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Sat, 12 Oct 2019, 22:02 PM

Super Comp Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   27 Sherman Adcock                        269 David Schmidt                
E3                   0.044  8.943 167.14     ****WINNER****  0.011  8.906 176.51
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.043             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Perry     ) 0.025  8.930  0.030      (J Gallucci  ) -0.005  8.921  0.021
E1    (T Joseph    ) 0.010  8.848 -0.052      (C Childress ) 0.012  8.892 -0.008
 Qualified:            #30  8.848 -0.052                       #23  8.892 -0.008

9:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 2,652 feet.

Schmidt gets out of the gate first and runs the number for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 121Y Shawn Fricke                           23 Michelle Furr                
E3                   0.088  8.990 153.58     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.057 148.59
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.090             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.157
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Stephenson) 0.009  8.935  0.035      (F Aragona   ) 0.024  8.900  0.000
E1    (J Cambria   ) 0.039  8.918  0.018      (C Harris    ) 0.017  8.953  0.053
 Qualified:            #11  8.918  0.018                       #19  8.953  0.053

Furr is perfect off the line and takes the stripe for the win.

Furr will take on Schmidt in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2409 Jonathan Anderson                    2217 Colby Fuller                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030  8.892 165.23                    -0.011  8.904 161.57
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.008             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Miller III) 0.012  8.916  0.016      (C Taylor    ) 0.004  8.939  0.039
E1    (D Childress ) 0.014  8.887 -0.013      (K Bigley    ) 0.028  8.901  0.001
 Qualified:            #25  8.887 -0.013                        #3  8.901  0.001

Fuller is a little too quick off the line and goes red giving the win to Anderson.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3764 Rusty Cook                             13 Tom Stalba                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.918 168.70                     0.031  8.886 167.03
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.018             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Kenny     ) 0.020  8.906  0.006      (T Helms     ) 0.017  8.908  0.008
E1    (S Roberts   ) 0.078  8.951  0.051      (L Zynda III ) 0.007  8.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #17  8.951  0.051                        #9  8.914  0.014

Cook gets the advantage off the line;Stalba breaks out trying to run him down.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                103A Richard Leone                
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.030  8.879 171.21
                                                   S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.021
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (T Hunter    ) 0.010  8.882 -0.018
E1                                           (R Houston   ) 0.013  8.900  0.000
 Qualified:                                                       #1  8.900  0.000


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1368 Rick Stroud                           170 Alan O'Brien                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.914 170.92                     0.090  8.886 176.51
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.014             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Costa     ) 0.006  8.923  0.023      (K Moses     ) 0.020  9.083  0.183
E1    (C Krepela   ) 0.010  8.960  0.060      (K Brannon   ) 0.004  8.878 -0.022
 Qualified:            #20  8.960  0.060                       #27  8.878 -0.022

Stroud gets the holeshot;O'Brien breaks out trying to run him down.

Stroud will take on Leone in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Jack Sepanek                         2187 Trevor Denton                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.012  8.903 167.66                     0.024  8.913 165.66
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.003             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Edwards   ) 0.002  8.929  0.029      (P Smida II  ) 0.052  8.942  0.042
E1    (P Fisher    ) 0.015  9.003  0.103      (J Kundratic ) 0.011  8.926  0.026
 Qualified:            #21  9.003  0.103                       #13  8.926  0.026

Sepanek gets out of the gate first and puts together a .015 package to take the win.

Sepanek will take on Cook in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2919 Donald Pate                          204M Matt Smith                   
E3                   0.013  8.883 165.84     ****WINNER****  0.034  8.910 175.25
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.017             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Labbous   ) 0.009  8.919  0.019      (K Woeber    ) 0.037  8.917  0.017
E1    (K Griffiths ) 0.025  8.909  0.009      (J Sikish    ) 0.000  8.931  0.031
 Qualified:             #7  8.909  0.009                       #14  8.931  0.031

Pate gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out.

Pate will take on Anderson in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink