Drag Race Central - NHRA
Fri, 31 May 2019, 14:20 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe



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.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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