Fri, 13 Mar 2020, 15:18 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2508 Jim Perry                            3604 Rusty Cook                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.879 164.67                     0.024  9.856 170.00
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.021             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.044
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Furr      ) 0.026  9.886 -0.014      (T Powell    ) 0.012  9.891 -0.009
E1    (R Lower     ) 0.003  9.797 -0.103      (J Kenny     ) 0.136  9.870 -0.030
 Qualified:            #30  9.797 -0.103                       #23  9.870 -0.030

Perry with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2399 Gene Quinn                           349J Joey Shipp                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.866 141.24                     0.011  9.863 157.72
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.034             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.037
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Price     ) 0.013  9.934  0.034      (L Bernshause) 0.013  9.933  0.033
E1    (A Reed      ) 0.046  9.816 -0.084      (R Welch     ) 0.106  9.873 -0.027
 Qualified:            #28  9.816 -0.084                       #21  9.873 -0.027

Shipp with a couple tick advantage on the tree, but took too much stripe to give Quinn the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1184 Jim Morrison                         353A Larry Roedel                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.864 155.58                    -0.013  9.863 155.44
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.036             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.037
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Kelley    ) 0.031  9.921  0.021      (V Arnold    ) 0.006  9.908  0.008
E1    (F Altilio   ) 0.016  9.832 -0.068      (H Day       ) 0.004  9.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #27  9.832 -0.068                        #5  9.917  0.017

Roedel goes red to give Morrison the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1165 Ron Orbin Sr.                        3050 John Sikish                  
E3                  -0.003  9.914 152.43     ****WINNER****  0.068  9.849 168.16
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.051
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Houston   ) 0.047  9.923  0.023      (L Morris    ) 0.029  9.964  0.064
E1    (B Trum      ) 0.002  9.957  0.057      (M Handras   ) 0.032  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:            #10  9.957  0.057                        #3  9.912  0.012

Orbin Sr. is a few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Sikish the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2923 Greg Slack                           1351 Craig Porter                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000  9.865 157.43                    -0.037 10.129 134.12
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.035             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.229
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Schmidt   ) 0.030  9.884 -0.016      (S Furr      ) 0.042  9.863 -0.037
E1    (S Adcock    ) 0.024  9.914  0.014      (C Westcott  ) 0.004  9.957  0.057
 Qualified:             #4  9.914  0.014                       #11  9.957  0.057

Porter goes red to give Slack the win, who had a perfect light. He will face Perry in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3320 Nichole Stephenson                   2409 Jonathan Anderson            
E3                   0.026  9.898 160.81     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.912 160.35
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Turner    ) 0.003  9.923  0.023      (R Shipp     ) 0.013  9.891 -0.009
E1    (D Harrison  ) 0.036  9.809 -0.091      (J Taylor    ) 0.020  9.873 -0.027
 Qualified:            #29  9.809 -0.091                       #22  9.873 -0.027

Anderson with a great light and the win. He will face Sikish in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Dave Dahlem                          2893 David Morris                 
E3                   0.004  9.886 156.70     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.921 170.06
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Knight    ) 0.018  9.942  0.042      (T Parker    ) 0.005  9.897 -0.003
E1    (J Cobb      ) 0.011  9.907  0.007      (R Pica      ) 0.006  9.937  0.037
 Qualified:             #2  9.907  0.007                        #9  9.937  0.037

Dahlem with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Morris the win. He will face Quinn in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2464 Matt Tankersley                            Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000  9.876 142.85     
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.024    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Labbous   ) 0.022  9.915  0.015   
E1    (Bye         ) -0.012  9.895 -0.005   
 Qualified:            #16  9.895 -0.005                     Bye

Tankersley with a perfect light on the bye. He will face Morrison in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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