Sat, 04 Sep 2021, 09:37 AM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 67th annual Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Jason Kenny                          349J Joey Shipp                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.048  9.907 155.58                     0.030  9.872 154.67
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Harper    ) 0.023  9.948  0.048      (J Mason     ) 0.011  9.869 -0.031
E1    (C Cummings  ) 0.015  9.888 -0.012      (J Davis     ) 0.048  9.939  0.039
 Qualified:            #52  9.888 -0.012                       #39  9.939  0.039

Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 83 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 1,756 feet.

Shipp with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Shipp the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 TC Smith                               19 Darren Wood                  
E3                   0.009  9.894 162.67     ****WINNER****  0.051  9.897 154.39
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Napier    ) 0.021  9.858 -0.042      (J Demers    ) 0.000  9.844 -0.056
E1    (D Isenhower ) 0.019  9.913  0.013      (J Repka     ) 0.061  9.933  0.033
 Qualified:            #20  9.913  0.013                       #34  9.933  0.033

Smith with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Wood the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3575 Paul Brown                           7214 Rich Givins                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.054  9.887 159.61                    -0.012  9.866 154.42
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Maddox    ) 0.021  9.860 -0.040      (J Sikish    ) 0.040  9.879 -0.021
E1    (L Zynda     ) 0.067  9.913  0.013      (D Tool      ) 0.016  9.935  0.035
 Qualified:            #22  9.913  0.013                       #36  9.935  0.035

Givins goes red to give Brown the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 426J Jay Bunce                            3135 Janice Swan                  
E3                   0.044  9.887 152.73     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.915 158.43
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Small     ) 0.021  9.995  0.095      (P DeBottis  ) 0.005  9.893 -0.007
E1    (B Svoboda   ) 0.035  9.941  0.041      (K Bowers    ) 0.076  9.921  0.021
 Qualified:            #42  9.941  0.041                       #29  9.921  0.021

Swan with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   64 Greg Hehr                            2469 Jeff Jensen                  
E3                  -0.014  9.943 115.80     ****WINNER**** -0.006 10.986 114.44
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.043             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  1.086
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Locke     ) 0.057  9.902  0.002      (R Shipp     ) 0.017  9.893 -0.007
E1    (M Keenan    ) 0.042  9.925  0.025      (J Serna     ) 0.014  9.951  0.051
 Qualified:            #31  9.925  0.025                       #44  9.951  0.051

Hehr goes red to give Jensen the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2881 Carl Watts                           3979 Austin Benner                
E3                  -0.006 10.450 119.42     ****WINNER****  0.023  9.834 155.06
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.550             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.066
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Boehner   ) 0.004  9.884 -0.016      (S Adcock    ) 5.185 10.052  0.152
E1    (T Lynch     ) 0.005  9.898 -0.002      (D Nuest     ) 0.017  9.933  0.033
 Qualified:            #48  9.898 -0.002                       #35  9.933  0.033

Watts goes red to give Benner the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4311 Jeff Lopez                           3010 Alana Haas                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026  9.916 156.94                     0.033  9.916 167.57
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.016             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Schreiner ) 0.019  9.925  0.025      (S Wayne     ) 0.015  9.984  0.084
E1    (T Millwood  ) 0.039  9.894 -0.006      (J Lawson    ) 0.011  9.937  0.037
 Qualified:            #50  9.894 -0.006                       #37  9.937  0.037

Lopez with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Jeff Lopez's MOV: 0.0077 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3394 Tim Gillespie                         395 Alan Bush                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.002  9.912 148.33                     0.004  9.924 164.45
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Roedel    ) 0.001  9.935  0.035      (S Hoyt      ) 0.015  9.925  0.025
E1    (B Wood      ) 0.017  9.938  0.038      (K Threatt   ) 0.028  9.890 -0.010
 Qualified:            #38  9.938  0.038                       #51  9.890 -0.010

A couple great lights with Gillespie getting a couple tick advantage and the win. Tim Gillespie's MOV: 0.0142 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3167 Derek Fitzpatrick                    317T Steve Taylor                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.022  9.921 154.83                     0.013  9.938 146.40
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T McClain   ) 0.000  9.906  0.006      (C Stewart   ) 0.013  9.900  0.000
E1    (K Purvis    ) 0.021  9.901  0.001      (R Connolly  ) 0.004  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:             #5  9.901  0.001                       #18  9.912  0.012

Taylor with the starting line advantage, but Fitzpatrick chases him down for the win in a close one. Derek Fitzpatrick's MOV: 0.0088 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3236 Mark Cole                             394 Troy Coughlin Jr             
E3                  -0.017  9.919 153.40     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.938 163.16
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Prose     ) 0.008  9.900  0.000      (M Jirousek  ) 0.010  9.889 -0.011
E1    (R Cook      ) 0.031  9.906  0.006      (S Zoll      ) 0.052  9.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #13  9.906  0.006                       #26  9.917  0.017

Cole goes red to give Coughlin Jr. the win who has a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 390V Nathan Vrooman                       138A Duane LaFleur                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.909 169.81                     0.001  9.892 163.47
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Haralson  ) 0.015  9.912  0.012      (P Richardson) 0.026  9.885 -0.015
E1    (E Arnold    ) 0.014  9.941  0.041      (M Withers   ) 0.021  9.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #41  9.941  0.041                       #27  9.918  0.018

LaFleur with a near perfect light, but takes too much stripe to give Vrooman the win, who ran dead-on with a nine.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Val Torres Sr.                         15 Tom Stalba Jr.               
E3                   0.025  9.961 154.17     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.943 158.73
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.061             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.043
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Tuttle    ) 0.031  9.899 -0.001      (J Lopes     ) 0.001  9.919  0.019
E1    (R Eaker     ) 0.038  9.901  0.001      (S Brinkley  ) 0.007  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:             #6  9.901  0.001                       #19  9.912  0.012

Stalba Jr. with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  232 John Labbous Jr.                       38 David Dahlem                 
E3                   0.024  9.888 161.54     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.909 156.17
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Eckard    ) 0.016  9.916  0.016      (S Deffenbaug) 0.018  9.987  0.087
E1    (S Domingues ) 0.021  9.911  0.011      (S Williams  ) 0.000  9.922  0.022
 Qualified:            #16  9.911  0.011                       #30  9.922  0.022

Dahlem with great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2920 Edmond Richardson                          Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.972 145.06     
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.072    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Locke     ) 0.006  9.886 -0.014   
E1    (G Hillyer   ) 0.020  9.919  0.019   
 Qualified:            #28  9.919  0.019                     Bye

Richardson with the bye.

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