Sat, 26 Sep 2026, 20:04 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 206H Neil Hobbs                             24 Tim Powell                   
E3                   0.018  9.886 136.86     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.916 164.84
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Handras   ) 0.047  9.873 -0.027      (E Knight    ) 0.014  9.900  0.000
E1    (D Poitier   ) 0.021  9.928  0.028      (M Whitaker  ) 0.010  9.956  0.056
 Qualified:            #12  9.927  0.027                       #17  9.956  0.056

Powell with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2508 Jim Perry                            2952 Scott Lawton                 
E3                   0.008  9.954 153.43     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.915 150.75
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.054             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Swank     ) 0.025  9.862 -0.038      (I Boicesco  ) 0.022  9.925  0.025
E1    (D Polichena ) 0.020  9.904  0.004      (D Pauley    ) 0.023  9.924  0.024
 Qualified:             #2  9.903  0.003                        #7  9.924  0.024

Perry with a great light, but Lawton chased him down for the win. He will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   29 Jerry Heffelfinger                   2893 David Morris                 
E3                  -0.005  9.886 165.81     ****WINNER**** -0.002  9.903 174.35
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Taylor    ) 0.008  9.919  0.019      (D Mathauser ) 0.062  9.953  0.053
E1    (M Harris    ) 0.012  9.925  0.025                     0.059  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:            #10  9.924  0.024                        #5  9.911  0.011

Heffelfinger goes red to give Morris the win. He will face Powell in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1911 Rick Mattioli                        2369 Jock Lisenby                 
E3                   0.006  9.869 146.77     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.899 167.41
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.031             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Furr      ) 0.008  9.922  0.022      (M Lisenby   ) 0.012  9.877 -0.023
E1    (D Harrison  ) 0.036  9.925  0.025      (K Moses     ) 0.006  9.931  0.031
 Qualified:             #9  9.924  0.024                       #13  9.930  0.030

Mattioli with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Lisenby the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 J.J. Brock                           2708 Lauren Freer                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  9.905 154.22                     0.028  9.891 173.28
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hall      ) 0.021  9.918  0.018                     0.028  9.886 -0.014
E1    (J Cobb      ) -0.018  9.941  0.041      (J Woeber    ) 0.037  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:            #15  9.941  0.041                        #1  9.900  0.000

Brock with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a five for the win. He will face Lisenby in the next round.




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