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Sat, 11 Sep 2021, 10:07 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  104 Jim Whitehead                        1049 Ron Infantino                
E3                  -0.014 10.795 122.34     ****WINNER****  0.034 11.043 102.98
        C/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-): -0.045           F/SA  Dial: 10.87 (+/-):  0.173
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Lisa      ) 0.006 10.878  0.018      (S Oakes     ) 0.109 11.016  0.066
E1    (R Urquhart  ) 0.033 10.842  0.002      (R Mattioli  ) 0.049 10.922  0.032
 Qualified:            #62 10.852 -0.548                        #3 10.890 -0.960

Whitehead goes red to give Infantino the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1152 Ed Bednaz                            1783 Allison Doll                 
E3                  -0.016 10.316 128.93     ****WINNER****  0.022 10.476 126.23
         B/S  Dial: 10.25 (+/-):  0.066           C/SA  Dial: 10.46 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Miller    ) 0.014 10.396  0.096      (B Hawk      ) 0.031 10.536  0.016
E1    (R Epprecht  ) 0.057 10.298  0.008      (R Costantin ) 0.032 10.496  0.046
 Qualified:            #14 10.286 -0.914                        #6 10.458 -0.942

Bednaz goes red to give Doll the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  103 Howie Smith                             5 John Shaul                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.039 11.951 103.76                     0.064  9.802 134.47
        L/SA  Dial: 11.93 (+/-):  0.021          AA/SA  Dial: 9.74 (+/-):  0.062
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Letellier ) 0.017 11.933  0.023      (L Kanuik    ) 0.023  9.813  0.013
E1    (A Strang    ) 0.068 11.896 -0.014      (J Evans     ) 0.123  9.781 -0.039
 Qualified:            #39 11.894 -0.806                       #13  9.786 -0.914

Smith with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1222 Joe Cokinos                          1666 Bryan Valentine              
E3                   0.061 12.440 103.39     ****WINNER****  0.090 11.804 110.23
        O/SA  Dial: 12.36 (+/-):  0.080           J/SA  Dial: 11.76 (+/-):  0.044
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Giordano  ) 0.155 12.482  0.142      (M Iacono    ) 0.016 11.830  0.040
E1    (J Warehime  ) 0.185 12.712  0.372      (T Partash   ) 0.061 11.811  0.021
 Qualified:            #50 12.397 -0.753                       #59 11.786 -0.664

Cokinos with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Bryan Valentine's MOV: 0.0077 seconds (approximately 14 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1233 Carl Massafra                         154 Anthony Fetch                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.931 119.62                    -0.005  9.984 130.72
        D/SA  Dial: 10.98 (+/-): -0.049          AA/SA  Dial: 9.99 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Bender Sr ) 0.035 10.985 -0.005      (J Matyas    ) 0.015 10.032  0.032
E1    (A Bongiovann) 0.002 10.982  0.022      (T Bednaz    ) 0.015 10.001  0.011
 Qualified:            #61 10.961 -0.589                       #53  9.969 -0.731

Fetch goes red to give Massafra the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1109 John Gray                            1925 Tim Barrett                  
E3                   0.029  9.950 129.13     ****WINNER****  0.065 11.130 117.53
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.83 (+/-):  0.120            G/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Moulton   ) 0.018  9.913  0.023      (K Miele     ) 0.029 11.168 -0.012
E1    (D Ribeiro   ) 0.038 10.278  0.418      (W Totaro    ) 0.111 11.085 -0.915
 Qualified:            #29  9.860 -0.840                       #21 11.120 -0.880

Gray with the starting line, but Barrett holds on for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 173L Phil Lankford                         137 Bobby Fazio                  
E3                   0.010  9.227 146.51     ****WINNER****  0.010 12.156 102.28
        FS/B  Dial: 9.19 (+/-):  0.037            L/SA  Dial: 12.13 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Fagnilli  ) 0.091  9.244  0.004      (K Anderson  ) 0.072 12.182  0.012
E1    (D Kramer    ) 0.021  9.216 -0.004      (B Noland    ) 0.048 12.202  0.012
 Qualified:            #43  9.207 -0.793                       #68 12.606 -0.094

They have identical reaction times and Fazio holds on for the win. Bobby Fazio's MOV: 0.0117 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1778 Joe Santangelo                       2892 Eddie Longhany Jr            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009 10.408 118.23                    -0.001 10.273 127.98
        B/SA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.038           A/SA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-):  0.053
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Sepanek   ) 0.018 10.416  0.036      (G Monahan   ) 0.086 15.505  5.255
E1    (G Richard   ) 0.019 10.341 -0.039      (D Lynch     ) 0.074 10.216 -0.004
 Qualified:            #49 10.495 -0.755                       #41 10.201 -0.799

Longhany Jr. is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Santangelo the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1035 Todd Hoven                                 Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.987 132.13     
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.713   
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Martens   ) 0.052 10.226  0.256   
E1    (K Wells     ) 0.030 10.184  0.204   
 Qualified:            #52  9.968 -0.732                     Bye

Hoven with the bye.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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