JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual Route 66 NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3610 Leonard Mattingly 3321 Marion Stephenson
E2 0.024 10.185 130.42 ****WINNER**** 0.053 10.025 113.09
A/SA Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.815 A/SA Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.975
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Downing ) 0.013 10.289 0.039 (T Nagel ) 0.088 10.565 0.005
Qualified: #33 10.286 -0.714 #47 10.547 -0.453
1:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 48
percent, barometer 29.18 inches, adjusted altitude 3,098 feet, track temperature 117
degrees.Mattingly gets out of the gate first but can't hold off Stephenson.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7 Jeff Strickland 3222 Chris Stephenson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.013 9.351 140.47 0.017 11.115 111.09
FS/C Dial: 9.37 (+/-): -0.019 F/SA Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.075
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Randall ) 0.063 9.479 0.129 (B Wenzel ) 0.073 11.140 0.020
Qualified: #6 9.383 -0.917 #48 11.399 -0.451
Strickland gets the advantage off the line and takes the stripe for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5939 David Picht 190 Frank Aragona
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.082 10.906 121.49 -0.084 10.340 127.65
D/S Dial: 10.95 (+/-): -0.044 A/SA Dial: 10.30 (+/-): 0.040
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Thibert ) 0.116 11.004 0.104 (R Mans ) 0.085 10.289 0.079
Qualified: #42 10.923 -0.577 #28 10.247 -0.753
Aragona leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Picht.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5680 Marlene Nelson 3492 Donnie Beeler
E2 0.023 12.011 102.76 ****WINNER**** 0.038 11.265 119.88
J/SA Dial: 12.03 (+/-): -0.019 H/S Dial: 11.26 (+/-): 0.005
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Alley ) 0.037 11.986 0.026 (A Doll ) 0.007 11.252 -0.008
Qualified: #45 11.976 -0.474 #3 11.049 -0.951
Nelson gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving
the win to beeler.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3382 Bruce Kastle 5306 Johnny Diekema
E2 0.066 11.263 117.08 ****WINNER**** 0.085 10.033 134.97
F/SA Dial: 11.33 (+/-): -0.067 AA/S Dial: 10.06 (+/-): -0.027
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Reed ) 0.021 11.297 0.017 (J Adkinson ) 0.034 10.008 -0.012
Qualified: #52 11.472 -0.378 #38 10.069 -0.631
Kastle gets the holeshot but runs a little too quick and breaks out giving Diekema the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
9 Ryan Mangus 339L Randi Lyn Shipp
E2 -0.002 10.919 88.25 ****WINNER**** 0.045 10.955 94.59
FS/C Dial: 9.33 (+/-): 1.589 D/SA Dial: 10.68 (+/-): 0.275
Prior rounds:
E1 (M McGinley ) 0.021 9.241 -0.059 (A Denysenko ) 0.044 10.696 0.036
Qualified: #2 9.338 -0.962 #16 10.703 -0.847
Mangus just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Shipp.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
598X Tyler Wudarczyk 3 Jeff Taylor
E2 0.020 10.236 125.97 ****WINNER**** 0.024 9.682 138.00
AA/SA Dial: 10.25 (+/-): -0.014 FS/D Dial: 9.69 (+/-): -0.008
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Picht ) 0.042 10.254 0.054 (S Dziorny ) 0.043 9.667 0.027
Qualified: #46 10.239 -0.461 #4 9.676 -0.924
Wudarczyk gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks
out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
51 Chris Chaney 33 Ryan Rudrick
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.047 10.225 114.05 0.078 11.481 115.31
AA/SA Dial: 10.15 (+/-): 0.075 D/SA Dial: 11.42 (+/-): 0.061
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Gere ) -0.017 10.056 -0.044 (D Whalen ) 0.056 11.435 0.025
Qualified: #39 10.080 -0.620 #53 11.415 -0.135
Chaney gets the ho9leshot and goes around Rudrick to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5566 Bill Feist 54 Chris Knudsen
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.058 10.097 123.19 0.008 10.699 120.35
A/S Dial: 10.08 (+/-): 0.017 C/S Dial: 10.56 (+/-): 0.139
Prior rounds:
E1 (L Smith ) 0.027 10.062 0.032 (R Simpson ) 0.029 10.571 0.031
Qualified: #9 10.048 -0.902 #23 10.554 -0.796
Knudsen gets the advantage off the line but can't run the number. Feist gets the
stripe first and takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5676 Bryan Heath 5400 Al Corda
E2 0.075 10.647 122.95 ****WINNER**** 0.000 10.375 122.52
B/SA Dial: 10.63 (+/-): 0.017 A/SA Dial: 10.30 (+/-): 0.075
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Gillam ) 0.083 10.596 0.016 (J Blanchard ) 0.019 10.337 0.097
Qualified: #36 10.611 -0.639 #50 10.556 -0.444
Corda gets a perfect light and takes the stripe for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3391 Jerry Bennett 4 Jeff Lopez
E2 -0.085 10.844 99.54 ****WINNER**** 0.009 9.508 130.52
D/SA Dial: 10.65 (+/-): 0.194 FS/B Dial: 9.49 (+/-): 0.018
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Biermann ) -0.013 10.616 -0.024 (J Lamb ) 0.018 9.481 0.031
Qualified: #1 10.575 -0.975 #43 9.442 -0.558
Bennett leaves too soon and goes red giving Lopez the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5929 Brett Speer 2004 Jeff Hairrington
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.010 10.671 115.55 0.015 10.175 121.75
B/SA Dial: 10.64 (+/-): 0.031 FS/E Dial: 10.20 (+/-): -0.025
Prior rounds:
E1 (L DeForrest ) 0.046 10.696 0.096 (A Thibert ) 0.032 10.164 0.024
Qualified: #40 10.647 -0.603 #26 10.179 -0.771
Speer gets the advantage off the line;Hairrington breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
350 Douglas Duell 5697 T. J. Diekema
E2 ****WINNER**** -0.030 10.898 93.79 -0.028 10.960 119.86
C/SA Dial: 10.57 (+/-): 0.328 E/SA Dial: 10.93 (+/-): 0.030
Prior rounds:
E1 (L Wernet ) 0.034 10.602 0.062 (S Libersher ) 0.041 10.915 0.005
Qualified: #13 10.543 -0.857 #55 12.306 0.606
Diekema misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Duell.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
349J Joey Shipp 74 Mike Cotten
E2 0.085 11.699 105.67 ****WINNER**** 0.009 10.997 116.77
H/SA Dial: 11.72 (+/-): -0.021 F/SA Dial: 10.99 (+/-): 0.007
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Lund ) 0.016 11.745 0.045 (T Fagnilli ) 0.044 10.989 0.089
Qualified: #49 11.699 -0.451 #7 10.944 -0.906
Cotten gets a great light;Shipp breaks out trying to hold him off.
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