Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 08:20 AM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 3 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
3839 Rodney Kaekel 349J Joey Shipp
E3 0.060 10.528 118.34 ****WINNER**** 0.037 11.041 112.50
D/SA Dial: 10.50 (+/-): 0.028 G/SA Dial: 11.00 (+/-): 0.041
Prior rounds:
E2 (M Cotten ) 0.052 10.606 0.046 (A Candies ) 0.108 11.132 -0.018
E1 (M Volkman ) 0.028 10.511 -0.069 (B Noland ) 0.003 11.050 0.040
Qualified: #45 10.546 -1.004 #61 11.024 -0.976
7:57 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 82 percent, barometer 30.00
inches, adjusted altitude 2,007 feet.Shipp gets the advantage off of the line and he holds off kaekel for the win.
Joey Shipp's MOV: 0.0104 seconds (approximately 22 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
C166 Cliff Hynson 101X Robert Caldwell
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.036 8.984 147.92 -0.060 8.987 145.27
FS/B Dial: 10.00 (+/-): -1.016 FS/B Dial: 10.00 (+/-): -1.013
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Stalba ) 0.054 9.419 0.039 (T Baker ) 0.051 9.120 0.070
E1 (D Duell ) 0.046 9.332 0.002 (C McFarland ) 0.047 8.981 0.001
Qualified: #114 9.132 -0.868 #66 9.028 -0.972
Caldwell is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Hynson.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
37 Brina Splingaire 5759 Sam Reuland
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.032 9.212 134.56 0.090 10.194 128.81
FS/B Dial: 9.17 (+/-): 0.042 B/SA Dial: 10.17 (+/-): 0.024
Prior rounds:
E2 (A Hill ) 0.089 9.339 0.079 (M Welfel ) 0.019 10.305 0.015
E1 (J McCarthy ) 0.072 9.477 0.267 (B Candies ) 0.024 10.195 0.025
Qualified: #129 9.179 -0.821 #33 10.216 -1.034
Splingaire with the advantage off of the line and she goes around Reuland for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1967 Jim Marshall 427 Jarrod Granier
E3 -0.047 11.302 114.86 ****WINNER**** -0.019 10.255 128.22
J/SA Dial: 11.35 (+/-): -0.048 B/SA Dial: 10.27 (+/-): -0.015
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Maddox ) 0.032 11.420 0.020 (T Boucher ) 0.009 10.372 0.002
E1 (T Payne ) 0.020 11.414 -1.036 (C Hopkins ) 0.033 10.283 0.003
Qualified: #8 11.332 -1.118 #88 10.320 -0.930
Marshall leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Granier.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5424 Ryan Korish 2269 Billy Wilson
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.062 10.244 126.71 0.006 10.584 121.33
C/S Dial: 10.21 (+/-): 0.034 C/SA Dial: 10.47 (+/-): 0.114
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Candies ) 0.002 10.366 0.076 (W Walker ) 0.059 10.610 0.020
E1 (B Martel ) 0.011 10.240 -0.040 (K Wideman ) 0.013 10.473 -0.027
Qualified: #4 10.186 -1.164 #84 10.464 -0.936
Wilson gets the holeshot but he can't hold off Korish.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
519X Brent Kopejtka 313Y T.C. Morris
E3 0.067 15.765 83.29 ****WINNER**** 0.091 10.855 108.14
DF/S Dial: 15.55 (+/-): 0.215 E/SA Dial: 10.79 (+/-): 0.065
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Gaffney ) 0.057 15.824 0.144 (D Vaught ) 0.125 10.901 0.001
E1 (P Wong ) 0.102 15.554 -0.046 (C Butcher ) 0.038 10.837 0.007
Qualified: #96 15.584 -0.916 #80 10.757 -0.943
Kopejtka gets the advantage off of the line but Morris goes around him and takes the stripe for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. 338H Tony Fagnilli
E3 0.060 10.737 118.70 ****WINNER**** 0.082 8.390 158.97
E/SA Dial: 10.70 (+/-): 0.037 FS/AA Dial: 8.39 (+/-): 0.000
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Hutar ) 0.043 10.911 0.051 (E V. Buth ) 0.120 8.554 0.044
E1 (D Lambeck ) 0.027 10.759 -0.001 (M Freeman ) 0.068 8.463 0.003
Qualified: #42 10.686 -1.014 #58 8.420 -0.980
Hidalgo gets the holeshot but Fagnilli reels him in and goes around for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3922 Julie Biermann 5072 Paul Merolla
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.031 10.687 122.18 -0.055 10.675 121.90
D/SA Dial: 10.62 (+/-): 0.067 E/S Dial: 10.65 (+/-): 0.025
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Tool ) 0.088 10.781 0.031 (R Buckner ) 0.067 10.720 -0.020
E1 (J Decker ) 0.062 10.670 0.040 (J Schaechter) 0.041 10.714 0.064
Qualified: #107 10.665 -0.885 #27 10.600 -1.050
Merolla 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
3034 Zachary Nash 3040 Robert Holmes
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.019 9.761 134.11 0.063 11.629 111.57
FS/D Dial: 9.72 (+/-): 0.041 K/SA Dial: 11.64 (+/-): -0.011
Prior rounds:
E2 (C Saurbaugh ) 0.002 9.910 0.100 (J Raynor ) 0.028 11.747 0.077
E1 (M Antrobius ) 0.137 9.774 -0.006 (B Gibson ) 0.078 11.621 0.041
Qualified: #132 9.805 -0.795 #19 11.579 -1.071
Nash gets the holeshot;Holmes breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2217 Brian Rogers 35 Rusty Hall
E3 0.036 10.721 117.29 ****WINNER**** 0.011 11.550 104.54
D/S Dial: 10.66 (+/-): 0.061 K/S Dial: 11.49 (+/-): 0.060
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Lund ) 0.027 10.794 0.034 (K Shipp ) 0.014 11.617 -0.013
E1 (E A. Buth ) 0.007 10.922 0.242 (B Bender ) 0.106 11.590 0.080
Qualified: #127 10.668 -0.832 #15 11.468 -1.082
Hall with the advantage off of the line and he holds off Rogers for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5243 Dale Findell 1499 Jim Boudreau
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.048 11.947 106.60 0.041 10.219 127.79
M/SA Dial: 11.93 (+/-): 0.017 B/SA Dial: 10.24 (+/-): -0.021
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Emmons ) 0.009 11.988 -0.002 (K Sepanek ) -0.005 10.205 0.025
E1 (J Santangelo) 0.005 11.887 0.017 (C Downing ) 0.062 10.093 -0.047
Qualified: #21 11.788 -1.062 #5 10.108 -1.142
Boudreau gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Findell
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4056 Hunter Pierdolla 1783 Allison Doll
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.023 10.188 126.33 0.020 10.257 127.47
B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -1.062 B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.993
Prior rounds:
E2 (J DeFrank ) 1.238 18.542 7.292 (D Walther ) 0.022 10.431 0.001
E1 (A Williams ) 0.053 10.287 0.027 (C Fauss-John) 0.021 10.328 -0.032
Qualified: #55 10.264 -0.986 #71 10.286 -0.964
A coin flip off of the line, Pierdolla pulls away and takes the heads-up win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
224 Brad Plourd 1387 Chris Howes
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.032 10.617 113.74 0.107 10.234 127.51
C/SA Dial: 10.55 (+/-): 0.067 B/SA Dial: 10.21 (+/-): 0.024
Prior rounds:
E2 (E Monahan ) 0.018 10.734 0.014 (K Miele ) 0.026 10.455 0.185
E1 (M Trumble ) 0.041 10.511 -0.119 (J Hutto ) 0.004 10.255 0.005
Qualified: #62 10.424 -0.976 #14 10.163 -1.087
Plourd with the advantage off of the line and he holds off Howes for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
18 Ray Thurston 715W Shelby Williams
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.010 11.027 111.16 0.001 10.733 116.56
G/SA Dial: 11.01 (+/-): 0.017 D/SA Dial: 10.70 (+/-): 0.033
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Datweiler ) 0.020 11.133 0.023 (R Fazio ) 0.069 10.865 0.025
E1 (J Reed ) 0.060 11.047 0.007 (D Jeska ) 0.022 10.699 0.009
Qualified: #92 11.077 -0.923 #108 10.665 -0.885
Williams is almost perfect off of the line but Thurston takes the stripe and the win.Ray Thurston's
MOV: 0.0073 seconds (approximately 15 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7155 Leo Glasbrenner A226 Andrew Collins
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.020 9.719 126.83 0.059 10.282 127.03
FS/D Dial: 9.58 (+/-): 0.139 B/SA Dial: 10.17 (+/-): 0.112
Prior rounds:
E2 (E McCormick ) 0.039 9.752 0.082 (D Robinson ) 0.046 10.349 0.059
E1 (R Lyn Butner) 0.035 9.601 -0.019 (T Turner ) 0.019 10.253 0.003
Qualified: #57 9.617 -0.983 #41 10.233 -1.017
Glasbrenner gets the holeshot and goes around Collins for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3120 Lyn Smith 32 Josh Decker
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.048 10.735 122.36 0.051 10.508 121.88
E/SA Dial: 10.73 (+/-): 0.005 C/SA Dial: 10.50 (+/-): 0.008
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Smith ) 0.106 10.852 0.012 (A Strang ) 0.027 10.645 0.025
E1 (L Scott Libe) 0.025 10.759 -0.001 (T Fairchild ) 0.037 10.513 -0.007
Qualified: #86 10.768 -0.932 #70 10.435 -0.965
A close one off of the line, Smith is able to hold off Decker and takes the win.Lyn Smith's MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 14 inches).
In the next round it will be Splingaire vs. Glasbrenner, Findell vs.
Shipp, Hynson vs. Fagnilli, Smith vs. Plourd, Nash vs. Biermann, Pierdolla vs. Hall, Korish vs. Thurston, and
Granier vs. Morris.
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