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Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 10:02 AM

Super Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Super Stock 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
 3201 Tim Lowe                             213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E1                  -0.015  9.655 137.55     ****WINNER****  0.020  8.979 132.44
       FSS/H  Dial: 9.69 (+/-): -0.035           SS/AS  Dial: 8.87 (+/-):  0.109
 Qualified:            #70 12.086  1.736                       #35  8.861 -0.739

9:26 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 89 percent, barometer 30.03 inches, adjusted altitude 1,326 feet.

Lowe is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving Bertozzi the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1235 Peter D`agnolo                       3080 Brett Saubaugh               
E1                  -0.003  9.798 112.34     ****WINNER****  0.054 10.019 131.90
       SS/CS  Dial: 9.49 (+/-):  0.308            SS/C  Dial: 10.02 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:            #34  9.556 -0.744                       #69  9.986 -0.064

D'agnolo misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Saubaugh.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1005 David Thomas                          427 Jarrod Granier               
E1                  -0.001  9.324 140.58     ****WINNER****  0.079 10.293 127.25
       FSS/E  Dial: 9.34 (+/-): -0.016           SS/HA  Dial: 10.32 (+/-): -0.027
 Qualified:            #33  9.304 -0.746                       #68 10.533 -0.067

Thomas leaves a tick too soon and goes red giving the win to Granier.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2020 Brenda Grubbs                        R210 Richard Bierie               
E1                   0.060  9.210 144.12     ****WINNER****  0.068  8.222 165.82
       SS/BA  Dial: 9.22 (+/-): -0.010           FSS/B  Dial: 8.16 (+/-):  0.062
 Qualified:            #38  9.177 -0.723                        #3  8.184 -1.016

Grubbs gets the holeshot but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Bierie.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Charles Weber                         361 Bo Butner                    
E1                  -0.011 10.402 127.47     ****WINNER****  0.073 10.059 133.10
       SS/KA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.052          FSS/K  Dial: 9.95 (+/-):  0.109
 Qualified:            #11 10.350 -0.900                       #46  9.895 -0.655

Weber leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Butner.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1529 Mark Alvey                           1949 Ronald Huntzberry            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  9.831 130.96                     0.053  9.710 135.00
       GT/GA  Dial: 9.82 (+/-):  0.011           GT/HA  Dial: 9.68 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #54  9.812 -0.588                       #19  9.676 -0.824

Alvey gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Huntzberry for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2244 Alden Rollins                          29 Troy Huntzberry              
E1                   0.038 10.727 122.52     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.920 131.25
       SS/KA  Dial: 10.71 (+/-):  0.017          SS/IA  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #62 10.914 -0.336                       #27  9.903 -0.797

Huntzberry gets the holeshot and goes around Rollins for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Tyler Caheely                        2610 Mike Crutchfield             
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.048  9.090 129.58
       SS/TB  Dial: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099           SS/DM  Dial: 9.75 (+/-): -0.660
 Qualified:            #56  9.391 -0.509                       #21  8.926 -0.824

Caheely is a no-show.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  283 Jim Harrison                          351 Doug Duell                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027 10.205 122.99                     0.109  9.438 140.28
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.14 (+/-):  0.065          FSS/E  Dial: 9.41 (+/-):  0.028
 Qualified:            #12 10.108 -0.892                       #47  9.397 -0.653

Harrison gets the holeshot and holds off Duell for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3569 Patrick Downing                       441 Mitch Truman                 
E1                  -0.005 10.656 125.24     ****WINNER****  0.039  9.036 148.72
       FSS/M  Dial: 10.54 (+/-):  0.116          FGT/C  Dial: 9.00 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:            #58 10.545 -0.455                       #23  8.980 -0.820

Downing misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Truman.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3718 Nicholas Morris                      1990 David Barton                 
E1                  -0.006  9.611 129.75     ****WINNER****  0.028 10.311 113.51
       FGT/H  Dial: 9.58 (+/-):  0.031           FSS/I  Dial: 10.18 (+/-):  0.131
 Qualified:            #28  9.556 -0.794                       #63 10.120 -0.330

Morris leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Barton.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 J191 Jonathan Allegrucci                     6 Monty Bogan                  
E1                   0.052  9.432 142.39     ****WINNER****  0.020  9.240 140.25
       FSS/E  Dial: 9.25 (+/-):  0.182           SS/BS  Dial: 9.05 (+/-):  0.190
 Qualified:            #17  9.210 -0.840                       #52  9.045 -0.605

Bogan gets the holeshot and takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   25 Don Shuford                          173L Philip Lankford              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005 10.315 126.80                     0.052  9.376 142.18
       GT/MA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.035          FSS/E  Dial: 9.38 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:             #8 10.266 -0.934                       #43  9.360 -0.690

Shuford gets the advantage off of the line;Lankford breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Ryan Montford                        3353 Caleb McFarland              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  9.089 118.95                           No Time      
       FSS/D  Dial: 8.90 (+/-):  0.189           FGT/G  Dial: 9.49 (+/-): 90.509
 Qualified:             #4  8.894 -1.006                       #39  9.478 -0.722

McFarland did not make a pass.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Kevin Helms                           291 Emily Volkman                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  8.894 135.37                    -0.011  9.693 134.12
       SS/BM  Dial: 8.79 (+/-):  0.104           SS/GA  Dial: 9.69 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #64  8.904 -0.296                       #29  9.768 -0.782

Volkman is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Helms.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Jay Storey                           2910 Edward Longhany              
E1                  -0.007  9.118 132.33     ****WINNER****  0.021  9.899 131.56
       FSS/D  Dial: 8.97 (+/-):  0.148           FGT/J  Dial: 9.88 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:             #1  8.768 -1.132                       #36  9.873 -0.727

Storey goes red giving the win to Longhany.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   23 Don Barber                           2367 Greg Lubben                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047  9.216 149.73                    -0.042 10.794 122.21
       FGT/E  Dial: 9.17 (+/-):  0.046           SS/KA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-): -0.006
 Qualified:            #22  9.178 -0.822                       #57 10.756 -0.494

Lubben leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Barber.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2990 Eric Mann                             131 Sterling Simmons             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  8.405 152.71                     0.077  9.646 136.63
       SS/BM  Dial: 8.37 (+/-):  0.035           GT/FA  Dial: 9.58 (+/-):  0.066
 Qualified:            #16  8.357 -0.843                       #51  9.635 -0.615

Mann gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Simmons for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.                    2701 Kenneth Horne                
E1                   0.018  9.903 130.12     ****WINNER****  0.039  9.943 131.10
       SS/GA  Dial: 9.86 (+/-):  0.043           GT/JA  Dial: 9.93 (+/-):  0.013
 Qualified:            #44  9.881 -0.669                        #9  9.886 -0.914

Kenneth Horne's MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 21 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  227 Michael Volkman                      2485 Michael Pearson              
E1                   0.088 10.050 129.40     ****WINNER****  0.074 10.309 125.46
       GT/JA  Dial: 10.01 (+/-):  0.040          SS/IA  Dial: 10.26 (+/-):  0.049
 Qualified:            #24  9.994 -0.806                       #59 10.248 -0.452

Michael Pearson's MOV: 0.0058 seconds (approximately 13 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2530 Hugh Meeks                           2471 Ronnie Dutton                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  9.044 132.13                     0.086 10.951 121.33
       FGT/C  Dial: 8.98 (+/-):  0.064           GT/OA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-):  0.071
 Qualified:            #18  8.972 -0.828                       #53 10.854 -0.596

Meeks gets the advantage off of the line and he goes around Dutton for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  268 Ronald Jacops                          24 Jeff Adkinson                
E1                   0.007 10.253 128.40     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.385 135.33
       GT/JA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-):  0.073          FSS/F  Dial: 9.34 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:            #49 10.158 -0.642                       #14  9.330 -0.870

Jacops gets the holeshot but Adkinson gets the stripe and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1986 Shane Oakes                           391 Irvin Johns                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.104 108.66                    -0.001  9.196 145.74
       SS/HA  Dial: 9.91 (+/-):  0.194           GT/EA  Dial: 9.15 (+/-):  0.046
 Qualified:            #41  9.885 -0.715                        #6  9.134 -0.966

Johns just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Oakes.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3163 James Schaechter                       75 Michael Cotten               
E1                   0.049  9.565 138.14     ****WINNER****  0.038  9.866 127.81
        GT/G  Dial: 9.51 (+/-):  0.055           SS/IA  Dial: 9.82 (+/-):  0.046
 Qualified:            #45  9.537 -0.663                       #10  9.789 -0.911

Cotten with the advantage off of the line and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A362 Alex Anderson                        148K Karl Martel                  
E1                   0.031  9.803 125.51     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.788 126.59
       FSS/F  Dial: 9.70 (+/-):  0.103           GT/HA  Dial: 9.71 (+/-):  0.078
 Qualified:            #55  9.684 -0.516                       #20  9.676 -0.824

Martel gets the holeshot and holds off Anderson for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  159 Victor Cagnazzi                        34 Todd Frantz                  
E1                  -0.012  9.334 143.06     ****WINNER****  0.029  9.479 138.51
       FSS/F  Dial: 9.28 (+/-):  0.054           GT/FA  Dial: 9.46 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:             #7  9.261 -0.939                       #42  9.541 -0.709

Cagnazzi is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Frantz.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2952 Jeff Longhany                        333B Brett McFarland              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015 10.117 128.95                    -0.001 10.028 132.21
       GT/KA  Dial: 10.12 (+/-): -0.003           SS/G  Dial: 10.05 (+/-): -0.022
 Qualified:            #26 10.099 -0.801                       #61 10.031 -0.419

McFarland is a tick too quick off of the line and goes red giving Longhany the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2343 Mark Young                           4861 Ross Ponville                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046 10.731 121.45                     0.056  9.362 136.11
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.69 (+/-):  0.041          FSS/E  Dial: 9.31 (+/-):  0.052
 Qualified:            #66 10.867 -0.133                       #31  9.286 -0.764

Young gets the holeshot and holds off Ponville for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 D433 Darrell Brown                        2911 Stephanie Raynor             
E1                   0.024  8.729 156.46     ****WINNER****  0.006 10.119 125.04
       FSS/C  Dial: 8.74 (+/-): -0.011           SS/DA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.049
 Qualified:            #32  8.895 -0.755                       #67 10.067 -0.133

Raynor with the holeshot;Brown breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3072 Mike Walter                          1481 Kent Hanley                  
E1                   0.062 10.447 125.00     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.404 127.05
       GT/NA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-):  0.037          GT/EA  Dial: 9.35 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:            #13 10.426 -0.874                       #48  9.456 -0.644

Hanley gets the advantage off of the line and he goes around Walter for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2019 Michael Howard                       1872 John Kurzenberger            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.180  8.288 167.55                     0.187  9.562 134.36
       FSS/B  Dial: 8.22 (+/-):  0.068           FSS/F  Dial: 9.48 (+/-):  0.082
 Qualified:             #5  8.205 -0.995                       #40  9.478 -0.722

A coin flip off of the line, Howard gets the stripe and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4343 Craig Gualtiere                      1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.628 139.76                     0.019  9.685 133.35
       GT/GA  Dial: 9.58 (+/-):  0.048           FGT/G  Dial: 9.65 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:            #15  9.551 -0.849                       #50  9.567 -0.633

Gualtiere gets a great light and takes the close win.

Craig Gualtiere's MOV: 0.0032 seconds (approximately 8 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2057 Jeff Lewis                           2221 Richard Mace                 
E1                  -0.014  9.893 131.88     ****WINNER****  0.060  9.064 148.53
       SS/HA  Dial: 9.82 (+/-):  0.073           SS/DM  Dial: 9.38 (+/-): -0.316
 Qualified:            #25  9.797 -0.803                       #60  9.320 -0.430

Lewis misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Mace.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4749 Stan Holt                            1390 Chuck Nagy                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  9.798 132.57                    -0.014  9.727 136.55
        GT/K  Dial: 9.75 (+/-):  0.048           GT/GA  Dial: 9.69 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:             #2  9.709 -1.041                       #37  9.675 -0.725

Nagy is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Holt.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2619 Joe Tysinger                         2959 Kevin Riner                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029 10.593 124.60                           No Time      
       GT/NA  Dial: 11.30 (+/-): -0.707          SS/JA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): 88.999
 Qualified:            #30 10.533 -0.767                       #65 10.832 -0.168

Riner does not make a pass.

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