Sat, 02 Nov 2024, 11:28 AM Super Comp Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7662 Cody Stevenson                         77 Trey Vetter                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.058 170.21                     0.004  9.086 160.81
         S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.008             S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Cox       ) 0.000  9.059  0.009      (C Plaizier  ) 0.015  9.042 -0.008
E1    (V Torres    ) 0.006  9.135  0.085      (M Perivolari) 0.004  9.051  0.001
 Qualified:            #28  9.135  0.085                        #2  9.051  0.001

Weather conditions: air temperature 52 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.81 inches, adjusted altitude 2,264 feet.

A couple great lights with Vetter getting a couple ticks on the tree, but Stevenson runs dead-on with an eight for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Tanner Theobald                      488B Luke Bogacki                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.057 167.84                     0.017  9.040 169.38
         S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.007             S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.014  9.035 -0.015      (E Olpin     ) 0.019  9.055  0.005
E1    (B Kam       ) 0.041  9.051  0.001      (G Kern      ) 0.019  9.115  0.065
 Qualified:             #1  9.051  0.001                       #27  9.115  0.065

Theobald with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a seven for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   68 Hannah Vandermeer                    7035 Bob Van Popering             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.024  9.043 171.79                    -0.015 10.013 109.13
         S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.007             S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.963
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Stalba    ) 0.023  9.032 -0.018      (J Settles   ) 0.095  9.049 -0.001
E1    (C Bishop    ) 0.014  9.066  0.016      (C Webber    ) 0.009  9.056  0.006
 Qualified:            #16  9.066  0.016                        #7  9.056  0.006

Van Popering goes red to give Vandermeer the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7851 Robert Naber                         6997 Michael Dalrymple            
E3                   0.018  9.025 170.32     ****WINNER****  0.031  9.041 177.67
         S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.025             S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Wieck     ) 0.030  8.964 -0.086      (B Hicks     ) 0.029  9.024 -0.026
E1    (A Williams  ) 0.014  9.086  0.036      (J Cowie     ) 0.020  9.064  0.014
 Qualified:            #23  9.086  0.036                       #15  9.064  0.014

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  182 Michael Handras                      7319 Tanner Haitt                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.065 180.26                     0.015  9.075 164.31
         S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.015             S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Kleinewebe) 0.011  9.079  0.029      (D Chun      ) 0.028  9.027 -0.023
E1    (M Medeisis  ) 0.011  9.052  0.002      (R Lane      ) 0.026  9.061  0.011
 Qualified:             #4  9.052  0.002                       #13  9.061  0.011

Haitt with the starting line advantage, but Handras chased him down for the win in a close one. Michael Handras' MOV: 0.0057 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Toby Payne                             78 Bill Webber                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.073  9.040 179.16                    -0.002  9.058 161.05
         S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.010             S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Cooper    ) 0.014  8.997 -0.053      (K Whitfield ) 0.027  9.065  0.015
E1    (B Dennis    ) 0.016  9.051  0.001      (A Mckoane   ) 0.010  9.060  0.010
 Qualified:             #3  9.051  0.001                       #12  9.060  0.010

Webber is a couple ticks too quick on the tree and turned on the red light to give Payne the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   16 Ken Moses                             735 Steve Williams               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.063 183.72                     0.052  9.060 170.60
         S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.013             S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Alejandre ) 0.017  9.049 -0.001      (T Harkema   ) 0.033  9.039 -0.011
E1    (N Saetes    ) 0.020  9.068  0.018      (C Axford    ) 0.035  9.098  0.048
 Qualified:            #17  9.068  0.018                       #25  9.098  0.048

Moses with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2217 Colby Fuller                         7805 Gabriel Torres               
E3                  -0.007  9.643 123.06     ****WINNER****  0.002  9.035 176.42
         S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.593             S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Cooper    ) 0.017  9.133  0.083      (M Payne     ) 0.037  9.087  0.037
E1    (R Milinazzo ) 0.013  9.053  0.003      (R Beck      ) 0.048  9.045 -0.005
 Qualified:             #5  9.053  0.003                       #31  9.045 -0.005

Fuller goes red to give Torres the win, who has a near perfect light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7119 Steve Flatt                           555 Michael Miller               
E3                   0.004  9.091 173.99     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.056 175.59
         SUC Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.041             S/C Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Hough     ) 0.022  8.939 -0.111      (S Logan     ) 0.024  9.051  0.001
E1                         No Time            (D Carranza  ) 0.019  9.057  0.007
 Qualified:            #18  9.071  0.021                        #9  9.057  0.007

Flatt with a great light, but Miller chased him down for the win.

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