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Sat, 23 Jun 2018, 08:42 AM

Super Comp Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 12th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  307 Tony Helms                            269 David Schmidt                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.087  8.875 176.35                    -0.008  8.912 177.93
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.025             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Folk      ) 0.004  8.965  0.065      (G Kamplain  ) 0.016  8.924  0.024
E1    (D Meyer     ) 0.014  8.930  0.030      (K Trusty    ) 0.012  8.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #15  8.930  0.030                        #7  8.917  0.017

8:30 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 92 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 2,631 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Schmidt started the day off with a red light that gave the win to Helms.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Jacob Elrod                          314B Troy Stone                   
E3                   0.252  8.709 166.07     ****WINNER****  0.006  8.913 166.50
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.191             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Zynda III ) 0.010  8.952  0.052      (S Parker    ) 0.013  8.942  0.042
E1    (M Jirousek  ) 0.032  9.058  0.158      (J Sikish    ) 0.009  8.953  0.053
 Qualified:            #29  9.058  0.158                       #21  8.953  0.053

Elrod was late getting off the starting line. Stone had a good start and took the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1999 Amanda Boicesco                        35 Rock Haas                    
E3                   0.046  8.854 181.45     ****WINNER****  0.007  8.898 171.97
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.046             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Goins     ) 0.006  8.903  0.003      (R Miller    ) 0.011  8.921  0.021
E1    (J Labbous   ) 0.020  8.928  0.028      (P Coughlin  ) 0.034  8.913  0.013
 Qualified:            #13  8.928  0.028                        #5  8.913  0.013

Haas was quicker out of the gate. Boicesco broke out going for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3764 Rusty Cook                           3633 Brian Folk                   
E3                   0.054  8.867 174.17     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.905 166.25
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.033             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Lankford  ) 0.018  8.900  0.000      (B Jackson   ) 0.023  8.873 -0.027
E1    (S Snyder    ) 0.030  8.908  0.008      (T Elrod     ) 0.024  8.971  0.071
 Qualified:             #2  8.908  0.008                       #25  8.971  0.071

Folk took the win and will race Stone in round four.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 376M Michael Shelton                      2772 Ray Miller Jr.               
E3                   0.087  8.874 166.85     ****WINNER****  0.016  8.942 175.34
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.026             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Robilotto ) 0.015  8.894 -0.006      (A Prose     ) 0.002  8.900  0.000
E1    (W Kahrs     ) 0.015  8.909  0.009      (D Dahlem    ) 0.015  9.004  0.104
 Qualified:             #4  8.909  0.009                       #27  9.004  0.104

Ray Miller Jr.'s MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0030 seconds (approximately 9 inches), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4400 Michael Van Winkle                   3398 Tyler Schneider              
E3                   0.027  8.885 158.69     ****WINNER****  0.021  8.929 159.19
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.015             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Furr      ) 0.017  8.890 -0.010                     0.048  8.961  0.061
E1    (D Mc Ilvain ) 0.019  8.962  0.062      (R Connolly  ) 0.002  8.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #24  8.962  0.062                        #1  8.900  0.000

Schneider got the win on a breakout by Van Winkle and will race Haas next time out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3941 Bob Prose                            1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3                   0.571  8.328 173.76     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.884 158.65
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.572             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Mason     ) 0.006  8.910  0.010      (S Sattler   ) 0.011  8.950  0.050
E1    (S Mingee    ) 0.009  8.909  0.009      (J Connelly  ) 0.017  8.923  0.023
 Qualified:             #3  8.909  0.009                       #11  8.923  0.023

Prose was late getting off the starting line. Fletcher had a much quicker start and took the win. He'll race Helms in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  177 Jason Kenny                          3739 Rose Richardson              
E3                   0.066  8.874 169.66     ****WINNER****  0.054  8.898 171.40
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.026             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Coughlin  ) 0.000  8.914  0.014      (C Schneider ) 0.075  8.888 -0.012
E1    (K Robb      ) 0.051  8.877 -0.023      (Z Fisher    ) 0.061  8.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #31  8.877 -0.023                        #8  8.917  0.017

Richardson got the win in a double breakout and will race Miller in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink