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Mon, 09 Mar 2026, 12:32 PM

D Gas Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
By Rick Green





BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in D Gas Eliminator at the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, 68th annual Good Vibrations Motorsports March Meet:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 T777 George Thomas                        7213 Rich Strickfaden             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.068 10.637 126.10                     0.158 10.515 125.43
         D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.037            D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.085
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Michels   ) 0.128 10.334 -0.266      (B Hawksley  ) 0.081 10.637  0.037
 Qualified:            #15 10.650  0.050                        #6 10.614  0.014
NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7161 Sam Tucker                            415 Jay Harper                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.043 10.661 110.56                     0.405 10.684 126.54
         D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.061            D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.084
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Butler    ) 0.026 10.546 -0.054      (C Hart      ) 0.495 10.845  0.245
 Qualified:            #13 10.634  0.034                        #4 10.606  0.006


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 U750 Dan Schrokosch                       F762 Doug Fournier                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.594 125.13                    -0.500 10.637 125.06
         D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.006            D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Rogers    ) 0.045 10.618  0.018                     0.082 10.624  0.024
 Qualified:            #10 10.628  0.028                        #1 10.600  0.000


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7134 John Villierme                       773A Frank Merenda                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.065 10.623 124.56                     0.126 10.564 125.34
         D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.023            D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.036
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Brown     ) 0.093 11.954  1.354      (J Howe      ) 0.072 10.634  0.034
 Qualified:            #33 10.420 -0.180                       #24 10.852  0.252


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7985 Tim Mulvihill                        778F Steve Barta                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.604 128.02                     0.018 10.627 122.83
         D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.004            D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Warne     ) 0.038 10.610  0.010      (J Burt      ) 0.019 10.637  0.037
 Qualified:            #28 10.569 -0.031                        #2 10.601  0.001


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 718E Tom Ellis                            7611 Harold Binsfeld              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.075 10.550 127.53                     0.074 10.524 123.76
         D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.050            D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.076
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Ray       ) 0.057 10.467 -0.133      (C Owen      ) 0.123 12.120  1.520
 Qualified:             #8 10.617  0.017                       #17 10.671  0.071


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 770F Frank Desousa                        7042 Gary Hardee                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037 10.720 124.63                     0.111 10.649 122.95
         D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.120            D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.049
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Lone      ) 0.052 10.739  0.139      (M Tucker    ) 0.042 10.631  0.031
 Qualified:            #14 10.649  0.049                        #5 10.611  0.011


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 NV56 Michael Dodd                         1127 Boston Saunders              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.178 10.822 104.02                     0.127 11.174 127.44
         D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.222            D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-):  0.574
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Ribero    ) 0.104 10.600  0.000      (M Clark     ) 0.066 10.765  0.165
 Qualified:            #18 10.676  0.076                        #9 10.620  0.020


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
A1110 Jason Wattenbarger                    788 Randi Snyder                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.308 10.500 128.90                    -0.500 10.593 126.81
         D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.100            D/G Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Brown     ) 0.102 10.609  0.009      (N Bergman   ) 0.057 10.612  0.012
 Qualified:            #12 10.630  0.030                       #20 10.681  0.081

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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