Sun, 19 May 2024, 09:48 AM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Reporter

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Rodger Sauder                        3941 Bob Prose                    
E3                   0.029  9.909 151.39     ****WINNER****  0.002  9.913 161.15
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.015  9.919  0.019      (B Cassin    ) 0.029  9.921  0.021
E1    (B Dearry    ) 0.048  9.900  0.000      (R Fuller    ) 0.017  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:             #1  9.900  0.000                        #8  9.912  0.012

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,007 feet.

Prose with a near perfect light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   56 Tom Carlson                          361X Bo Butner                    
E3                   0.021  9.947 148.15     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.916 165.74
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.047             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Demers    ) 0.053  9.915  0.015      (R Handschuh ) 0.025  9.876 -0.024
E1    (T Gillespie ) 0.032  9.899 -0.001      (J Costello  ) 0.032  9.937  0.037
 Qualified:            #23  9.899 -0.001                       #16  9.937  0.037

Butner with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3101 Tom Dimond                              9 George Meyer                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  9.893 151.85                     0.016  9.854 155.44
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.007             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.046
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Hack      ) 0.028  9.863 -0.037      (J Davis     ) 0.050  9.929  0.029
E1    (M Arthur Sta) 0.015  9.906  0.006      (L Bernshause) 0.019  9.924  0.024
 Qualified:             #6  9.906  0.006                       #13  9.924  0.024

They have identical reaction times and They both take too much stripe with Meyer taking more giving the win to Dimond the win. He will face Butner in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3821 Jeremy Mason                         3219 David Dahlem                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  9.868 154.60                     0.018  9.860 154.17
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.032             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.040
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Jensen    ) 0.016  9.889 -0.011      (C Root      ) 0.012 10.028  0.128
E1    (M Withers   ) 0.002  9.901  0.001      (R Kropfeld  ) 0.009  9.915  0.015
 Qualified:             #2  9.901  0.001                        #9  9.915  0.015

Mason with a couple ticks on the tree and the win. He will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 349J Joey Shipp                           A320 Tim Lynch                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000  9.937 151.34                     0.079  9.869 149.63
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.037             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.031
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Fritts    ) 0.030  9.888 -0.012      (S Sattler   ) 0.032  9.903  0.003
E1    (K Pawuk     ) 0.028  9.909  0.009      (J Crooks    ) 0.015  9.871 -0.029
 Qualified:             #7  9.909  0.009                       #27  9.871 -0.029

Shipp with a perfect light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3372 Steve Hoyt                           3172 Leo Zynda III                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.904 173.54                     0.018  9.884 165.31
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Locke     ) 0.020  9.913  0.013      (A Gavlovsky ) 0.000  9.954  0.054
E1    (R Cook      ) 0.028  9.891 -0.009      (A Bush      ) 0.002  9.966  0.066
 Qualified:            #25  9.891 -0.009                       #18  9.966  0.066

Hoyt with a great light and runs dead-on with a four for the win. He will face Prose in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 310P Patrick Debottis                     3320 Nichole Stephenson           
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.901 167.38                     0.047  9.889 153.96
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Threatt   ) 0.052  9.915  0.015      (C Mac Millan) 0.033  9.920  0.020
E1    (P Martin    ) 0.019  9.944  0.044      (N Prose     ) 0.003  9.895 -0.005
 Qualified:            #17  9.944  0.044                       #24  9.895 -0.005

DeBottis with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with one for the win. He will face Shipp in next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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