximately 8 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7167 Ryan Priddy                          7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.005  9.812 136.98
       FSS/A  Dial: 8.00 (+/-): 91.999           GT/HA  Dial: 9.92 (+/-): -0.108
 Qualified:            #40 18.078  9.278                       #19  9.866 -0.634

Glasbrenner gets a free pass to round two, as Priddy has issues an can't stage the Camaro.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5231 Grant Singer                         3231 Harry Doolittle              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  8.859 151.22                     0.003 12.160 109.10
       SS/BS  Dial: 8.85 (+/-):  0.009           SS/PA  Dial: 12.20 (+/-): -0.040
 Qualified:             #4  8.843 -0.807                       #25 12.174 -0.476

Big time wheelstand for Grant Singer and a nine to his dial pushes Doolittle out. He put up a three light to no avail.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Justin Lamb                          4749 Stan Holt                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.652 149.31                     0.058 10.266 126.76
       SS/BM  Dial: 8.57 (+/-):  0.082            GT/M  Dial: 10.22 (+/-):  0.046
 Qualified:            #33  9.228  0.028                       #12 10.205 -0.745

Really close in the lights!

Justin Lamb's MOV: 0.0069 seconds (approximately 15 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  640 Don Thomas                           7774 Rodger Comstock              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.056 10.335 126.59                    -0.023  8.754 156.46
       GT/LA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.035          FSS/C  Dial: 8.71 (+/-):  0.044
 Qualified:            #14 10.328 -0.722                       #35  9.942  0.292

Comstock goes red and gives the win to Thomas.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  767 Tim Hall                             4104 Candy Mesa                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060 10.267 126.61                    -0.069  8.905 120.25
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-): -0.003          SS/BM  Dial: 9.00 (+/-): -0.095
 Qualified:            #10 10.251 -0.749                       #31  9.016 -0.184

Another red light, Mesa this time.

Hall goes to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  735 Randy Loge                           5306 Johnny Diekema               
E1                   0.043 10.479 124.46     ****WINNER****  0.036 10.689 122.14
       SS/KA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-): -0.011          GT/MA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.011
 Qualified:             #9 10.483 -0.767                       #30 10.957 -0.243

Johnny Diekema gets the hole shot win, a they both post -0.011 to their dials. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0070 seconds (approximately 15 inches) in a double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Mike Cotten                          6254 Darcy Clarke                 
E1                   0.017  9.901 129.48     ****WINNER****  0.026  9.714 132.22
       SS/IA  Dial: 9.85 (+/-):  0.051           SS/EA  Dial: 9.68 (+/-):  0.034
 Qualified:            #37 16.257  5.557                       #16  9.666 -0.684

Great finish!

Darcy Clarke's MOV: 0.0083 seconds (approximately 19 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7426 Chuck Rayburn                        5440 Gene Bichlmeier              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034  9.556 135.36                    -0.017 10.149 127.88
       SS/BA  Dial: 9.53 (+/-):  0.026            GT/M  Dial: 10.15 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:            #28  9.549 -0.351                        #7 10.157 -0.793

Red light for Bichlmeier and Rayburn will get to run in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 L747 Lane Goldstein                       7702 Mike Graham                  
E1                   2.290  8.014 171.88     ****WINNER****  0.021 10.668  93.07
       FSS/A  Dial: 7.89 (+/-):  0.124           GT/KA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.468
 Qualified:            #36 11.155  2.355                       #15 10.181 -0.719

Goldstein sits at the line for well over two seconds, as his Mustang won't take the throttle.

Easy win for Graham.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   68 Tom Gaynor                           626K Kirsten Ball                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062  9.905 122.43                     0.107  9.743 146.80
       GT/IA  Dial: 9.83 (+/-):  0.075           FSS/B  Dial: 8.81 (+/-):  0.933
 Qualified:            #18 10.005 -0.645                       #39 16.108  6.908

Ball leaves second and gets there second. Gaynor with the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6015 Tom Nolan                            5453 Bob Sherwood                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.009  9.242 143.26                           No Time      
       GT/EA  Dial: 9.25 (+/-): -0.008           SS/AM  Dial: 9.00 (+/-): 90.999
 Qualified:            #38 16.104  6.004                       #17  8.320 -0.680

Sherwood is a no show and Nolan gets the single to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7696 Len Schneider                        7360 Mike Loge                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.084 18.374  43.15                    -0.021 11.575 113.05
       GT/KA  Dial: 10.12 (+/-):  8.254          SS/MA  Dial: 11.67 (+/-): -0.095
 Qualified:            #11 10.154 -0.746                       #32 11.742 -0.108

Loge goes red and Schneider goes to round next.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   61 Jody Lang                             601 Cody Lane                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.055 10.756 121.88                     0.022  8.633 145.66
       GT/NA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.006          SS/BS  Dial: 8.64 (+/-): -0.007
 Qualified:            #22 10.738 -0.562                        #1  8.620 -1.030

It's Jody and Cody at the green.

Jody runs 0.006 to his dial and Cody runs -0.007 to his dial.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  797 Joe Kohorst                          6002 Rick McKinney                
E1                   0.080  9.722 125.44     ****WINNER****  0.087 10.640 123.49
       GT/FA  Dial: 9.75 (+/-): -0.028           SS/LA  Dial: 10.61 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #24  9.759 -0.491                        #3 10.631 -0.819

Just 0.007 difference in theirRT's and Rick McKinney gets the break out win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6364 Darrell Stobbe                         79 Charlene Gullett             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005 10.580 120.53                     0.035 10.410 125.24
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  0.030          GT/MA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #26 10.557 -0.443                        #5 10.399 -0.801

Great 0.005 light for Darrell Stobbe and the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0206 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 703D Kyle Rizzoli                         7643 Kayla Mozeris                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  9.687 121.74                     0.063 10.284 119.62
       SS/CA  Dial: 9.57 (+/-):  0.117           GT/LA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.214
 Qualified:            #23  9.540 -0.510                        #2 10.057 -0.993

Mozeris slows on the top end and gives the easy win to Rizzoli.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7277 Mike Johnston                        442E Jarrod Granier               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.139 10.825 122.98                    -0.024  9.931 109.76
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.175           SS/F  Dial: 9.65 (+/-):  0.281
 Qualified:            #34 11.064  0.064                       #13  9.607 -0.743

Granier misses the tree and Johnston takes a easy pass to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  702 Skip Loeffler                        7826 Kyle Seipel                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.075  8.826 149.83                     0.015  9.405 137.71
       SS/AH  Dial: 8.80 (+/-):  0.026           FSS/B  Dial: 8.63 (+/-):  0.775
 Qualified:             #6  8.803 -0.797                       #27  8.823 -0.377

You could hear Seipel's Camaro start to mix up cylinders down track and he gives up a much better light to Loeffler for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Norm LaPointe                         741 John Irving                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062  9.613 136.68                    -0.011 10.893 119.24
       GT/GA  Dial: 9.62 (+/-): -0.007           SS/KA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-): -0.007
 Qualified:             #8  9.611 -0.789                       #29 10.902 -0.348

Irving is red by -0.011 an LaPointe gets the win.

4:09 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink