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Sat, 15 Oct 2016, 20:17 PM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4521 Gary Free                             419 Mallori Rodgers              
E3                   0.007 10.031 157.83     ****WINNER****  0.047  9.957 159.19
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.131             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.057
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Parfait   ) 0.018  9.918  0.018      (T Salter    ) 0.013  9.862 -0.038
E1    (S Carter    ) 0.022  9.992  0.092      (K Raftery   ) 0.078  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #28  9.992  0.092                        #2  9.900  0.000
7:07 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.30 inches, adjusted altitude 2,899 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Free gets the advantage off the line but can't run the number.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 498V Vernon Rowland                       340W Rodney Benson                
E3                   0.031  9.906 158.91     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.917 156.86
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Green     ) 0.017  9.928  0.028      (T Stewart   ) 0.012  9.903  0.003
E1    (J Ross      ) 0.009  9.919  0.019      (J Virgadamo ) 0.041  9.943  0.043
 Qualified:            #14  9.919  0.019                       #22  9.943  0.043
Benson gets the advantage off the line and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 426J Jay Bunce                            4577 Chris Eidson                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044  9.925 149.51                     0.081  9.898 161.07
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Lopez     ) 0.008  9.929  0.029      (S Turnbough ) 0.029  9.932  0.032
E1    (C Henderson ) 0.023  9.968  0.068      (J Collier   ) 0.017  9.878 -0.022
 Qualified:            #26  9.968  0.068                       #35  9.878 -0.022
Bunce gets the advantage off the line and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4761 Tommy Maedgen                        4376 Jim Cappiello                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  9.901 154.85                     0.024  9.885 159.10
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H Laris     ) 0.018  9.895 -0.005      (E McDow     ) 0.037  9.896 -0.004
E1    (A Savage    ) 0.026  9.891 -0.009      (K Collier   ) 0.023  9.949  0.049
 Qualified:            #34  9.891 -0.009                       #25  9.949  0.049
Cappiello gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 412C Leonard Greathouse                    484 Larry Blankenship            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.036 20.599  31.94                    -0.002  9.924 143.63
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 10.699             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Herem     ) 0.004  9.902  0.002      (C Pullen    ) 0.007  9.952  0.052
E1    (J Ivey      ) 0.071  9.944  0.044      (B Wood      ) 0.007  9.899 -0.001
 Qualified:            #23  9.944  0.044                       #32  9.899 -0.001
Blankenship just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Greathouse.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Steve Collier                         394 Troy Coughlin Jr             
E3                   0.024  9.927 167.22     ****WINNER****  0.025  9.914 164.63
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.027             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Turner    ) 0.015  9.943  0.043      (S Williams  ) 0.009  9.907  0.007
E1    (P Gehan     ) 0.014  9.922  0.022      (J Lokhaug   ) 0.019  9.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #16  9.922  0.022                        #7  9.909  0.009
Not much difference off the line, Coughlin gets the stripe and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4618 Christopher Best                     4425 John Wright                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.907 152.47                     0.037  9.942 155.54
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Richardson) 0.029  9.874 -0.026      (R Warren    ) 0.025  9.896 -0.004
E1    (J Salter    ) 0.011  9.919  0.019      (J DeBusk    ) 0.034  9.927  0.027
 Qualified:            #12  9.919  0.019                       #20  9.927  0.027
Best gets the holeshot and moves on to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4311 Jeff Lopez                           498K Rustin Mayse                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  9.914 155.76                     0.020  9.924 147.44
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.015  9.906  0.006      (V Harmon    ) 0.023  9.863 -0.037
E1    (M McGlothin ) 0.019  9.900  0.000      (K Purvis    ) 0.019  9.973  0.073
 Qualified:             #1  9.900  0.000                       #27  9.973  0.073
Lopez gets a great light and puts together a .021 package to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4674 Heidi Robison                        2459 Tommy Turner                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  9.905 163.47                     0.026  9.923 172.06
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Trahan Jr ) 0.031  9.898 -0.002      (J Franklin  ) 0.133  9.852 -0.048
E1    (C Vang      ) 0.031  9.936  0.036      (C Waggoner J) 0.131  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #21  9.936  0.036                       #13  9.919  0.019
Robison is a couple of ticks behind off the line but runs the number and takes the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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