Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 11:36 AM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
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By Reporter
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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.
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