Thu, 13 Nov 2025, 17:19 PM Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7890 Randy Fabbro                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.027 13.052 115.54
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  3.152
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (R Houmard   ) 0.013  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:                                                       #1  9.901  0.001

12:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 30.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,574 feet.

Fabbro with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7851 Robert Naber                         7544 Brad Pierce                  
E2                   0.066  9.898 158.67     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.922 137.55
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (Bye         ) 0.027  9.866 -0.034      (L Meserve   ) 0.013  9.927  0.027
 Qualified:            #17  9.866 -0.034                        #7  9.927  0.027

Pierce gets out of the gate first;naber breaks out.

Pierce will take on Fabbro in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 701P Pete Zak                             G726 John Krueger                 
E2                   0.017  9.894 156.17     ****WINNER****  0.019  9.910 123.84
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Butler    ) 0.045  9.901  0.001      (K Mostowich ) 0.021  9.976  0.076
 Qualified:             #2  9.901  0.001                       #12  9.976  0.076

A coin flip off of the line; Zak takes too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Brian Preszler                       7880 Jerry Denton                 
E2                   0.029  9.919 152.31     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.923 155.74
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Zak       ) 0.024  9.931  0.031      (M Boner     ) 0.033  9.852 -0.048
 Qualified:             #8  9.931  0.031                       #18  9.852 -0.048

Denton gets the holeshot and holds off Preszler for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5500 Eddie Olpin                           760 Mike Lang                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.924 154.46                    -0.108  9.862 161.73
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.038
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Langan    ) 0.005  9.918  0.018      (M Blodgett  ) 0.028  9.890 -0.010
 Qualified:             #5  9.918  0.018                       #15  9.890 -0.010

Lang leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to olpin.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Roger Kato                            406 Jesse Serna                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.874 170.54                     0.021  9.831 155.49
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.026             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.069
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Sapone    ) 0.016  9.784 -0.116      (E Plaizier  ) 0.082  9.954  0.054
 Qualified:            #21  9.784 -0.116                       #11  9.954  0.054

Serna gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe giving the win to Kato.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7874 John Phillippi                       7231 Jimmy Galante                
E2                   0.016  9.888 152.68     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.901 151.61
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Bustamante) 0.023  9.872 -0.028      (R Willis    ) 0.086  9.920  0.020
 Qualified:            #16  9.872 -0.028                        #6  9.920  0.020

Galante gets the holeshot;Phillippi breaks out.

Galante will take on Kato in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  716 Ed DeStaute                          461C Charlie Stewart              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.919 127.92                     0.021  9.889 170.99
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Yeager    ) 0.000  9.831 -0.069      (R Bowers    ) 0.023  9.940  0.040
 Qualified:            #19  9.831 -0.069                        #9  9.940  0.040

DeStaute gets the holeshot;Stewart breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Evan Kowalski                          54 Trevor Larson                
E2                  -0.018 14.852  70.62     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.930 156.61
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  4.952             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Wally     ) 0.027  9.946  0.046      (D Mitchell  ) 0.024  9.827 -0.073
 Qualified:            #10  9.946  0.046                       #20  9.827 -0.073

Kowalski is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Larson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7657 Loreen Rogers                        361X Bo Butner                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.905 159.27                     0.012  9.886 164.39
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N on File   ) 0.044  9.891 -0.009      (L Bradshaw  ) 0.014  9.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #14  9.891 -0.009                        #4  9.917  0.017

Rogers gets the holeshot and runs dead on to take the win with a .010 package.

With Butner's loss J.J. Brock is the Super gas national champion for 2025.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  729 Greg Ventura                         714E Bob Earleywine               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.083  9.974 138.70                     0.089 10.109 148.53
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.074             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.209
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N on File   ) 0.026  9.912  0.012      (K Kleinewebe) 0.427 11.396  1.496
 Qualified:             #3  9.912  0.012                       #13 11.396  1.496

Ventura gets the advantage off of the line and takes the stripe for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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