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Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 11:36 AM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
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BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 44th annual NHRA Brainerd Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5486 Chris Bishop                         5415 Bill Cawsey                  
E2                   0.081  9.899 154.25     ****WINNER****  0.025  9.905 156.88
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Freischel ) 0.022  9.910  0.010      (K Dyck      ) 0.016  9.893 -0.007
 Qualified:             #4  9.910  0.010                       #16  9.893 -0.007
Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 2,241 feet.

Cawsey with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a five for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 F563 Bradley Frederick                    5864 Gregory Maaninga             
E2                   0.030  9.877 160.67     ****WINNER****  0.029  9.914 136.11
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Meserve   ) 0.045  9.903  0.003      (Bye         ) 0.044  9.976  0.076
 Qualified:             #2  9.903  0.003                       #14  9.976  0.076
Maaninga with a tick advantage on the tree for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  587 Scott McMasters                      5942 Larry Christiansen           
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047  9.925 155.92                     0.068  9.872 158.63
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Kenny     ) 0.055  9.785 -0.115      (D Westra    ) 0.019  9.947  0.047
 Qualified:            #24  9.785 -0.115                       #12  9.947  0.047
McMasters with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5082 Jody Monty                           3629 Tim Tiry                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.838 157.58                    -0.011 10.179 133.63
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.062             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.279
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Brungardt ) 0.009  9.913  0.013      (R Anderson  ) 0.046  9.890 -0.010
 Qualified:             #6  9.913  0.013                       #18  9.890 -0.010
Tiry goes red to give Monty the win, who has a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5599 Larry Wiebusch                        610 Matthew Dixon                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.903 141.80                     0.014  9.921 144.15
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Gilgosch  ) 0.069  9.864 -0.036      (J Crooks    ) 0.038  9.920  0.020
 Qualified:            #20  9.864 -0.036                        #8  9.920  0.020
Dixon with a tick advantage on the tree, but Wiebusch ran dead-on with a three for the win

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   57 Tom Carlson                            54 Tim Moore                    
E2                   0.024  9.925 148.80     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.924 159.42
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Gavlovsky ) 0.038  9.803 -0.097      (G Christians) 0.029  9.933  0.033
 Qualified:            #23  9.803 -0.097                       #11  9.933  0.033
Moore with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5187 Fred Shaner                            53 Corey Bentley                
E2                   0.305  9.846 148.64     ****WINNER****  0.013 10.061 131.31
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.054             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.161
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Hinman    ) 0.029  9.819 -0.081      (R Smutny    ) 0.046  9.929  0.029
 Qualified:            #22  9.819 -0.081                       #10  9.929  0.029
Bentley with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   52 Rodger Sauder                         585 Jeremy Demers                
E2                  -0.021  9.891 164.07     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.889 160.44
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D White     ) 0.009  9.900  0.000      (K Theobald  ) 0.020  9.957  0.057
 Qualified:             #1  9.900  0.000                       #13  9.957  0.057
Sauder goes red to give Demers the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5076 Dale Evens                           7082 Hank Pramov                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  9.915 153.11                     0.024  9.894 159.51
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Giese     ) 0.075  9.870 -0.030      (J Mcclure   ) 0.015  9.913  0.013
 Qualified:            #19  9.870 -0.030                        #7  9.913  0.013
Evens with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5075 Dan Smith                            5934 Keith Kuehn                  
E2                   0.019  9.926 166.07     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.906 164.13
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.026             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Griffiths ) 0.020  9.928  0.028      (J Kinney    ) 0.045  9.849 -0.051
 Qualified:             #9  9.928  0.028                       #21  9.849 -0.051
Kuehn with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  506 Murray Hebert                        501B Bob Fuller                   
E2                   0.011  9.859 140.07     ****WINNER****  0.342  9.876 173.76
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.041             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Hemenway  ) 0.027 10.000  0.100      (B Tuma      ) 0.022  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #15 10.000  0.100                        #3  9.907  0.007
Hebert with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Fuller the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Trevor Larson                        5188 Randy Nygaard                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  9.937 152.47                     0.034  9.939 134.51
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.037             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Friis     ) 0.030  9.892 -0.008      (J Repka     ) 0.000  9.910  0.010
 Qualified:            #17  9.892 -0.008                        #5  9.910  0.010
Larson with the starting line advantage for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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