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Sat, 12 Oct 2019, 22:25 PM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas 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
 1351 Craig Porter                         1770 Jason Kenny                  
E3                  -0.011  9.883 169.15     ****WINNER****  0.023  9.947 144.64
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.047
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Harper    ) 0.003  9.916  0.016      (J Cobb      ) 0.036  9.949  0.049
E1    (R Price     ) 0.039  9.832 -0.068      (L Zynda III ) 0.054  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #24  9.886 -0.014                        #2  9.907  0.007

10:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 2,588 feet.

Porter is too quick off the line and goes red giving the win to Kenny.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3821 Jeremy Mason                         2708 Lauren Freer                 
E3                   0.021  9.891 155.99     ****WINNER****  0.002  9.917 167.30
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Upton     ) 0.013  9.903  0.003      (R Sawyer    ) 0.011  9.915  0.015
E1    (L Marshall  ) 0.056  9.857 -0.043      (J Sessoms   ) 0.008  9.897 -0.003
 Qualified:            #28  9.857 -0.043                       #21  9.897 -0.003

Freer gets out of the gate first and Mason breaks out trying to run her down.

Freer will take on Kenny in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                P209 Tim Powell                   
E3                                            ****WINNER**** -0.299  9.865 157.36
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.035
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (P Smida II  ) 0.038  9.903  0.003
E1                                           (R Cook      ) 0.019  9.904  0.004
 Qualified:                                                       #1  9.904  0.004


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1842 Bernard Weaver                       151E Joseph Gallucci Jr.          
E3                   0.006  9.834 147.33     ****WINNER****  0.120  9.878 162.61
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.066             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Stephenson) 0.048  9.944  0.044      (R Price     ) 0.016  9.910  0.010
E1    (D Koncen    ) 0.017  9.909  0.009      (J Houston   ) 0.006  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:             #5  9.909  0.009                       #12  9.919  0.019

Weaver gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and brekas out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Jim Perry                            X256 Ernie Knight                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.916 161.69                     0.019  9.921 136.17
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.016             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Morris    ) 0.009  9.963  0.063      (T Stalba    ) 0.047  9.898 -0.002
E1    (S Furr      ) 0.031  9.907  0.007      (C Westcott  ) 0.023  9.875 -0.025
 Qualified:             #4  9.907  0.007                       #26  9.875 -0.025

Jim Perry's MOV: 0.0076 seconds (approximately 18 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2318 John Taylor                          2958 Sherman Adcock               
E3                   0.035  9.946 158.91     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.917 157.95
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.046             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Harrison  ) 0.015  9.914  0.014      (K Griffiths ) 0.014  9.923  0.023
E1    (R Stroud    ) 0.021  9.847 -0.053      (C Watts     ) 0.008  9.893 -0.007
 Qualified:            #29  9.847 -0.053                       #22  9.893 -0.007

Adcock gets out of the gate first and takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  232 John Labbous Jr.                     2888 Skip Walls                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.913 162.94                     0.042  9.914 168.72
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Hoyt      ) 0.014  9.900  0.000      (J Lopes     ) 0.047  9.917  0.017
E1    (D Tatum III ) 0.013  9.913  0.013      (D Allen     ) 0.010  9.812 -0.088
 Qualified:             #8  9.913  0.013                       #30  9.812 -0.088

Labbous gets the advantage off the line and takes the stripe for the win.

Labbous will take on Perry in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2004 Tyler Caheely                          26 Ray Miller III               
E3                   0.011  9.885 160.19     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.920 162.16
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Nuest     ) 0.011  9.942  0.042      (R Matthews  ) 0.017  9.923  0.023
E1    (R Hall      ) 0.036  9.878 -0.022      (J Fisher    ) 0.004  9.948  0.048
 Qualified:            #25  9.878 -0.022                       #18  9.948  0.048

Caheely gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Miller.

Miller will take on Adcock in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink