Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 20:54 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  15 Paul Stalba                  
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.019 10.146 130.35
                                                  B/SA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (Bye         ) 0.020 10.168  0.008
E3                                           (J Lopez     ) 0.038 10.197 -0.003
E2                                           (M Trumble   ) 0.058 10.415  0.075
E1                                           (M Williams  ) 0.009 10.330  0.030
 Qualified:                                                      #13 10.306 -0.944

7:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 30.37 inches, adjusted altitude 390 feet.

Stalba with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                      4903 Brandon Bakies               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.078  9.276 129.16                     0.061 10.959 120.21
        FS/C  Dial: 9.22 (+/-):  0.056            F/SA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-):  0.139
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Bakies    ) 0.030  9.174  0.014      (C Knudsen   ) 0.050 10.854  0.034
E3    (J Fowler    ) 0.040  9.369 -0.931      (N Warling   ) 0.019 10.827 -1.023
E2    (S Couch     ) 0.032  9.418  0.068                     0.041 11.065 -0.785
E1    (S Foley     ) 0.053  9.380  0.030      (M Cotten    ) 0.058 11.053 -0.027
 Qualified:             #5  9.293 -1.007                       #38 11.035 -0.815

Bakies gets the holeshot but Glasbrenner gets the stripe and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Cody Herron                          5411 Chris Knudsen                
E5                   0.017  9.009 150.68     ****WINNER****  0.031 10.128 125.10
        FS/B  Dial: 8.97 (+/-):  0.039             B/S  Dial: 10.12 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Lyn Butner) 0.004  8.951  0.031      (L Emmons    ) 0.022 10.153  0.083
E3                   0.043  8.935 -1.065      (J Hidalgo   ) 0.039 10.222  0.042
E2    (J Brimer    ) 0.051  9.070  0.030      (V Buchanan  ) 0.049 10.294  0.024
E1    (I Stephenson) -0.017  9.175  0.115      (D Olinde    ) 0.022 11.015  0.725
 Qualified:             #3  8.926 -1.074                       #29 10.345 -0.855

Herron gets the advantage off of the line but Knudsen holds him off and takes the win.

In the next round it will be Glasbrenner vs. Stalba and Knudsen will have a bye.