Sat, 11 Nov 2023, 14:42 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 58th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6012 Dave Burden                           690 Terry Wilcox                 
E3                   0.017  9.958 154.42     ****WINNER****  0.025  9.949 152.06
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.058             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.049
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Earleywine) 0.028  9.920  0.020      (J Serna     ) 0.024  9.875 -0.025
E1    (D Bustamante) 0.008  9.914  0.014      (E Kowalski  ) 0.041  9.933  0.033
 Qualified:             #8  9.914  0.014                       #15  9.933  0.033

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 30.07 inches, adjusted altitude 1,988 feet.

Burden with the starting line advantage, but Wilcox chases him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 751X Kenny Snow                           7544 Brad Pierce                  
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.117  9.873 131.50
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.027
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Giacone   ) 0.009  9.935  0.035      (G Hesselbroc) 0.000  9.913  0.013
E1    (L Rogers    ) 0.017  9.907  0.007      (M Lang      ) 0.022  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:             #3  9.907  0.007                       #10  9.919  0.019

Snow is a no-show to give Pierce the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6173 Ken Mostowich                        5252 Trevor Larson                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.046  9.890 168.83                    -0.001 10.719 111.74
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.819
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Geise     ) 0.002  9.907  0.007      (K Will      ) 0.040  9.900  0.000
E1    (M Blodgett  ) 0.037  9.957  0.057      (M Boner     ) 0.015  9.929  0.029
 Qualified:            #21  9.957  0.057                       #14  9.929  0.029

Larson is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Mostowich the win. He will face Pierce in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7000 John McKoane                           13 Jason Kenny                  
E3                   0.028  9.892 161.67     ****WINNER****  0.030  9.912 154.81
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Kato      ) 0.037  9.922  0.022      (V Torres    ) 0.044  9.967  0.067
E1    (G Mignacca  ) 0.042  9.909  0.009      (D Gotts     ) 0.024  9.887 -0.013
 Qualified:             #6  9.909  0.009                       #27  9.887 -0.013

McKoane with a couple ticks on the tree, but takes too much stripe to give Kenny the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  683 Rob Willis                           5132 Dennis Keck                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  9.919 170.75                    -0.004  9.903 169.70
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.004  9.945  0.045      (J Sapone    ) 0.050  9.904  0.004
E1    (R Dew       ) 0.010  9.902  0.002      (D Dolezal   ) 0.001 10.008  0.108
 Qualified:             #1  9.902  0.002                       #23 10.008  0.108

Keck goes red to give Willis the win, who had a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Mike Boehner                         7332 Larry Bradshaw               
E3                   0.034  9.882 157.89     ****WINNER****  0.047  9.894 175.59
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Scott     ) 0.024  9.912  0.012      (S Parsons   ) 0.008  9.901  0.001
E1    (L Meserve   ) 0.001  9.937  0.037      (D Mitchell  ) 0.028  9.924  0.024
 Qualified:            #18  9.937  0.037                       #11  9.924  0.024

Boehner with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Bradshaw the win. He will face Wilcox in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 735 Steve Williams               
E3                                            ****WINNER**** -0.005  9.813 178.64
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.087
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (C Naffziger ) 0.017  9.919  0.019
E1                                           (D Butler    ) 0.023  9.904  0.004
 Qualified:                                                       #2  9.904  0.004

Williams with the bye and he will face Kenny in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5500 Edwinn Olpin                          729 Greg Ventura                 
E3                   0.032  9.949 168.75     ****WINNER****  0.056  9.900 149.41
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.049             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Dryden    ) 0.028  9.884 -0.016      (M Wiblishous) 0.018  9.926  0.026
E1    (D Beckwith  ) 0.031  9.909  0.009      (G Martin    ) 0.002  9.899 -0.001
 Qualified:             #5  9.909  0.009                       #26  9.899 -0.001

Olpin with the starting line advantage, but Ventura ran dead-on with a zero for the win. He will face Willis in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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