Sat, 15 May 2021, 16:28 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3372 Steve Hoyt                           2325 Dorius Poitier               
E3                   0.022 11.047 103.78     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.917 156.90
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  1.147             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Harris    ) 0.035  9.902  0.002      (R Cook      ) 0.031  9.896 -0.004
E1    (J Houston   ) 0.024  9.879 -0.021      (B Nuzzo     ) 0.016  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #21  9.879 -0.021                        #3  9.903  0.003

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 30.22 inches, adjusted altitude 1,670 feet.

Poitier with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Jerry Heffelfinger                     15 Tom Stalba Jr.               
E3                   0.033  9.920 159.95     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.938 161.38
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Trum      ) 0.012  9.894 -0.006      (N Stephenson) 0.036  9.910  0.010
E1    (D Harrison  ) 0.003  9.901  0.001      (T Barton    ) 0.011  9.884 -0.016
 Qualified:             #1  9.901  0.001                       #19  9.884 -0.016

Stalba Jr. with a great light and the win in a close one. Tom Stalba Jr.'s MOV: 0.0063 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 389A Larry Bernshausen                    2508 Jim Perry                    
E3                   0.007  9.921 150.53     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.905 162.76
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Taylor    ) 0.018  9.881 -0.019      (M Handras   ) 0.011  9.912  0.012
E1    (D Griffith  ) 0.009  9.867 -0.033      (J Gallucci  ) 0.015  9.890 -0.010
 Qualified:            #23  9.867 -0.033                       #17  9.890 -0.010

Bernshausen with great light, but Perry chased him down for the win as he ran dead-on with a five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 David Dahlem                         2469 Jeff Jensen                  
E3                   0.008  9.933 158.00     ****WINNER****  0.031  9.909 167.26
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Swank     ) 0.015  9.894 -0.006      (B Tolley    ) 0.026  9.926  0.026
E1    (L Forbes    ) 0.021  9.891 -0.009      (R Homan     ) 0.011  9.945  0.045
 Qualified:            #16  9.891 -0.009                       #10  9.945  0.045

Dahlem with a great light, but Jensen chased him down and gets the win, running dead-on with a nine in a close one. Jeff Jensen's MOV: 0.0018 seconds (approximately 5 inches). He will face Stalba Jr. in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 P209 Tim Powell                           2001 Johnny Cobb                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.033  9.876 166.21                     0.051  9.846 155.99
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.024             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.054
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Knight Sr ) 0.020  9.913  0.013      (J Anderson  ) 0.127 10.007  0.107
E1    (J Woeber    ) 0.011  9.917  0.017      (P Debottis  ) -0.006 10.041  0.141
 Qualified:             #6  9.917  0.017                       #12 10.041  0.141

Powell with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Poitier in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 243X Christopher Lewis                    2833 Billy Upton                  
E3                   0.031  9.880 154.85     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.907 162.02
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Koncen    ) 0.024  9.880 -0.020      (H Day       ) 1.021  9.908  0.008
E1    (R Hall      ) 0.087  9.891 -0.009      (T Helms     ) 0.002  9.934  0.034
 Qualified:            #14  9.891 -0.009                        #8  9.934  0.034

Upton with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Perry in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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