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Sat, 03 Oct 2026, 22:27 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Reporter

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 349J Joey Shipp                           5306 Johnny Diekema               
E4                   0.038 11.198 110.29     ****WINNER****  0.075 10.008 130.02
        H/SA  Dial: 11.21 (+/-): -0.012           AA/S  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Splingaire) 0.026 11.235  0.035      (D Lambeck   ) 0.022 10.008  0.008
E2    (J Biermann  ) 0.002 11.306  0.046      (P Stalba    ) 0.016 10.022  0.002
E1    (K Bomar     ) 0.049 11.659  0.549      (B Heath     ) 0.055 10.029  0.049
 Qualified:            #26 11.219 -0.931                       #52 10.169 -0.531

Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 789 feet.

Shipp with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Diekema the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1990 David Barton                            4 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.            
E4                   0.054 10.346 113.24     ****WINNER****  0.027 10.651 110.74
        FS/E  Dial: 10.36 (+/-): -0.014           E/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Brand     ) 0.027 10.212  0.002                     0.022 10.629  0.009
E2    (J Picht     ) 0.018 10.394  0.024      (J Tolston   ) 0.040 10.946  0.106
E1    (M Stephenson) 0.006 10.149  0.019      (M Nelson    ) 0.033 10.731  0.061
 Qualified:            #42 10.198 -0.752                       #17 10.725 -0.975

Hidalgo Jr. with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Diekema in the semifinal.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3186 Drew Whalen                          3082 Brett Saurbaugh              
E4                   0.017 10.503 125.94     ****WINNER****  0.004  9.933 128.96
        C/SA  Dial: 10.53 (+/-): -0.027           AA/S  Dial: 9.93 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Raynor    ) -0.018 10.724  0.044      (J Picht     ) -0.050  9.962  0.052
E2    (B Voges     ) 0.051 10.562  0.022      (N Riley     ) -0.005  9.893 -0.077
E1    (A Candies   ) 0.089 10.513  0.033      (D Duell     ) 0.004  9.964  0.044
 Qualified:            #39 10.567 -0.833                       #43  9.951 -0.749

Saurbaugh with a great light and runs dead-on with a three for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5939 Dave Picht                           5317 Scott Dugdale                
E4                         No Time           ****WINNER****  2.033 No Time      
         C/S  Dial: 11.16 (+/-): 88.839            I/S  Dial: 11.16 (+/-): 88.839
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Bennett   ) 0.087 10.838  0.038      (C Herron    ) 0.018 11.171  0.011
E2    (S Diekema   ) 0.025 10.798 -0.002      (K Sepanek   ) 0.016 11.197  0.007
E1    (T Morris    ) 0.038 10.792  0.042      (V Buchanan  ) 0.015 11.154  0.034
 Qualified:            #53 10.834 -0.516                       #12 11.209 -0.991

Picht is no-show to give Dugdale the single. He takes the green light and will face Saurbaugh in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink