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Sunday’s Elimination rounds have arrived and the competition is looking to be tight, with championships on the line this weekends match-ups are going to be key indications to who is going to take the points leads and who is going to secure a top spot.

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SUNDAY MORNING IN THE PITS

Troy Coughlin had his car put back together from yesterdays misfortune and is ready for today's elimination rounds. However Bryan Metz and Mikey Rees car was not fixable for today's rounds.

Number 1 Qualifier in NPS Chuck Demory unloads his 1968 Mustang and looks to repeat the numbers he has been laying down all weekend long.

Frank Mewshaw had to replace an intake gasket after yesterdays 6.75 charge to take the number 1 spot in Super Street. Frank is in the running for a Super Street championship and recieved a BYE first round.

ROUND 1 ELIMINATIONS

Joe Dunne went low for the round in Pro Street with a 6.22 to take the win over Bob Vorderer. Also in pro street was a huge upset when Troy Coughlin's car was leaking fluid handing the win to Noel Felton who had a huge bang right past the 1/8.

Also in Prp Street, Rick Blaisdell put up a great effort with a clean 6.73 at 216 against Jeff Lutz who flew down the quarter with a 6.3x pass at 229 mph. In other pro street rounds we saw Chris Rini get out of it on a bye run and Scott Johnson spit out a large chunk of metal giving the win to Jackie Stone

Davud Laurer has been running very consistant this wekend but has not found the 6 second zone. Running 7.00 in qualifying and 7.14 in eliminations to take out Larry Prykucki. Rob Golobo and Tony Nesbitt advanced with byes but both failed to make a full pass. Bil Lutz ran a 6.99 to take out Jim Robbins who had traction issues on the starting line.

Many NPS cars had great runs this session and among them was Kevin Parent who ran a mid 30 pass. Chuck Demory also advanced as did Jim Jarrett, Danny Shamwell, Jeff Colletta broke the beams on a bye.

Don Culbertson gave it a good run but would fall short of Bill Trovato who charged to a 7.95. Jamie Stanton bogged at the hit but quickly got back into to run an 8.16 on his bye.

Skip Baskin took the win over Gregg Delaney with what could be the closest race of the event. With near identical reaction times Skip ran through with an 8.56 to Gregg's 8.57. In the other match-up Ben Mens took out Don Bowles.

In Mean Street David Hill hung the wheels in the air but could not drive around Jeremy Gillian's 10.05. Don Baskin went low of the round with a 10.04 to take the win over Mike Winters. Also Alan Von Ahnen took the win over Chicago based Doug Johnson.

A very confusing lose for Heath Shemwell as the tree went down and he had neither the stage or Pre Stage bulb lite. We are waiting to see if there will be a re-run between him and Wisconsin based Jay Canella. Also in the class was Mike Frantena who also seemed to have tree issues on his bye and let off early.

ROUND 2 ELIMINATIONS

In Pro Street Jackie Slone and Chris Rini lined up for a match, Rini's car went into massive tire shake about 400 feet out and drove right threw it to a record breaking 233 mph lap, slone managed a 6.6x pass but could not pass by Rini. Jeff Lutz went red handing the win to Noel Fenton who happened to win this race last year. Joe Dunne shook on a bye run and aborted the pass.

In Super Street Frank Mewshaw absolutely smoked the tires about 330 feet out, trying to drive through the tires were up in the air coming down hard numerous of times, in the other lane Tony Nesbitt would stumble on the line but cruise down with a 7.40 for the win. Bill Lutz had a bye to the David Lauers parts failure and will have yet another bye to the final.

Jason Lee had an easy win over Dan Kroll as Dan Rolled through the beams. Jason ran the car to about the 1/8 mile and shut down, however Jamie Stanton ran a solid 8.04 to take the win over Scott Guiler. Bill Trovato had a bye run and chose to just break the beams.

Kevin Parent and Danny Shemwell had a great match-up with Shemwell running a 7.44 to Parents 7.41. In the next pair was Jeff Colletta and Jim Jarrett, Jarrett with the faster pass of 7.40 but Colletta drilled him on the tree and ran a 7.42 for the victory.

SEMI FINAL ELIMINATIONS

Chris Rini ran another stellar 6.18 to take the win over a timeless Joe Dunne. While the win light came on for Joe Dunne and it was a very close race, Joe Dunne stated at the big end he believed Rini was out in front of him and displayed a very sportsmanlike attitude. After that Noel Felton had a bye and chose to just break the beams for the win.

After taking the points lead from Frank Mewshaw, Tony Nesbitt lost to Rob Golobo in the semi finals and shaking the tires about 40 feet out, Rob preceded to charge down to a 6.92 to have lane choice over Bill Lutz 6.93 in his bye run.

In Street Radial Mike Fratena ran an 8.64 over Brad Scher to advance to the final, Scher did all he could on the tree but it would not hold up. Jay Canella Recieved a bye and managed an average 8.76.

In Mean Street Don Baskin went red handing the win the Jeremy Gillian who still ran a 10.03 out the back door. Alan Von Ahnen had a bye into the final by chose to go for lane choice running a 10.09 but not out running Jeremy Gillian for lane choice.

Jamie Stanton had an amazing hole shot win over Jason Lee in Semi Finals in Extreme Street. Jamie went through the traps with an 8.14. Bill Trovato had a bye run and blasted down the quarter with a 7.94 at 172 mph to get lane choice in the final against Jamie Stanton.

In a great semi final match up between Chuck Demory and Kevin Parent, it would be Kevin Parent who goes red and Chuck Demory cutting down the tree with a .003 and running it down to a 7.37. Jeff Colletta recieved a competition bye and used it for a little tuning just running the car the 1/8 mile mark giving Demory lane choice in the final.

ALL FINALS

In Mean Street we saw an incredible match-up as Jeremy Gillian and Alan Von Ahnen pulled to the line. It was neck and neck til the finish line were Gillian treed Von Ahnen both running 10.02.

At the end on the day in Street Radial it would be Wisconsin based Jay Canella and the southern boy Mike Fratena. Both running very consistant this weekend it was sure to be a great round, but it was Mike Fratena all the way down as he blasted to an 8.64 leaving Jay Canella behind.

In Pro Stock it would be Skip Baskin taking the easy winlight as Ben Mens turned on the Red Bulb!

Another great match-up would be Jamie Stanton the Current class record holder and Bill Travato, but this match-up was quickly over as Jamie Stanton lite up the Red Bulb. Bill Travato had no problem running through the quarter mile at an amazing 7.91.

Nostalgia Pr Street brought us two of the biggest players in the class, with Chuck Demory and Jeff Colletta lining up it was sure to be a drag race. Demory had been on a roll all weekend and this pass was no different as the team blasted off another 7.29 lap as Jeff Colletta shut it down early.

The much anticipated Super Street final arrived as Bill Lutz and Rob Golobo lined up their twin turbocharged 10.5 rides. Rob Golobo went a solid 7.04 but Bill Lutz win Light came displaying no time, but was still declared the win!

With last years winner Noel Felton in the right lane and this years record holder in the left it was sure to be a showdown, Noel Felton got a little excited on the tree and lite up that ever so deadly red bulb, Chris Rini however went on to blast off a 6.15 to reset the national record claiming bothe the mph at 233 and e.t. at 6.15 this weekend.

About the author

Mark Gearhart

In 1995 Mark started photographing drag races at his once local track, Bradenton Motorsports Park. He became hooked and shot virtually every series at the track until 2007 until he moved to California and began working as a writer for Power Automedia. He was the founding editor for its first online magazines, and transitioned into the role of editorial director role in 2014. Retiring from the company in 2016, Mark continues to expand his career as a car builder, automotive enthusiast, and freelance journalist to provide featured content and technical expertise.
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