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Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 08:38 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2974 Johnson Raynor                        259 Morgan Taylor                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.090 11.522 111.28                     0.174 10.792 117.89
        H/SA  Dial: 11.47 (+/-):  0.052           D/SA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:            #71 15.489  3.339                       #36 10.742 -0.808

7:57 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 95 percent, barometer 30.02 inches, adjusted altitude 973 feet.

Raynor gets the advantage off of the line and takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2020 Brenda Grubbs                        B200 Brian O`Toole                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.029 114.11                     0.173 13.280  99.68
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.88 (+/-):  0.149            O/SA  Dial: 13.15 (+/-):  0.130
 Qualified:            #35  9.890 -0.810                       #70 13.310  0.160

Grubbs gets the holeshot and goes around O'Toole for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7688 Paula Cotten                         2962 Terry Hembree                
E1                  -0.003 11.807  89.50     ****WINNER**** -0.005 11.022 108.08
        I/SA  Dial: 11.33 (+/-):  0.477           E/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-):  0.112
 Qualified:             #4 11.321 -0.979                       #39 10.904 -0.796

Cotten is a little too quick and goes red giving Hembree the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2586 McNeal Freeman                       2106 Roy Caraway                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018 14.709  86.09                     0.121 11.395 113.48
        U/SA  Dial: 14.60 (+/-):  0.109           H/SA  Dial: 11.33 (+/-):  0.065
 Qualified:            #69 14.641 -0.209                       #34 11.334 -0.816

Freeman with the holeshot and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  333 Brett McFarland                       144 Bob Bender                   
E1                   0.064 10.111 127.25     ****WINNER****  0.014 12.453 105.11
         A/S  Dial: 10.02 (+/-):  0.091           O/SA  Dial: 12.36 (+/-):  0.093
 Qualified:             #7 10.013 -0.937                       #42 12.373 -0.777

Bender gets the advantage of off the line and takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3391 Jerry Bennett                        1018 Adam Strang                  
E1                   0.015 10.884 106.87     ****WINNER****  0.079 10.689 124.76
        D/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.094            D/S  Dial: 10.67 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:            #53 10.863 -0.687                       #18 10.635 -0.865

Bennett gets the holeshot but Strang reels him in and goes around for the win.

Adam Strang's MOV: 0.0119 seconds (approximately 22 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Tyler Bohannon                       3969 Joseph Martens               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031 10.446 121.09                     0.041 10.034 132.67
        B/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.026            A/S  Dial: 9.98 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:            #40 10.469 -0.781                        #5  9.984 -0.966

Bohannon with the advantage off of the line and he holds off Martens for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   35 Robert Bihl                          1986 Shane Oakes                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039 12.208 104.44                     0.055  9.596 140.12
        N/SA  Dial: 12.18 (+/-):  0.028           FS/C  Dial: 9.60 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #21 12.150 -0.850                       #56  9.633 -0.667

Oakes is a little behind off of the line and breaks out trying to run down Bihl.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2564 CJ McDonald                          3385 Jim Nichols                  
E1                  -0.005 11.663  99.43     ****WINNER**** -0.011 10.446 124.61
        I/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-):  0.163           A/SA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.136
 Qualified:            #20 11.445 -0.855                       #55 10.332 -0.668

McDonald misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Nichols.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Troy Huntzberry                       131 Sterling Simmons             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013 10.207 127.80                    -0.014 11.089 105.46
        A/SA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.007           E/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.149
 Qualified:            #43 10.231 -0.769                        #8 10.771 -0.929

Simmons leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Huntzberry.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2892 Eddie Longhany                        286 Jeff Adkinson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041 10.427 119.86                     0.036 10.336 118.87
        B/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.027           A/SA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:            #19 10.393 -0.857                       #54 10.330 -0.670

Eddie Longhany's MOV: 0.0042 seconds (approximately 9 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3572 Michael Roock                        1128 Wallace Dent                 
E1                   0.488 11.893  98.97     ****WINNER****  0.057 10.218 107.71
        L/SA  Dial: 11.97 (+/-): -0.077           FS/E  Dial: 10.04 (+/-):  0.178
 Qualified:            #44 11.956 -0.744                        #9 10.033 -0.917

Dent gets the advantage off of the line;Roock breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   19 Tim Barrett                          1406 Matt Rover                   
E1                   0.044 11.346 113.97     ****WINNER****  0.032 10.381 118.86
        G/SA  Dial: 11.31 (+/-):  0.036           B/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.031
 Qualified:            #46 11.288 -0.712                       #11 10.351 -0.899

Rover gets the holeshot and goes around Barrett for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 147Q Jeff Eastburn                        1135 Nick Reiter                  
E1                  -0.024 11.963  82.08     ****WINNER****  0.205 11.627  82.83
        F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-):  0.113           F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.223
 Qualified:            #15 10.973 -0.877                       #50 11.153 -0.697

Eastburn is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Reiter.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2032 Jack Zimmerman                        159 Victor Cagnazzi              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032 10.620 106.42                    -0.022  9.623 138.60
        B/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.260           FS/C  Dial: 9.60 (+/-):  0.023
 Qualified:            #12 10.353 -0.897                       #47  9.591 -0.709

Cagnazzi leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Zimmerman.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1656 Ken Miele                            2543 Mike McMahan                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.635 160.44                     0.042 11.487 112.13
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.60 (+/-):  0.035            G/SA  Dial: 11.47 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #29  8.570 -0.830                       #64 11.451 -0.549

Ken Miele's MOV: 0.0082 seconds (approximately 16 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 James Roberts                        2690 Sal Damico                   
E1                   0.404 11.132 119.05     ****WINNER****  0.111 11.330 101.35
         G/S  Dial: 11.06 (+/-):  0.072           E/SA  Dial: 11.14 (+/-):  0.190
 Qualified:            #27 11.061 -0.839                       #62 11.132 -0.568

Damico gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Roberts for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                1308 Ralph Porpora                
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.073 10.648 121.41
                                                  E/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -1.052
 Qualified:                                                       #1 10.596 -1.104

Porpora with the bye.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1614 Barry Parker                           56 Jay Storey                   
E1                   0.017 10.217 126.90     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.064 142.46
        A/SA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.047           FS/B  Dial: 9.02 (+/-):  0.044
 Qualified:            #38 10.199 -0.801                        #3  8.994 -1.006

Jay Storey's MOV: 0.0074 seconds (approximately 17 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2931 Robbie Butler                        2970 Willie Mylin                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.809 120.66                    -0.012 14.773  57.61
        E/SA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-): -0.001           G/SA  Dial: 11.32 (+/-):  3.453
 Qualified:            #16 10.827 -0.873                       #51 11.311 -0.689

Mylin is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Butler.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 C166 Cliff Hynson                          353 Caleb McFarland              
E1                   0.094  9.549 139.89     ****WINNER****  0.010 10.295 116.23
        FS/B  Dial: 9.41 (+/-):  0.139             A/S  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.125
 Qualified:            #61  9.396 -0.604                       #26 10.111 -0.839

McFarland gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Hynson for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 349J Joey Shipp                           2500 Frederick Rowntree           
E1                   0.099 11.412 103.63     ****WINNER****  0.068 11.289 114.63
        H/SA  Dial: 11.34 (+/-):  0.072           F/SA  Dial: 11.21 (+/-):  0.079
 Qualified:            #30 11.325 -0.825                       #65 11.307 -0.543

Rowntree with the holeshot and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3084 Craig Saurbaugh                         9 Brad Plourd                  
E1                   0.050 10.412 127.98     ****WINNER****  0.002 10.914 108.27
         B/S  Dial: 10.38 (+/-):  0.032           C/SA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #33 10.381 -0.819                       #68 11.081 -0.319

Plourd gets a great light and holds off Saurbaugh for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  137 Robert Fazio                         4109 Sheila Holt                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.072 12.372  89.16                    -0.064 10.828 121.56
        M/SA  Dial: 12.18 (+/-):  0.192            E/S  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.078
 Qualified:            #66 12.337 -0.513                       #31 10.827 -0.823

Holt leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Fazio.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1967 Jim Marshall                           46 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014 11.246 114.69                     0.028 10.975 110.47
        H/SA  Dial: 11.21 (+/-):  0.036           E/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:            #14 11.271 -0.879                       #49 11.001 -0.699

Marshall with the advantage off of the line and he holds off Hidalgo for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 246X Kenneth Anderson                     339L Randi Lyn Butner             
E1                   0.025 12.247 102.30     ****WINNER****  0.028 10.780 112.05
        J/SA  Dial: 12.13 (+/-):  0.117           D/SA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-):  0.080
 Qualified:            #67 12.046 -0.404                       #32 10.729 -0.821

A coin flip off of the line, Butner takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3220 Randy Wilkes                           26 Jeff Hairrington             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.172 124.19                     0.020 10.422 117.99
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.072           FS/F  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.112
 Qualified:            #60 10.061 -0.639                       #25 10.358 -0.842

Wilkes gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Hairrington for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Jimmy Hidalgo                        1911 Tim Stickles                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008 11.278 110.06                     0.021 12.114 103.87
        G/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-):  0.088           K/SA  Dial: 11.88 (+/-):  0.234
 Qualified:            #28 11.169 -0.831                       #63 12.086 -0.564

Hidalgo gets a great light and goes around Stickles for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4861 Ross Ponville                        505B Michael Brand                
E1                  -0.048 10.320 127.70     ****WINNER****  0.065  8.890 136.34
        A/SA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.040           FS/A  Dial: 8.72 (+/-):  0.170
 Qualified:            #45 10.271 -0.729                       #10  8.783 -0.917

Ponville is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Brand.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3040 Robert Holmes                        2128 Mattie Volkman               
E1                  -0.004 11.835 111.09     ****WINNER****  0.017 11.533 114.08
        J/SA  Dial: 11.78 (+/-):  0.055           I/SA  Dial: 11.45 (+/-):  0.083
 Qualified:            #57 11.785 -0.665                       #22 11.456 -0.844

Holmes just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Volkman.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2461 Kenny Anderson                       2124 Jeffrey Strickland           
E1                   0.032 11.136 114.13     ****WINNER****  0.030  9.336 142.04
        G/SA  Dial: 11.14 (+/-): -0.004           FS/B  Dial: 9.31 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #13 11.106 -0.894                       #48  9.292 -0.708

Anderson takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving Strickland the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Steve Foley                           350 Doug Duell                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.838 132.23                     0.027 10.596 121.98
        FS/D  Dial: 9.78 (+/-):  0.058            C/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.076
 Qualified:            #23  9.756 -0.844                       #58 10.741 -0.659

Duell gets the advantage off of the line but Foley takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1792 Timothy Fletcher                     2952 Jeff Longhany                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005 11.330  99.81                    -0.041 10.594 110.79
        G/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-):  0.080           B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.074
 Qualified:            #37 11.192 -0.808                        #2 10.176 -1.074

Longhany leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Fletcher.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2540 Blake Hickman                        4688 Michael Cotten               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057 11.611 108.63                     0.050 10.996 114.57
        I/SA  Dial: 11.61 (+/-):  0.001           F/SA  Dial: 10.92 (+/-):  0.076
 Qualified:            #41 11.521 -0.779                        #6 10.905 -0.945

Cotten gets the holeshot but Hickman runs dead on to take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3343 Don Turk                             1151 Ron Urquhart                 
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.002 11.249 115.84                    -0.022 12.376  76.58
        F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.601           F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-):  0.526
 Qualified:            #52 11.162 -0.688                       #17 10.984 -0.866

Urquhart leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Turk.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3163 James Schaechter                     1036 Kevin Anderson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.043 11.378 106.82                     0.216 11.448 107.05
         F/S  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.268           H/SA  Dial: 11.35 (+/-):  0.098
 Qualified:            #59 11.156 -0.644                       #24 11.308 -0.842

Schaechter gets the advantage off of the line and takes the stripe for the win.

James Schaechter's MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

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