Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 22:05 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 5 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
 5243 Dale Findell                           37 Brina Splingaire             
E5                   0.042 11.889 109.40     ****WINNER****  0.040  9.188 135.66
        M/SA  Dial: 11.97 (+/-): -0.081           FS/B  Dial: 9.20 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Shipp     ) 0.014 11.979  0.059      (L Glasbrenne) 0.080  9.286  0.086
E3    (J Boudreau  ) 0.048 11.947  0.017      (S Reuland   ) 0.032  9.212  0.042
E2    (J Emmons    ) 0.009 11.988 -0.002      (A Hill      ) 0.089  9.339  0.079
E1    (J Santangelo) 0.005 11.887  0.017      (J McCarthy  ) 0.072  9.477  0.267
 Qualified:            #21 11.788 -1.062                      #129  9.179 -0.821

9:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,342 feet.

A coin flip off of the line, Splingaire takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4056 Hunter Pierdolla                     3034 Zachary Nash                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.034 10.363 111.38                    -0.036  9.779 135.92
        B/SA  Dial: 10.24 (+/-):  0.123           FS/D  Dial: 9.74 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Hall      ) 0.019 10.297  0.037      (J Biermann  ) 0.018  9.815  0.075
E3    (A Doll      ) 0.023 10.188 -1.062      (R Holmes    ) 0.019  9.761  0.041
E2    (J DeFrank   ) 1.238 18.542  7.292      (C Saurbaugh ) 0.002  9.910  0.100
E1    (A Williams  ) 0.053 10.287  0.027      (M Antrobius ) 0.137  9.774 -0.006
 Qualified:            #55 10.264 -0.986                      #132  9.805 -0.795

Nash is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Pierdolla.

Pierdolla will take on Splingaire in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Ray Thurston                          427 Jarrod Granier               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.002 11.072 112.50                     0.112 10.260 130.27
        G/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-):  0.032           B/SA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Korish    ) 0.021 11.102  0.052      (T Morris    ) 0.045 10.324  0.044
E3    (S Williams  ) 0.010 11.027  0.017      (J Marshall  ) -0.019 10.255 -0.015
E2    (T Datweiler ) 0.020 11.133  0.023      (T Boucher   ) 0.009 10.372  0.002
E1    (J Reed      ) 0.060 11.047  0.007      (C Hopkins   ) 0.033 10.283  0.003
 Qualified:            #92 11.077 -0.923                       #88 10.320 -0.930

Thurston gets a great light;Granier breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  224 Brad Plourd                          338H Tony Fagnilli                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.021 10.536 122.59                     0.039  8.418 153.53
        C/SA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-): -0.014          FS/AA  Dial: 8.44 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E4    (L Smith     ) 0.069 10.618  0.018      (C Hynson    ) 0.030  8.450  0.050
E3    (C Howes     ) 0.032 10.617  0.067      (J Hidalgo   ) 0.082  8.390  0.000
E2    (E Monahan   ) 0.018 10.734  0.014      (E V. Buth   ) 0.120  8.554  0.044
E1    (M Trumble   ) 0.041 10.511 -0.119      (M Freeman   ) 0.068  8.463  0.003
 Qualified:            #62 10.424 -0.976                       #58  8.420 -0.980

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

Plourd will take on Thurston in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink