Fri, 04 Sep 2026, 16:09 PM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd
annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
34 Tim Gillespie W255 George Warren
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.023 9.911 144.69 0.069 9.902 112.55
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.011 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.002
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Hack ) 0.002 9.926 0.026 (J Swan ) 0.038 9.926 0.026
E1 (R Stroud ) 0.014 9.936 0.036 (B Svoboda ) 0.028 9.915 0.015
Qualified: #31 9.936 0.036 #16 9.915 0.015
Weather conditions: air temperature 93 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.92
inches, adjusted altitude 4,118 feet. Gillespie with the starting line advantage for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
349J Joey Shipp 513P Jordan Pratt
E3 0.021 9.904 161.15 ****WINNER**** 0.007 9.903 168.53
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.004 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.003
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Tiry ) 0.021 9.910 0.010 (T Millwood ) 0.017 9.915 0.015
E1 No Time (P Smida ) 0.010 9.892 -0.008
Qualified: #11 9.907 0.007 #57 9.892 -0.008
Pratt with a great light for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
J350 Josh Netherton 3230 Dustin Richardson
E3 7.471 13.215 91.14 ****WINNER**** 0.029 10.077 130.53
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 3.315 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.177
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Houston ) 0.037 9.859 -0.041 (R Inman ) 0.079 9.875 -0.025
E1 (T Moore ) 0.008 10.085 0.185 (C White ) 0.007 9.905 0.005
Qualified: #55 10.085 0.185 #9 9.905 0.005
Richardson with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4196 Lyle Schreiner 41 Charles Stewart
E3 0.009 9.887 155.70 ****WINNER**** 0.027 9.918 168.58
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.018
Prior rounds:
E2 (M Butcher ) 0.013 9.909 0.009 (P Stamps ) 0.019 9.954 0.054
E1 (R Shipp ) 0.009 9.927 0.027 (J Davis ) 0.041 9.912 0.012
Qualified: #28 9.927 0.027 #13 9.912 0.012
schreiner with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Stewart the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
10 Nathan Vrooman 5152 Al Gavlovsky
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.022 9.908 162.65 0.034 9.879 151.09
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.008 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.021
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Jaramillo ) 0.008 9.927 0.027 (D Bustamante) 0.000 9.931 0.031
E1 (T Stalba ) 0.070 9.949 0.049 (I Boicesco ) 0.436 10.064 0.164
Qualified: #39 9.949 0.049 #54 10.064 0.164
Vrooman with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
43 Roger Warren 2958 Sherman Adcock
E3 0.005 9.885 165.97 ****WINNER**** 0.020 9.914 162.51
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.014
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Sikish ) 0.004 9.940 0.040 (J Jensen ) 0.021 9.942 0.042
E1 (M Proulx ) 0.013 9.935 0.035 (M Arthur Sta) 0.029 9.959 0.059
Qualified: #30 9.935 0.035 #46 9.959 0.059
Warren with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Adcock the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4298 Mark Deberry 3219 David Dahlem
E3 0.029 9.927 137.65 ****WINNER**** 0.034 9.902 153.63
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.027 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.002
Prior rounds:
E2 (E Arnold ) 0.096 10.234 0.334 (S Tuttle ) 0.018 9.906 0.006
E1 (R Miller ) 0.205 9.918 0.018 (A Cole ) 0.008 9.941 0.041
Qualified: #18 9.918 0.018 #34 9.941 0.041
DeBerry with the starting line advantage, but Dahlem ran dead-on with a two for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4919 Joe Harper 3558 Robert Kropfeld
E3 -0.002 9.884 169.30 ****WINNER**** 0.035 9.886 173.63
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.016 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014
Prior rounds:
E2 (C Richardson) 0.005 9.915 0.015 (J Lawson ) 0.012 9.911 0.011
E1 (R Mattioli ) 0.003 10.562 0.662 (B Dearry ) 0.010 9.905 0.005
Qualified: #56 10.562 0.662 #10 9.905 0.005
Harper goes red to give Kropfeld the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
354M Mike McMasters 353A Larry Roedel
E3 0.001 9.883 163.79 ****WINNER**** 0.005 9.886 158.46
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Cassin ) 0.020 9.886 -0.014 (S Williams ) 0.012 9.905 0.005
E1 (B Locke ) 0.011 9.948 0.048 (T Molnar ) 0.008 9.920 0.020
Qualified: #38 9.948 0.048 #22 9.920 0.020
McMasters with a near perfect light, but Took too much stripe to give Roedel the win, who had a
great light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
P394 Alison Prose 9 Charlie Kenopic
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.019 9.903 141.21 0.016 9.911 166.27
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.003 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.011
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Kenny ) 0.006 9.942 0.042 (S Hoyt ) 0.025 9.914 0.014
E1 (C Sullivan ) 0.007 9.903 0.003 (R Goodrich ) 0.003 9.920 0.020
Qualified: #6 9.903 0.003 #21 9.920 0.020
Kenopic with the starting line advantage, but Prose ran dead-on with a three for the win. Alison
Prose's MOV: 0.0058 seconds (approximately 17 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3137 Wally Hack 5251 Tim Nicholson
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.022 9.921 138.40 0.036 9.920 107.40
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.021 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.020
Prior rounds:
E2 (E Nichols ) 0.057 9.902 0.002 (J Fritts ) 0.012 9.915 0.015
E1 (J Stricker ) 0.036 9.912 0.012 (K Hildahl ) 0.007 9.931 0.031
Qualified: #14 9.912 0.012 #29 9.931 0.031
Hack with the starting line advantage for the win. Wally Hack's MOV: 0.0136 seconds
(approximately 2 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
751X Kenny Snow 395 Alan Bush
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.007 9.969 138.05 0.009 9.892 165.56
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.069 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Smith ) 0.019 9.907 0.007 (C Fuller ) 0.037 9.870 -0.030
E1 (D Clark ) 0.008 9.955 0.055 (J Dorsett ) 0.012 9.925 0.025
Qualified: #43 9.955 0.055 #27 9.925 0.025
A couple great lights with snow getting a couple ticks on the tree for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1006 TC Smith 3320 Nichole Stephenson
E3 0.005 9.862 161.09 ****WINNER**** 0.016 9.883 154.65
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.038 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017
Prior rounds:
E2 (N Prose ) 0.001 9.926 0.026 (D Fitzpatric) 0.009 9.910 0.010
E1 (P Unruh ) 0.010 9.944 0.044 (A Kilgore ) 0.012 9.978 0.078
Qualified: #35 9.944 0.044 #50 9.978 0.078
Smith with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Stephenson the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
389A Larry Bernshausen 330N Nick Isenhower
E3 0.001 9.935 143.61 ****WINNER**** 0.013 9.916 142.66
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.035 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.016
Prior rounds:
E2 (V Torres ) 0.012 9.922 0.022 (S Wayne ) 0.011 9.919 0.019
E1 (R Brady ) 0.046 9.900 0.000 (S Mackie ) -0.004 9.966 0.066
Qualified: #2 9.900 0.000 #48 9.966 0.066
Bernshausen with a near perfect light, but Isenhower chased him down for the win in a close one.
Nick Isenhower's MOV: 0.0075 seconds (approximately 19 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3170 Dalton Deffenbaugh 337B Tyler Bohannon
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.006 9.906 143.12 0.006 9.889 146.69
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.006 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
Prior rounds:
E2 (A Brewington) 0.032 9.944 0.044 (T Small ) 0.012 9.862 -0.038
E1 (T Lynch ) -0.005 9.920 0.020 (H Stewart ) 0.019 9.945 0.045
Qualified: #20 9.920 0.020 #36 9.945 0.045
They both identical great lights and Deffenbaugh runs dead-on with a six for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2459 Tommy Turner Bye
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.015 9.889 167.68
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Blanks ) 0.025 9.910 0.010
E1 (H Robison ) 0.013 9.940 0.040
Qualified: #32 9.940 0.040 Bye
Turner with the bye run.
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