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Sat, 05 Sep 2026, 23:24 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  229 Donnie Vaught                        313Y T.C. Morris                  
E2                   0.045 11.221 117.17     ****WINNER****  0.125 10.901 118.74
         F/S  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.101           E/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Tolston   ) 0.016 11.081  0.151      (C Butcher   ) 0.038 10.837  0.007
 Qualified:           #112 10.923 -0.877                       #80 10.757 -0.943

10:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 81 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 3,164 feet.

Vaught gets the advantage off of the line but Morris runs dead on and takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3207 Andrew Hill                            37 Brina Splingaire             
E2                  -0.028 10.685 117.79     ****WINNER****  0.089  9.339 126.34
        D/SA  Dial: 10.63 (+/-):  0.055           FS/B  Dial: 9.26 (+/-):  0.079
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cheney    ) -0.023 10.508 -0.072      (J McCarthy  ) 0.072  9.477  0.267
 Qualified:            #17 10.475 -1.075                      #129  9.179 -0.821

Hill leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Splingaire.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   52 Ellis V. Buth                        338H Tony Fagnilli                
E2                   0.065 16.066  74.15     ****WINNER****  0.120  8.554 156.90
        W/SA  Dial: 16.08 (+/-): -0.014          FS/AA  Dial: 8.51 (+/-):  0.044
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Lanciers  ) 0.024 15.927  0.087      (M Freeman   ) 0.068  8.463  0.003
 Qualified:            #26 15.600 -1.050                       #58  8.420 -0.980

Buth gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Fagnilli.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1656 Kenneth Miele                        1387 Chris Howes                  
E2                  -0.005  8.751 139.49     ****WINNER****  0.026 10.455 111.61
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.64 (+/-):  0.111            B/SA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-):  0.185
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Diamond   ) 0.029  8.569 -0.031      (J Hutto     ) 0.004 10.255  0.005
 Qualified:            #46  8.397 -1.003                       #14 10.163 -1.087

Miele misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Howes.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2217 Brian Rogers                         311C Dennis Lund                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027 10.794 122.06                    -0.017 11.394  85.67
         D/S  Dial: 10.76 (+/-):  0.034          FS/AA  Dial: 8.50 (+/-):  2.894
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E A. Buth   ) 0.007 10.922  0.242      (C Herron    ) 0.056  8.427 -0.033
 Qualified:           #127 10.668 -0.832                       #95  8.484 -0.916

Lund leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Rogers.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3839 Rodney Kaekel                        4688 Mike Cotten                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052 10.606 123.62                    -0.013 25.761  58.15
        D/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.046           F/SA  Dial: 10.83 (+/-): 14.931
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Volkman   ) 0.028 10.511 -0.069      (M Farrell   ) 0.042 10.737  0.007
 Qualified:            #45 10.546 -1.004                       #13 10.762 -1.088

Cotten goes red giving the win to Kaekel.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5320 Darren Robinson                      A226 Andrew Collins               
E2                   0.071 10.688 121.68     ****WINNER****  0.046 10.349 125.63
        D/SA  Dial: 10.64 (+/-):  0.048           B/SA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Buth      ) 0.016 10.582 -0.008      (T Turner    ) 0.019 10.253  0.003
 Qualified:             #9 10.432 -1.118                       #41 10.233 -1.017

Collins with the advantage off of the line and he goes around Robinson for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 470B Ray Buckner                          5072 Paul Merolla                 
E2                  -0.026 11.015 118.67     ****WINNER****  0.067 10.720 121.31
        F/SA  Dial: 11.01 (+/-):  0.005            E/S  Dial: 10.74 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Farrell   ) 0.008 10.906 -0.034      (J Schaechter) 0.041 10.714  0.064
 Qualified:            #59 10.871 -0.979                       #27 10.600 -1.050

Buckner leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Merolla.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3034 Zachary Nash                         3084 Craig Saurbaugh              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002  9.910 134.06                    -0.355 10.788 122.26
        FS/D  Dial: 9.81 (+/-):  0.100             E/S  Dial: 10.76 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Antrobius ) 0.137  9.774 -0.006      (R Mans      ) 0.125 10.723  0.013
 Qualified:           #132  9.805 -0.795                       #67 10.683 -0.967

Nash is almost perfect off of the line;Saurbaugh goes red.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 519X Brent Kopejtka                       1008 Sean Gaffney                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.057 15.824  76.16                     0.158 10.109 128.13
        DF/S  Dial: 15.68 (+/-):  0.144           AA/S  Dial: 10.01 (+/-):  0.099
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Wong      ) 0.102 15.554 -0.046      (D Hoven     ) 0.056 10.029  0.079
 Qualified:            #96 15.584 -0.916                      #128  9.876 -0.824

Kopejtka gets the holeshot and holds off Gaffney for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  365 Kristi Shipp                           35 Rusty Hall                   
E2                  -0.015 11.355 115.86     ****WINNER****  0.014 11.617 108.97
        H/SA  Dial: 11.34 (+/-):  0.015            K/S  Dial: 11.63 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Briglio   ) 0.008 11.257  0.017      (B Bender    ) 0.106 11.590  0.080
 Qualified:           #111 11.273 -0.877                       #15 11.468 -1.082

Shipp leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Hall.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  543 Craig Maddox                         1967 Jim Marshall                 
E2                   0.068  9.301 136.40     ****WINNER****  0.032 11.420 110.24
        FS/C  Dial: 9.29 (+/-):  0.011            J/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Sempsrott ) 0.022  9.233 -0.017      (T Payne     ) 0.020 11.414 -1.036
 Qualified:            #40  9.280 -1.020                        #8 11.332 -1.118

Marshall gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Maddox for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1140 TJ Boucher                            427 Jarrod Granier               
E2                  -0.003 11.522 113.92     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.372 127.04
        I/SA  Dial: 11.46 (+/-):  0.062           B/SA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Fletcher  ) 0.043 11.395  0.005      (C Hopkins   ) 0.033 10.283  0.003
 Qualified:            #56 11.316 -0.984                       #88 10.320 -0.930

Boucher just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Granier.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2974 Johnson Raynor                       3040 Robert Holmes                
E2                   0.091 11.396 114.08     ****WINNER****  0.028 11.747 112.46
        H/SA  Dial: 11.37 (+/-):  0.026           K/SA  Dial: 11.67 (+/-):  0.077
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Gill      ) 0.011 11.246 -0.054      (B Gibson    ) 0.078 11.621  0.041
 Qualified:           #115 11.285 -0.865                       #19 11.579 -1.071

Holmes gets the holeshot and holds off Raynor for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3128 Shane Smith                          3120 Lyn Smith                    
E2                  -0.064 11.026 119.28     ****WINNER****  0.106 10.852 120.56
         F/S  Dial: 11.02 (+/-):  0.006           E/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gillam    ) 0.091 10.904 -0.096      (L Scott Libe) 0.025 10.759 -0.001
 Qualified:           #118 10.941 -0.859                       #86 10.768 -0.932

Shane leaves too soon and goes red giving Lyn the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5243 Dale Findell                            9 Jerry Emmons                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009 11.988 108.41                     0.066 10.366 114.71
        M/SA  Dial: 11.99 (+/-): -0.002           B/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Santangelo) 0.005 11.887  0.017      (B Saurbaugh ) 0.011 10.247 -0.023
 Qualified:            #21 11.788 -1.062                       #53 10.264 -0.986

Findell gets the advantage off of the line and takes the double breakout win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  137 Bobby Fazio                          715W Shelby Williams              
E2                   0.079 12.171  94.59     ****WINNER****  0.069 10.865 110.42
        M/SA  Dial: 12.03 (+/-):  0.141           D/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Keen      ) 0.035 11.914  0.064      (D Jeska     ) 0.022 10.699  0.009
 Qualified:            #76 11.893 -0.957                      #108 10.665 -0.885

Williams gets the holeshot and goes around Fazio for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  224 Brad Plourd                          1021 Gene Monahan                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018 10.734 106.61                    -0.005 11.746 112.06
        C/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.014           K/SA  Dial: 11.67 (+/-):  0.076
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Trumble   ) 0.041 10.511 -0.119      (C Ustler    ) -0.023 11.629 -1.021
 Qualified:            #62 10.424 -0.976                       #30 11.609 -1.041

Monahan misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Plourd.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2269 Billy Wilson                         4126 Walt Walker                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.059 10.610 122.16                     0.049 10.914 117.52
        C/SA  Dial: 10.59 (+/-):  0.020           F/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-): -0.036
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Wideman   ) 0.013 10.473 -0.027      (R Urquhart  ) 0.060 10.883 -0.967
 Qualified:            #84 10.464 -0.936                       #52 10.862 -0.988

Walker gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Wilson.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4313 Anne Candies                         349J Joey Shipp                   
E2                  -0.009 11.777 110.06     ****WINNER****  0.108 11.132 116.68
        K/SA  Dial: 11.74 (+/-):  0.037           G/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Howes     ) 0.032 11.670  0.000      (B Noland    ) 0.003 11.050  0.040
 Qualified:            #29 11.607 -1.043                       #61 11.024 -0.976

Candies misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Shipp.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  329 Dan Tool                             3922 Julie Biermann               
E2                  -0.015 13.339  97.64     ****WINNER****  0.088 10.781 121.61
        T/SA  Dial: 13.26 (+/-):  0.079           D/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Lind      ) 0.042 13.225 -0.065      (J Decker    ) 0.062 10.670  0.040
 Qualified:            #11 13.289 -1.111                      #107 10.665 -0.885

Tool leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Biermann.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Paul Stalba                          C166 Cliff Hynson                 
E2                  -0.044 10.977  95.88     ****WINNER****  0.054  9.419 141.28
        B/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.577           FS/B  Dial: 9.38 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Holt      ) 0.059 10.320  0.060      (D Duell     ) 0.046  9.332  0.002
 Qualified:            #82 10.310 -0.940                      #114  9.132 -0.868

Stalba goes red giving the win to Hynson.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1783 Allison Doll                         3113 Dave Walther                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.431 125.18                     0.064 10.859 120.10
        B/SA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.001            F/S  Dial: 10.90 (+/-): -0.041
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Fauss-John) 0.021 10.328 -0.032      (G Pritchett ) 0.018 10.896  0.036
 Qualified:            #71 10.286 -0.964                       #39 10.779 -1.021

Doll gets the advantage off of the line and runs dead on "with a one" to take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1994 Katie Sepanek                        1499 Jim Boudreau                 
E2                  -0.001 11.459 109.45     ****WINNER**** -0.005 10.205 127.94
        I/SA  Dial: 11.46 (+/-): -0.001           B/SA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Williams  ) 0.032 11.351  0.021      (C Downing   ) 0.062 10.093 -0.047
 Qualified:            #37 11.271 -1.029                        #5 10.108 -1.142

Sepanek leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Boudreau.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.                    5389 Steve Hutar                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.043 10.911 112.59                     0.076 11.509 113.37
        E/SA  Dial: 10.86 (+/-):  0.051           I/SA  Dial: 11.48 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Lambeck   ) 0.027 10.759 -0.001      (J Hidalgo   ) 0.043 11.367 -0.053
 Qualified:            #42 10.686 -1.014                       #74 11.339 -0.961

Hidalgo gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Hutar for the win.

Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.'s MOV: 0.0118 seconds (approximately 24 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1018 Adam Strang                            32 Josh Decker                  
E2                  -0.018 10.656 125.33     ****WINNER****  0.027 10.645 112.08
         D/S  Dial: 10.66 (+/-): -0.004           C/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Barrett   ) 0.006 10.603  0.003      (T Fairchild ) 0.037 10.513 -0.007
 Qualified:           #102 10.598 -0.902                       #70 10.435 -0.965

Strang goes red giving the win to Decker.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                      3069 Ed McCormick                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039  9.752 130.78                     0.023 11.330 114.21
        FS/D  Dial: 9.67 (+/-):  0.082            G/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-):  0.100
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Lyn Butner) 0.035  9.601 -0.019      (C Welfel    ) 0.062 11.162 -0.028
 Qualified:            #57  9.617 -0.983                      #131 11.203 -0.797

McCormick gets the advantage off of the line but Glasbrenner takes the stripe and the win.

Leo Glasbrenner's MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 6 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2035 Mike Welfel                          5759 Sam Reuland                  
E2                   0.087 10.790 121.87     ****WINNER****  0.019 10.305 118.09
         E/S  Dial: 10.78 (+/-):  0.010           B/SA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Elsass    ) 0.072 10.696  0.016      (B Candies   ) 0.024 10.195  0.025
 Qualified:            #65 10.677 -0.973                       #33 10.216 -1.034

Reuland with the starting line advantage and he goes around Welfel for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1272 Thomas Baker                         101X Robert Caldwell              
E2                   0.113 10.363 123.33     ****WINNER****  0.051  9.120 138.37
        B/SA  Dial: 10.33 (+/-):  0.033           FS/B  Dial: 9.05 (+/-):  0.070
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Rachford  ) 0.055 10.258  0.048      (C McFarland ) 0.047  8.981  0.001
 Qualified:            #34 10.218 -1.032                       #66  9.028 -0.972

Caldwell gets the holeshot and goes around Baker for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5424 Ryan Korish                          4312 PB Candies                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002 10.366 128.97                     0.008  9.784 132.10
         C/S  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.076           FS/D  Dial: 9.80 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Martel    ) 0.011 10.240 -0.040      (D Poole-Adam) 0.064  9.613 -0.987
 Qualified:             #4 10.186 -1.164                       #36  9.571 -1.029

A coin flip off of the line, Candies takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Korish.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Ray Thurston                          377 Trey Datweiler               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020 11.133 111.80                     0.044  9.230 144.12
        G/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.023           FS/B  Dial: 9.17 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Reed      ) 0.060 11.047  0.007      (T Pettigrew ) 0.018  9.143 -0.007
 Qualified:            #92 11.077 -0.923                      #124  9.152 -0.848

Thurston gets the holeshot and holds off Datweiler for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  778 Jimmy DeFrank                        4056 Hunter Pierdolla             
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  1.238 18.542  57.22
        A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): 88.999           B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-):  7.292
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Heath     ) -0.020 10.274  0.154      (A Williams  ) 0.053 10.287  0.027
 Qualified:            #87 10.069 -0.931                       #55 10.264 -0.986

DeFrank does not make a pass.

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