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Sat, 28 Sep 2019, 09:53 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3909 Drew Skillman                         302 Brent Voges                  
E1                   0.026  8.874 148.84     ****WINNER****  0.032 12.353 105.46
        FS/A  Dial: 8.90 (+/-): -0.026            J/SA  Dial: 12.36 (+/-): -0.007
 Qualified:            #22  8.882 -0.818                       #44 12.337 -0.113

8:15 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 75 percent, barometer 29.51 inches, adjusted altitude 2,391 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Skillman gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Voges.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3447 Daryl Bureski                        4192 Brett Candies                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027 11.450 113.63                     0.028  9.236 145.61
        D/SA  Dial: 11.42 (+/-):  0.030           FS/B  Dial: 9.18 (+/-):  0.056
 Qualified:            #43 11.387 -0.163                       #21  9.176 -0.824

Almost even off the line, Bureski gets the stripe first and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      3382 Bruce Kastle                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038 10.787 114.30                     0.000 15.303  83.98
        D/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.067           V/SA  Dial: 15.35 (+/-): -0.047
 Qualified:            #20 10.708 -0.842                       #42 15.289 -0.211

Kastle gets a perfect light but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving Shipp the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 598X Tyler Wudarczyk                      3550 Randy Shepard                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048 10.287 113.30                     0.041 No Time      
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.21 (+/-):  0.077            A/S  Dial: 10.10 (+/-): 89.899
 Qualified:            #41 10.375 -0.325                       #19 10.097 -0.853

Shepard pulls the wheels off the line, the front end slams down and breaks something in the driveline.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   48 Bill Bagley                          5221 Wayne Stephenson             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.084 10.932 119.22                     0.083 11.653 109.37
        F/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-):  0.022           J/SA  Dial: 11.69 (+/-): -0.037
 Qualified:             #4 10.902 -0.948                       #26 11.685 -0.765

No advantage off the line, Stephenson gets to the stripe first but breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3092 Al Wick                               350 Doug Duell                   
E1                   0.053 11.477 112.22     ****WINNER****  0.188 11.065  98.26
        F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.373           F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.785
 Qualified:            #37 11.435 -0.415                       #15 10.988 -0.862

Wick gets out of the gate first but can't hold off Duell.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Chris Knudsen                        3834 Jim Hanlon                   
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.018 10.455 126.53                    -0.030 11.809 110.98
         C/S  Dial: 10.48 (+/-): -0.025           H/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-):  0.109
 Qualified:            #12 10.466 -0.884                       #34 11.641 -0.509

Hanlon leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Knudsen.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  366 Bill Rowe                            3222 Chris Stephenson             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010 12.426 103.10                     0.026 10.940 113.87
        L/SA  Dial: 12.41 (+/-):  0.016           E/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-):  0.060
 Qualified:            #40 12.373 -0.327                       #18 10.847 -0.853

Rowe 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
 3492 Donnie Beeler                        4274 Jacob Pitt                   
E1                   0.045 11.032 112.64     ****WINNER****  0.065 10.610 116.69
         G/S  Dial: 10.93 (+/-):  0.102           C/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.050
 Qualified:             #8 10.980 -0.920                       #30 10.778 -0.622

Beeler gets the holeshot but can't run the number.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3635 Tom Gillam                           5939 Dave Picht                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049 10.647 122.54                     0.045 10.721 119.30
         D/S  Dial: 10.67 (+/-): -0.023            C/S  Dial: 10.76 (+/-): -0.039
 Qualified:            #10 10.607 -0.893                       #32 10.737 -0.613

Picht gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5694 Jamie Greening                       3115 Michael Lund                 
E1                   0.003 12.049 105.17     ****WINNER****  0.025 10.479 110.62
         N/S  Dial: 12.07 (+/-): -0.021           B/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.059
 Qualified:             #2 11.967 -0.983                       #24 10.449 -0.801

Greening gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving Lund the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3009 James Reed                           5664 Tim Tosto                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.077  9.223 145.08                     0.055 11.884 107.61
        FS/B  Dial: 9.13 (+/-):  0.093            H/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-):  0.184
 Qualified:            #13  9.122 -0.878                       #35 11.680 -0.470

Reed gives up a little off the line but is able to get the stripe first and take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3663 Daniel Condon                        313Y T.C. Morris                  
E1                   0.121  9.964 134.85     ****WINNER****  0.013 10.897 115.84
        FS/D  Dial: 9.95 (+/-):  0.014            E/SA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-):  0.087
 Qualified:            #29  9.916 -0.684                        #7 10.780 -0.920

Morris gets the holeshot and holds off Condon for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   52 Jamey Picht                          3186 Drew Whalen                  
E1                  -0.013 11.096 105.41     ****WINNER****  0.038 10.505 126.35
        F/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-):  0.096           B/SA  Dial: 10.51 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:             #3 10.900 -0.950                       #25 10.462 -0.788

Picht misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Whalen.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Larry DeForrest                      349J Joey Shipp                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.101  9.734 131.52                     0.094  9.001 141.82
        FS/D  Dial: 9.69 (+/-):  0.044            FS/A  Dial: 8.91 (+/-):  0.091
 Qualified:             #1  9.577 -1.023                       #23  8.889 -0.811

DeForrest is a little behind off the line but holds off Shipp for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5247 Arthur Thibert                       473C James Carter                 
E1                   0.052 11.891 108.95     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.440 129.11
        L/SA  Dial: 11.83 (+/-):  0.061           FS/B  Dial: 9.38 (+/-):  0.060
 Qualified:             #9 11.802 -0.898                       #31  9.379 -0.621

Carter gets the advantage off the line and goes around Thibert for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4361 Parker Devore                        1035 Todd Hoven                   
E1                   0.024 11.743 108.80     ****WINNER****  0.040  9.900 134.00
        I/SA  Dial: 11.66 (+/-):  0.083          AA/SA  Dial: 9.85 (+/-):  0.050
 Qualified:            #33 11.697 -0.603                       #11  9.816 -0.884

Devore gets the holeshot but can't run the number.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3391 Jerry Bennett                        4137 Keith Bakies                 
E1                  -0.097 10.693 109.22     ****WINNER**** -0.042 10.289 129.35
        D/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.073           A/SA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.009
 Qualified:             #6 10.629 -0.921                       #28 10.251 -0.749

Bennett leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Bakies.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4444 Tim Snively                          3310 Cody Herron                  
E1                   0.061 11.784 111.01     ****WINNER****  0.053  9.192 148.10
        H/SA  Dial: 11.78 (+/-):  0.004           FS/B  Dial: 9.18 (+/-):  0.012
 Qualified:            #39 11.767 -0.383                       #17  9.142 -0.858

Herron gets the advantage off the line and takes the stripe for the close win.

Cody Herron's MOV: 0.0004 seconds (approximately 1 inch).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5929 Brett Speer                          397M Brina Frank                  
E1                   0.042 10.647 116.77     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.238 136.48
        B/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.027           FS/B  Dial: 9.19 (+/-):  0.048
 Qualified:            #38 10.852 -0.398                       #16  9.142 -0.858

Brina Frank's MOV: 0.0063 seconds (approximately 13 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4903 Brandon Bakies                         57 Rachelle Thibert             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038 11.341 111.48                     0.033 11.821 109.83
        G/SA  Dial: 11.28 (+/-):  0.061           K/SA  Dial: 11.74 (+/-):  0.081
 Qualified:            #27 11.241 -0.759                        #5 11.725 -0.925

Bakies is a little behind off the line but he is able to run down Thibert and take the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3662 Scott Libersher                      5680 Marlene Nelson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.227 145.02                    -0.027 11.995 109.55
        FS/B  Dial: 9.17 (+/-):  0.057            J/SA  Dial: 11.98 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:            #14  9.138 -0.862                       #36 12.002 -0.448

Nelson leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Libersher.

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