Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 15:56 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Reporter

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 5 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
 5864 Gregory Maaninga                     5934 Keith Kuehn                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.040  9.943 138.47                     0.038  9.892 159.40
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.043             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Moore     ) 0.026  9.972  0.072      (S McMasters ) 0.021  9.903  0.003
E3    (L Wiebusch  ) 0.037  9.914  0.014      (R Fuller    ) 0.025  9.900  0.000
E2    (B Frederick ) 0.029  9.914  0.014      (D Smith     ) 0.016  9.906  0.006
E1    (Bye         ) 0.044  9.976  0.076      (J Kinney    ) 0.045  9.849 -0.051
 Qualified:            #14  9.976  0.076                       #21  9.849 -0.051

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 30.02 inches, adjusted altitude 2,738 feet.

Kuehn with the slight starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Maaninga the win. He is advancing to his first final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                5076 Dale Evens                   
E5                                            ****WINNER****  1.723  9.895 158.74
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (C Bentley   ) 0.037  9.893 -0.007
E3                                           (J Demers    ) 0.008  9.913  0.013
E2                                           (H Pramov    ) 0.016  9.915  0.015
E1                                           (T Giese     ) 0.075  9.870 -0.030
 Qualified:                                                      #19  9.870 -0.030

Evens with the bye and he is advancing to his second final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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