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Fri, 13 Sep 2019, 09:45 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1656 Kenneth Miele                        2921 Chip Johnson                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.113  8.593 139.26                     0.276 22.763  64.25
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.58 (+/-):  0.013            FS/B  Dial: 9.63 (+/-): 13.133
 Qualified:            #27  8.658 -0.742                       #54  9.739 -0.261

9:06 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 1,193 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.

Johnson was late out of the gate. Miele did not have a quick start either but he was quick enough to take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1069 Tim Partash                          1290 James Perrone                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020 11.084 119.70                     0.096 11.015 115.71
        D/SA  Dial: 11.09 (+/-): -0.006           F/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-): -0.025
 Qualified:            #53 11.228 -0.322                       #26 11.102 -0.748

Partash was quicker off the starting line. Perrone went for the win but took too much at the stripe and broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2561 Gene Jordan                          339L Randi Lyn Shipp              
E1                   0.052 10.188 128.43     ****WINNER****  0.059 10.719 117.94
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.16 (+/-):  0.028           D/SA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:            #55 10.460 -0.240                       #28 10.810 -0.740

Jordan was a but quicker at the start but Shipp edged him out to take the win. Randi Lyn Shipp's MOV: 0.0022 seconds (approximately 5 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1559 Tom O'Loughlin                        172 Matt Butter                  
E1                   0.055 11.188 117.66     ****WINNER****  0.041 11.132 115.34
        F/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-): -0.042           G/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-): -0.018
 Qualified:            #50 11.347 -0.503                       #23 11.239 -0.761

Butter was quicker off the starting line. O'Loughlin went for the win but was too quick and broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1021 Gene Monahan                         1990 David Barton                 
E1                   0.066 11.838 108.32     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.732 135.04
        K/SA  Dial: 11.94 (+/-): -0.102          AA/SA  Dial: 9.75 (+/-): -0.018
 Qualified:            #43 11.989 -0.661                       #16  9.895 -0.805

Barton was better at the tree and held on for the win after Monahan broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Ken Robinson                         1352 Bill Hawk                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.838 121.29                    -0.060 10.159 128.41
        E/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-): -0.072           B/SA  Dial: 11.26 (+/-): -1.101
 Qualified:            #30 10.966 -0.734                        #3 10.320 -0.930

Hawk lit the red light so Robinson got the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1984 Robert Costantin                     1364 Raymond Skipper              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.130 11.908 109.67                     0.047 10.601 112.76
         M/S  Dial: 11.90 (+/-):  0.008           B/SA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-):  0.101
 Qualified:            #12 11.985 -0.865                       #39 10.577 -0.673

Robert Costantin's MOV: 0.0107 seconds (approximately 21 inches). Costantin will race Partash in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1762 Glenn Briglio                        1557 Fred Thibeault               
E1                   0.074 11.331 115.47     ****WINNER****  0.022 10.341 128.76
        I/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.069           B/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-): -0.009
 Qualified:            #34 11.602 -0.698                        #7 10.358 -0.892

Thibeault got the win off Briglio's breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1759 Anthony Bongiovanni                  1710 Jerry MacNeish               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005  8.890 138.83                     0.042 10.384 126.83
        FS/A  Dial: 8.87 (+/-):  0.020             C/S  Dial: 10.40 (+/-): -0.016
 Qualified:            #32  8.980 -0.720                        #5 10.450 -0.900

Bongiovanni was quicker out of the gate. MacNeish broke out trying to take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 K120 Lauren Kanuik                        1608 Gary Richard                 
E1                   0.114 13.124 105.60     ****WINNER****  0.065 10.373 103.99
        O/SA  Dial: 12.38 (+/-):  0.744           A/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.273
 Qualified:            #41 12.482 -0.668                       #14 10.190 -0.810

Gary Richard's MOV: 0.5203 seconds (approximately 81 feet). Richard will race Shipp in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1089 Donald Moulton                       1951 Jesse Alberts                
E1                  -0.016 10.993 118.70     ****WINNER****  0.027 11.648 112.79
        F/SA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-): -0.077           I/SA  Dial: 11.76 (+/-): -0.112
 Qualified:            #24 11.091 -0.759                       #51 11.834 -0.466

Moulton's red light at the start gave the easy win to Alberts.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2892 Eddie Longhany Jr                     154 Anthony Fetch                
E1                   0.025 10.278 118.07     ****WINNER****  0.034 10.105 123.17
        A/SA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.078          AA/SA  Dial: 10.06 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:            #22 10.234 -0.766                       #49 10.138 -0.562

Anthony Fetch's MOV: 0.0242 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1967 Jim Marshall                         1455 Lenny Williams               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035 11.597 107.36                     0.022 10.960 112.03
        J/SA  Dial: 11.62 (+/-): -0.023           F/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.040
 Qualified:            #37 11.767 -0.683                       #10 10.985 -0.865

Williams had the quicker start but was too quick to the finish. Marshall got the win and will race Alberts next time out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1302 Stephen Rehm                         E103 Richard Epprecht             
E1                  -0.007 10.026 130.27     ****WINNER****  0.036 10.506 123.24
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.06 (+/-): -0.034           C/SA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:            #40 10.031 -0.669                       #13 10.568 -0.832

Rehm's red light gave the win to Epprecht. He'll race Miele in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1925 Tim Barrett                           137 Bobby Fazio                  
E1                  -0.049 11.788  87.05     ****WINNER****  0.003 11.854 109.21
        G/SA  Dial: 11.36 (+/-):  0.428           L/SA  Dial: 11.81 (+/-):  0.044
 Qualified:            #47 11.399 -0.601                       #20 11.923 -0.777

Barrett lit the red light so Fazio got the win light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1150 Russell Linke                        1351 Tex Miller                   
E1                   0.028 10.421 117.78     ****WINNER****  0.018 10.886 113.07
        C/SA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-): -0.009           E/SA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #11 10.535 -0.865                       #38 11.026 -0.674

Miller was quicker out of the gate and got the win when Linke broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Allison Doll                         1151 Ronald Urquhart              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.355 125.44                     0.024 10.945 119.98
        B/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.005           E/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:            #17 10.450 -0.800                       #44 11.052 -0.648

Doll got the win on a breakout by Urquhart. She'll race Robinson in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1721 Joe Lisa                             1233 Carl Massafra                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033 10.783 117.81                     0.101 10.988 117.48
        D/SA  Dial: 10.73 (+/-):  0.053           E/SA  Dial: 10.98 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #19 10.764 -0.786                       #46 11.093 -0.607

Joe Lisa's MOV: 0.0236 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Lisa will race Bongiovanni in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1128 Wallace Dent                         1424 Joe Mocci                    
E1                   0.044 10.513 123.18     ****WINNER****  0.042 12.163 106.94
        C/SA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-):  0.023           M/SA  Dial: 12.16 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #15 10.594 -0.806                       #42 12.188 -0.662

Joe Mocci's MOV: 0.0226 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1720 Matthew Lisa                         1135 Nick Reiter                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024 11.451 100.58                     0.085 11.586 107.13
        H/SA  Dial: 11.27 (+/-):  0.181           D/SA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-):  0.826
 Qualified:             #6 11.255 -0.895                       #33 10.834 -0.716

Lisa was quicker out of the gate and took the win. He'll race Fazio in the second round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1977 Michael Iacono                        144 Bob Bender                   
E1                   0.040  8.785 141.08     ****WINNER****  0.042 12.667 103.63
        FS/A  Dial: 8.86 (+/-): -0.075            O/SA  Dial: 12.66 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #25  8.947 -0.753                       #52 12.733 -0.417

Iacono broke out so Bender got the win. He'll race Tex Miller in the second round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1044 John Shaul                           1994 Katie Sepanek                
E1                   0.026  9.998 121.92     ****WINNER****  0.042 11.427 105.45
        A/SA  Dial: 10.01 (+/-): -0.012           I/SA  Dial: 11.36 (+/-):  0.067
 Qualified:             #2 10.031 -0.969                       #29 11.564 -0.736

Sepanek got the win off Shaul's breakout and will race Barton in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  103 Howie Smith                          1792 Tim Fletcher                 
E1                   0.032 11.988 108.34     ****WINNER****  0.045 11.481 108.95
        M/SA  Dial: 11.94 (+/-):  0.048           G/SA  Dial: 11.46 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:            #21 12.082 -0.768                       #48 11.418 -0.582

Tim Fletcher's MOV: 0.0144 seconds (approximately 2 feet). Fletcher will race Thibeault in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  142 Bob Bielaszka                        173L Phil Lankford                
E1                  -0.032 10.617 125.79     ****WINNER****  0.046  9.048 148.35
        C/SA  Dial: 10.67 (+/-): -0.053           FS/B  Dial: 9.11 (+/-): -0.062
 Qualified:            #45 10.770 -0.630                       #18  9.206 -0.794

Lankford got the easy win when Bielaszka lit the red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Shane Oakes                          1778 Joe Santangelo               
E1                   0.022 11.216 114.10     ****WINNER****  0.041 10.354 115.28
        G/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.034           B/SA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-): -0.026
 Qualified:            #35 11.312 -0.688                        #8 10.373 -0.877

Santangelo got the win and will race Fetch in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 B103 Mike Epprecht                        1666 Bryan Valentine              
E1                   0.150 12.214 106.50     ****WINNER****  0.062 11.824  99.94
        P/SA  Dial: 12.45 (+/-): -0.236           K/SA  Dial: 11.82 (+/-):  0.004
 Qualified:             #4 12.530 -0.920                       #31 11.921 -0.729

Valentine will race Lankford in the second round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 James Daniels                        1525 Daniel Lynch                 
E1                   0.062 11.189 103.99     ****WINNER****  0.071 11.058  99.63
        H/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): -0.961           H/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): -1.092
 Qualified:            #36 11.464 -0.686                        #9 11.283 -0.867

Heads-up! Daniels was quicker off the starting line but Lynch drove by him for the win. Daniel Lynch's MOV: 0.1225 seconds (approximately 19 feet). Lynch will race Butter in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1528 Richard Boyle                              Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.128 11.862  86.48     
        H/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): -0.288   
 Qualified:             #1 11.154 -0.996                     Bye

Boyle had a bye into a second round race against Mocci.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink