Sat, 16 Nov 2024, 12:43 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 G726 John Krueger                         7544 Brad Pierce                  
E3                   0.010  9.870 133.83     ****WINNER****  0.025  9.874 146.80
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.026
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Wiebe     ) 0.055  9.861 -0.039      (B Earleywine) 0.044  9.923  0.023
E1    (R Giacone   ) 0.044  9.887 -0.013      (J Phillippi ) 0.000  9.920  0.020
 Qualified:            #30  9.887 -0.013                        #7  9.920  0.020

Weather conditions: air temperature 51 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 927 feet.

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 752T Linzi Meserve                        7231 Jimmy Galante                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.915 148.41                     0.037  9.909 144.47
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Galati    ) 0.019  9.895 -0.005      (L Larson    ) 0.029  9.912  0.012
E1    (Bye         ) 0.021 14.411  4.511      (P Wiechmann ) 0.015  9.910  0.010
 Qualified:            #27 14.411  4.511                        #4  9.910  0.010

Meserve with the starting line advantage and the win. Linzi Meserve's MOV: 0.0117 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7851 Robert Naber                          767 Mike Wiblishouser            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.943 155.90                     0.023  9.882 168.70
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.043             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.001  9.896 -0.004      (D Sedmak    ) 0.010  9.960  0.060
E1    (M Treadway  ) 0.018  9.902  0.002      (G Ventura   ) 0.007  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:             #1  9.902  0.002                        #9  9.928  0.028

Naber with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7657 Loreen Rogers                        1979 Keith Mayers                 
E3                   0.013  9.892 166.72     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.907 142.01
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Mellof    ) 0.004  9.929  0.029      (T Langan    ) 0.023  9.882 -0.018
E1    (R Butner    ) 0.016  9.932  0.032      (D Adams     ) 0.027  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #11  9.932  0.032                        #3  9.907  0.007

Mayers with great light and runs dead-on with a seven for the win. He keeps his championship hopes alive.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 182C Michael Handras                       743 Gary Mignacca                
E3                   0.001  9.887 171.14     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.904 146.24
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Scott     ) 0.008  9.909  0.009      (M Boner     ) 0.021  9.956  0.056
E1    (D Dryden    ) 0.088 10.053  0.153      (J Mckoane   ) 0.024  9.944  0.044
 Qualified:            #23 10.053  0.153                       #16  9.944  0.044

Handras with a near perfect light, but took too much stripe to give Mignacca the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7267 Larry Scarth                         5444 Kris Whitfield               
E3                   0.005  9.854 152.18     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.867 158.52
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.046             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.033
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Blodgett  ) 0.000  9.833 -0.067      (S Williams  ) 0.026  9.947  0.047
E1    (E De Staute ) 0.029  9.954  0.054      (M Boehner   ) 0.006 10.119  0.219
 Qualified:            #17  9.954  0.054                       #25 10.119  0.219

Scarth with a great light, ut took too much stripe to give Whitfield the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Steve Parsons                           6 Evan Kowalski                
E3                   0.079  9.891 167.76     ****WINNER****  0.020  9.928 161.73
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Hesselbroc) 0.001  9.942  0.042      (N Shepherd  ) 0.012  9.943  0.043
E1    (L Bradshaw  ) 0.000  9.935  0.035      (P Yoon      ) 0.055  9.995  0.095
 Qualified:            #14  9.935  0.035                       #21  9.995  0.095

Kowalski with the starting line advantage and the win. He keeps his championship dive alive.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7809 Val Torres                           488B Luke Bogacki                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010  9.909 164.81                     0.013  9.889 166.87
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Butner    ) 0.010  9.898 -0.002      (M Perivolari) 0.015  9.907  0.007
E1    (R Kato      ) 0.010  9.898 -0.002      (B Morris    ) 0.010  9.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #28  9.898 -0.002                        #5  9.917  0.017

torres with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a nine for the win. Torres keeps his championship hopes alive. He will have to win the event to be Super Gas Champion. He will face Naber in the next round.

Bogacki and Mayers now are both at 613 points.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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