Sat, 18 May 2019, 15:33 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Second annual Virginia NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1490 Rich Price                           1842 Bernard Weaver               
E3                   0.044  9.923 163.59     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.924 150.66
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Miller    ) 0.089  9.899 -0.001                     0.009  9.904  0.004
E1    (J Kenny     ) 0.031  9.922  0.022      (R Stroud    ) 0.012  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:             #7  9.922  0.022                        #1  9.900  0.000

Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.72 inches, adjusted altitude 3,209 feet, track temperature 134 degrees.

Weaver with the starting line advantage and the win. Bernard Weaver's MOV: 0.0103 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   22 Michelle Furr                         217 Larry Forbes                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  9.949 154.71                     0.040  9.962 133.28
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.049             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.062
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Sawyer    ) 0.010  9.907  0.007      (D Anspach   ) 0.051  9.921  0.021
E1    (W Phillips  ) 0.012  9.913  0.013      (S Sisko     ) 0.044  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:             #5  9.913  0.013                       #22  9.888 -0.012

Furr with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1867 Jay Cepelka                          1351 Craig Porter                 
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.200 10.006 146.89
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.106
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Cobb      ) 0.021  9.940  0.040      (L Marshall  ) 0.026  9.890 -0.010
E1    (R Sawyer    ) 0.031  9.894 -0.006      (H Day       ) 0.009  9.936  0.036
 Qualified:            #19  9.894 -0.006                       #13  9.936  0.036

Cepelka is a no-show to give Porter the freebie. He will face Furr in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 M203 William Morgan                       2165 Tommy Corbett Jr.            
E3                   0.072  9.915 149.75     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.948 151.68
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H Smith     ) 0.073  9.917  0.017      (T Scott     ) 0.013  9.882 -0.018
E1    (S Rae Koncen) 0.054  9.889 -0.011      (J Sessoms   ) 0.023  9.962  0.062
 Qualified:            #21  9.889 -0.011                       #15  9.962  0.062

Corbett Jr. with the starting line advantage and the win. Tommy Corbett Jr.'s MOV: 0.0122 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Weaver in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2923 Greg Slack                           1500 Tom Goldman                  
E3                   0.020  9.959 154.62     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.941 160.10
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.059             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Koncen    ) 0.024  9.945  0.045      (J Lopes     ) 0.008  9.913  0.013
E1    (D Harrison  ) 0.011  9.894 -0.006      (F Altilio   ) 0.009  9.905  0.005
 Qualified:            #20  9.894 -0.006                        #3  9.905  0.005

Goldman with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1987 Tom Stalba                           1977 Charlie Kenopic              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.039  9.901 160.88                     0.009  9.946 158.39
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Houston   ) 0.033  9.937  0.037      (K Mayers    ) 0.018  9.959  0.059
E1    (D Mathauser ) 0.044  9.919  0.019      (S Adcock Jr ) 0.009  9.871 -0.029
 Qualified:             #6  9.919  0.019                       #23  9.871 -0.029

Kenopic with a great light, but Stalba chased him down for the win. He will face Goldman in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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