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Fri, 30 Oct 2026, 11:14 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1018 Adam Strang                             8 Jeff Adkinson                
E3                  -0.041 10.783 124.01     ****WINNER****  0.004  9.486 123.94
         D/S  Dial: 10.79 (+/-): -0.007           FS/B  Dial: 9.43 (+/-):  0.056
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Krause    ) 0.029 10.829  0.039      (J Johnson   ) 0.060  9.486  0.056
E1    (B Sheasgreen) 0.011 11.138  0.288      (S Grossi    ) 0.026  9.423 -0.007
 Qualified:            #13 10.739 -0.951                       #35  9.371 -0.799
8:02 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 3,084 feet.

Strang is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Adkinson.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7411 Jon Irving                             73 C W Hoefer                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.052 11.000 117.70                    -0.032 11.208 116.26
        E/SA  Dial: 11.09 (+/-): -0.090           G/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Buth      ) 0.093 11.036 -0.004      (D Radford   ) 0.026 11.254  0.054
E1    (J Percy     ) 0.054 11.069  0.009      (R Lyn Butner) 0.014 11.236  0.006
 Qualified:            #11 10.928 -0.972                        #4 11.179 -1.021
Hoefer leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Irving.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1272 Thomas Baker                         464Q Austin Williams              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.057 10.525 119.60                     0.035 11.638 105.59
        B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.005           H/SA  Dial: 11.67 (+/-): -0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lang      ) 0.000 10.554  0.054                     0.000 11.627  0.017
E1    (R Thibert   ) 0.014 10.537  0.007      (D Williams  ) 0.073 11.638  0.028
 Qualified:             #9 10.458 -0.982                       #30 11.535 -0.825
Williams gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Baker.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  601 Cody Lane                            701P Parker Theobald              
E3                   0.082  9.257 139.37     ****WINNER****  0.005 10.772 110.76
        FS/B  Dial: 9.27 (+/-): -0.013            C/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Cassil    ) 0.083  9.352  0.092      (M Williams  ) 0.088 10.646 -0.944
E1    (P Haszlauer ) 0.000  9.270  0.010      (J Hughes    ) 0.028 10.659 -0.041
 Qualified:            #19  9.249 -0.921                       #12 10.636 -0.954
Theobald gets the holeshot;Lane breaks out.

Theobald will take on Baker in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7784 Paul Wong                            5411 Chris Knudsen                
E3                   0.038 10.857 116.71     ****WINNER****  0.026 10.477 121.74
        C/SA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-):  0.047            B/S  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.047
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Pauley    ) -0.046 10.797 -0.793      (S Scherschli) 0.027 10.515  0.105
E1    (P Lanciers  ) 0.055 10.851  0.021      (T O`Loughlin) 0.015 10.470  0.020
 Qualified:            #32 10.773 -0.817                       #10 10.413 -0.977
Knudsen with the starting line advantage and he takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          J712 Chris Hall                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.049  9.606 136.80                     0.064  8.697 152.00
        FS/C  Dial: 9.59 (+/-):  0.016           FS/AA  Dial: 8.70 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Cotten    ) 0.039  9.634  0.044      (J Irving    ) -0.009  8.791  0.091
E1    (G Garbiso   ) 0.021  9.649  0.079      (M Munter    ) 0.052  8.794  0.084
 Qualified:            #21  9.566 -0.904                       #28  8.718 -0.842
Lamb gets the holeshot and holds off Hall for the win.

Lamb will take on Knudsen in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2020 Brenda Grubbs                              Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  9.963 132.62     
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.063    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Plourd    ) 0.020  9.969  0.019   
E1    (D McGaugh   ) 0.027  9.973 -0.007   
 Qualified:            #16  9.945 -0.935                     Bye
Grubbs will take on Adkinson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5009 Scott Burton                            4 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038 10.796 120.70                     0.036 10.954 108.76
        E/SA  Dial: 11.90 (+/-): -1.104           E/SA  Dial: 11.90 (+/-): -0.946
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Langdon   ) 0.027 10.978  0.028      (B Gullett   ) 0.027 10.999  0.049
E1    (D Scheitlin ) 0.001 10.940 -0.030      (G Lucier    ) 0.042 10.951 -0.019
 Qualified:             #8 10.897 -1.003                       #29 11.064 -0.836
A coin flip off of the line, Burton takes the early lead and pulls away for the heads-up win.

Burton will take on Irving in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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