Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 17:05 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7061 Matt Blodgett                        6350 Ron MacKenzie                
E3                   0.017  9.882 138.30     ****WINNER****  0.042  9.900 162.76
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Larson    ) 0.028  9.918  0.018      (T Larson    ) 0.015 10.193  0.293
E1    (R Naber     ) 0.019  9.912  0.012      (E Prenevost ) 0.038  9.843 -0.057
 Qualified:             #4  9.912  0.012                       #21  9.843 -0.057

2:55 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.81 inches, adjusted altitude 2,016 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Ron MacKenzie runs right on the index for the breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   56 Rick Cates                           7880 Jerry Denton                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030 10.794 129.73                    -0.006 10.059 124.33
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.894             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.159
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Perivolari) 0.061 10.837  0.937      (M Wiebe     ) 0.031  9.937  0.037
E1    (D Anderson  ) 0.021 10.871  0.971      (G Ventura   ) 0.229  9.733 -0.167
 Qualified:            #17 10.871  0.971                       #23  9.733 -0.167

Denton misses the green by -0.006 and Cates goes to round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Mike Boehner                         6173 Ken Mostowich                
E3                   0.019  9.875 158.73     ****WINNER****  0.001  9.927 157.83
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Olpin Jr  ) 0.016  9.914  0.014      (B Pierce    ) 0.019  9.950  0.050
E1    (K Comstock  ) 0.043  9.881 -0.019      (C Henderson ) 0.040 10.069  0.169
 Qualified:            #19  9.881 -0.019                       #13 10.069  0.169

Ken Mostowich puts up a stellar one light and gets the breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7439 Clint Fishel                         4797 Bill Dennis                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.925 156.37                     0.020  9.928 161.81
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Calton    ) 0.036  9.946  0.046      (D Archambaul) 0.020  9.921  0.021
E1    (T Barton    ) 0.052  9.908  0.008      (D Anderson  ) 0.042  9.947  0.047
 Qualified:             #3  9.908  0.008                        #9  9.947  0.047

Clint Fishel's MOV: 0.0094 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

He races Cates in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  574 Kevin Wright                          767 Mike Wiblishouser            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.904 166.42                    -0.002  9.915 167.22
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Williams  ) 0.001  9.894 -0.006                     0.024  9.920  0.020
E1    (H Tucker    ) 0.026  9.938  0.038      (D Ruff      ) 0.008  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:             #7  9.938  0.038                        #1  9.901  0.001

Wiblishouser misses the green by just -0.002 and Kevin Wright runs four to the index for the win

He will race MacKenzie in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7566 Ray Cordeiro                            2 Aaron Kinard                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000  9.932 164.87                     0.016  9.918 167.03
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.032             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Parrino   ) 0.044  9.942  0.042      (T Dahlberg  ) 0.009  9.953  0.053
E1    (P Zak       ) 0.044  9.914  0.014      (D Thompson  ) 0.000  9.975  0.075
 Qualified:             #5  9.914  0.014                       #11  9.975  0.075

Perfect light for Ray Cordeiro and the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0026 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

3:02 p.m. He races Mostowich later.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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