Sat, 14 May 2016, 12:19 PM Super Comp Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 333X Shawn Langdon                          14 Ken Moses                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.902 166.03                     0.003  8.873 173.09
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.002             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.027
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Richardson) 0.009  8.916  0.016      (M Strassweg ) 0.004  8.916  0.016
E1    (D Forbes    ) 0.018  8.883 -0.017      (G Trew      ) 0.030  8.955  0.055
 Qualified:            #22  8.883 -0.017                       #16  8.955  0.055

12:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,696 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Langdon gives up a little off the line but runs the number and takes the win with a .018 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   25 Tyler Caheely                         269 David Schmidt                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  8.917 172.39                     0.012  8.920 172.76
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.017             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Miller Jr ) 0.010  8.883 -0.017      (K Forbes    ) 0.022  8.907  0.007
E1    (J Stahl     ) 0.014  8.924  0.024      (H Bowman    ) 0.003  8.933  0.033
 Qualified:             #9  8.924  0.024                       #15  8.933  0.033

Both Caheely and Schmidt have a .032 package but Caheely gets to the stripe first and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2657 Scott Vandewalker                    2771 Ray Miller                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026  8.905 152.95                     0.033  8.915 179.42
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.005             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.038  8.918  0.018      (M Furr      ) 0.020  8.921  0.021
E1    (L Watson    ) 0.031  8.901  0.001      (R May       ) 0.019  8.919  0.019
 Qualified:             #1  8.901  0.001                        #8  8.919  0.019

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3764 Rusty Cook                           2537 Joe Tankersley               
E3                   0.121  8.934 162.82     ****WINNER****  0.011  8.910 160.25
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.034             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Farrow    ) 0.012  8.909  0.009      (K Brannon   ) 0.020  8.910  0.010
E1    (Bye         ) 0.021  8.878 -0.022      (T Denton    ) 0.029  8.910  0.010
 Qualified:            #23  8.878 -0.022                        #5  8.910  0.010

Cook is late off the line and can't run down Tankersley.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4754 Billy Torrence                       3929 Ryan Richardson              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010  8.902 178.07                     0.033  8.898 174.21
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.002             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Laris     ) 0.005  8.854 -0.046      (G Caheely   ) 0.026  8.903  0.003
E1    (M Tedesco   ) 0.001  8.931  0.031      (M Davis     ) 0.025  8.898 -0.002
 Qualified:            #13  8.931  0.031                       #19  8.898 -0.002

Torrence gets out of the gate first and runs the number for the win.

Billy Torrence's package: 0.012.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Denver Maltba                        2224 Robert Wolcott Jr.           
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.986 158.73                     0.076  9.013 152.24
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.086             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.113
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Coleman   ) 0.001  8.914  0.014      (C Watts     ) 0.007  8.928  0.028
E1    (S Brinkley  ) 0.008  8.868 -0.032      (J Blenkarn  ) 0.016  8.969  0.069
 Qualified:            #24  8.868 -0.032                       #18  8.969  0.069

Maltba gets a big holeshot and holds off Wolcott for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  170 Alan O'Brien                               Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.045  8.826 177.35     
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.074    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Helms     ) 0.006  8.896 -0.004   
E1    (K Woeber    ) 0.035  8.932  0.032   
 Qualified:            #14  8.932  0.032                     Bye

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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