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Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 22:17 PM

Factory Stock Showdown Round 3 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 3 eliminations in FlexJet Factory Stock Showdown 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
    5 Scott Libersher                      3171 Taylor Dietsch               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.032  7.650 179.16                     0.031  7.693 177.74
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hord      ) 0.017  7.695 178.45      (A Anderson  ) 0.030  7.731 177.65
E1    (M Lloyd     ) 0.091  7.757 178.73      (T Scott     ) 0.025  7.726 177.42
 Qualified:             #5  7.750 177.84                       #11  7.814 176.56
10:06 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,342 feet.

Libersher is 2 - 1 against Dietsch in prior events.

A coin flip off of the line, Libersher gets around Dietsch and pulls away for the win.

Libersher will have a bye into the final round


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Mark Pawuk                            303 James Betz                   
E3                   4.608 10.531 119.24     ****WINNER****  0.038 11.586  77.87
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Janac     ) 0.056  7.672 180.16      (D Hamp      ) 0.035  7.668 178.21
E1    (K Shirley   ) 0.095  7.727 179.80      (C Tasca     ) 0.067  7.682 178.28
 Qualified:             #4  7.744 179.90                        #3  7.723 178.76
Pawuk is 1 - 0 against Betz in prior events.

Not sure what happened here. the tree came down and Pawuk sat there. Betz leaves the line, gets out of the groove and makes a hard move to the left. He gets close to crossing the centerline but is able to get it back in his lane.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Jonathan Allegrucci                  3694 Jason Dietsch                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.099 112.27                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Hartman   ) 0.058  7.688 179.16      (R Nash      ) 0.007  7.675 175.68
E1                   0.053  7.691 178.45      (M Hartman   ) 0.054  7.677 177.00
 Qualified:             #1  7.714 179.59                        #7  7.765 171.69
Dietsch does not make a pass.

Allegrucci will take on Betz in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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