Sat, 09 Mar 2024, 08:50 AM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2456 Christopher Williams                       Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  9.907 173.74     
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Warren    ) 0.045  9.901  0.001   
E1    (A Prose     ) 0.050  9.910  0.010   
 Qualified:             #2  9.910  0.010                     Bye

8:41 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 88 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 1,832 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2537 Joseph Tankersley                    2329 Ricky Hall                   
E3                  -0.014  9.892 155.81     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.924 143.34
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Trum      ) 0.020 10.029  0.129      (S Adcock    ) 0.012  9.934  0.034
E1    (J Morrison  ) 0.010  9.945  0.045      (H Borger    ) 0.007  9.934  0.034
 Qualified:            #17  9.945  0.045                        #9  9.934  0.034

Tankersley is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Hall.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 349J Joey Shipp                           4919 Joe Harper                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000  9.859 166.48                    -0.013  9.906 168.87
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.041             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Williams  ) 0.029  9.920  0.020      (M Handras   ) 0.007  9.922  0.022
E1    (D Morris    ) 0.027  9.936  0.036      (T Millwood  ) 0.003  9.952  0.052
 Qualified:            #11  9.936  0.036                       #19  9.952  0.052

Shipp is perfect off of the line;Harper goes red.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3686 Maximus Butcher                      387K Kyle Pawuk                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.939 163.35                     0.034  9.948 157.39
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.039             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Jensen    ) 0.023  9.978  0.078      (R Warren    ) 0.029  9.889 -0.011
E1    (B Cassin    ) 0.038 10.084  0.184      (J Heffelfing) 0.000  9.958  0.058
 Qualified:            #29 10.084  0.184                       #21  9.958  0.058

Butcher gets out of the gate first and holds off Pawuk for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2459 Thomas Turner                          15 Jason Kenny                  
E3                   0.033  9.936 172.41     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.936 159.40
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.036             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Fritts    ) 0.036  9.953  0.053      (R Aldrich   ) 0.057 10.004  0.104
E1    (W Cook      ) 0.033  9.937  0.037      (R Houston   ) 0.004  9.916  0.016
 Qualified:            #12  9.937  0.037                        #4  9.916  0.016

Kenny gets a great light and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 M203 William Morgan                       353A Larry Roedel                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  9.903 162.20                     0.031  9.889 158.39
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Griffith  ) 0.018  9.964  0.064      (M Brown     ) 0.012  9.942  0.042
E1    (H Brown     ) 0.025  9.967  0.067      (B Prose     ) 0.006  9.944  0.044
 Qualified:            #23  9.967  0.067                       #15  9.944  0.044

Morgan gets the advantage off of the line;Roedel breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2114 Steve Furr                           2318 John Taylor                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.918 160.42                     0.022  9.889 161.19
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Prose     ) 0.025  9.952  0.052      (J Spoor     ) 0.013  9.902  0.002
E1    (J Rollins   ) 0.032  9.926  0.026      (E Knight    ) 0.013  9.945  0.045
 Qualified:             #8  9.926  0.026                       #16  9.945  0.045

Furr gets the holeshot;Taylor breaks out trying to reel him in.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2399 Gene Quinn                           3647 Brian Shockley               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.840 164.17                    -0.010  9.913 149.73
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.060             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.049 10.166  0.266      (R Price     ) 0.030  9.906  0.006
E1    (D Dahlem    ) 0.041  9.910  0.010      (A Reed      ) 0.016  9.934  0.034
 Qualified:             #1  9.910  0.010                       #10  9.934  0.034

Shockley is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Quinn.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2325 Darius Poitier                       N518 Rick Swank                   
E3                   0.037  9.898 159.89     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.924 141.19
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Powell    ) 0.029  9.918  0.018      (L Freer     ) 0.077  9.912  0.012
E1    (M Tankersley) 0.020 10.108  0.208      (S Mackie    ) 0.034  9.960  0.060
 Qualified:            #30 10.108  0.208                       #22  9.960  0.060

Swank gets the holeshot;Poitier breaks out.

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