Sat, 14 May 2016, 12:51 PM Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   42 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.                    1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.827 119.58                     0.026 10.319 118.79
       SS/GA  Dial: 9.82 (+/-):  0.007           FSS/I  Dial: 10.35 (+/-): -0.031
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Shaw      ) 0.014  9.862  0.032      (J Tysinger  ) 0.035 10.336  0.006
E1    (G Porter    ) 0.024  9.766 -0.784      (V Harmon    ) 0.002 10.312  0.042
 Qualified:            #20  9.817 -0.733                       #34 10.300 -0.150

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,696 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Hidalgo Jr. with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1227 Michael Volkman                       445 Aaron Stanfield              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010 10.244 128.82                     0.077  9.743 134.87
       GT/HA  Dial: 10.23 (+/-):  0.014          GT/EA  Dial: 9.76 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Riner     ) 0.037 10.423  0.213      (K Helms     ) 0.029  9.754  0.024
E1    (R Courtney  ) 0.047 10.212  0.032      (R Dutton    ) -0.179  9.714  0.004
 Qualified:             #7 10.213 -0.837                        #2  9.749 -0.901

Volkman with the starting line advantage and the win. He will get the bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2910 Ed Longhany                           394 Terry Allison                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.618 122.53                     0.223 10.107 128.82
       SS/KA  Dial: 10.59 (+/-):  0.028          GT/GA  Dial: 10.14 (+/-): -0.033
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Allison   ) 0.035 10.582 -0.028      (B Skillman  ) 0.062 10.187  0.097
E1    (M Stephenson) 0.037 10.608  0.038      (R Hill      ) 0.011 10.100  0.060
 Qualified:            #25 10.594 -0.656                       #11 10.090 -0.810

Longhany with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3921 Ryan Richardson                      2207 Jeff Taylor                  
E3                   0.010 10.167 123.92     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.728 132.67
       GT/CA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-): -0.013          GT/DA  Dial: 9.73 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Volkman   ) 0.023 10.196  0.026      (D Rampy     ) 0.031  9.731  0.021
E1    (M Bryant    ) 0.015 10.167  0.017      (C Taylor    ) 0.024  9.675 -0.825
 Qualified:            #33 10.158 -0.242                       #19  9.765 -0.735

Richardson with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Taylor the win. Taylor will face Longhany in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2031 Mike Saye                            2900 Mike Tueffel                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.419 126.80                     0.012  8.785 153.58
       GT/GA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.019          SS/BM  Dial: 8.79 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Badgett   ) 0.020 10.441  0.061      (F Allen     ) 0.023  8.795  0.005
E1    (A Fogle     ) 0.038 10.371  0.001      (M Crutchfiel) 0.046  8.874  0.104
 Qualified:            #27 10.287 -0.613                       #32  8.827 -0.373

Tueffel with a couple ticks on the starting line, but took too much stripe to give Saye the win. He will face Hidalgo Jr. in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink