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Sat, 19 Oct 2019, 11:31 AM

Super Comp Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                   3 Koy Collier                  
E3                                            ****WINNER**** -0.002  8.885 185.08
                                                   S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (J Repka     ) 0.015  8.910  0.010
E1                                           (R Costlow   ) 0.049  8.901  0.001
 Qualified:                                                       #1  8.901  0.001

10:21 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,815 feet, track temperature 70 degrees.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Don Nichols                           454 Terry Pollard                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.902 170.28                     0.010  8.925 175.52
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.002             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Cummings  ) 0.008  8.903  0.003      (R Legaux    ) 0.010  8.924  0.024
E1    (B Preszler  ) 0.001  8.879 -0.021      (V Bolton    ) 0.034  8.953  0.053
 Qualified:            #27  8.879 -0.021                       #20  8.953  0.053

Pollard gets out of the gate first but Nichols takes the stripe with a .018 package to take the win.

Nichols will take on Collier in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4448 Blake Allen                           508 Jeremy Demers                
E3                   0.038  8.924 169.36     ****WINNER****  0.015  8.934 167.45
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.024             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Burrell   ) 0.015  8.879 -0.021      (J Bunce     ) 0.011  8.914  0.014
E1    (M Bjorum    ) 0.013  8.915  0.015      (C Best      ) 0.006  8.936  0.036
 Qualified:             #9  8.915  0.015                       #17  8.936  0.036

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

Jeremy Demers' MOV: 0.0136 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4766 Shannon Brinkley                     4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.057  8.914 182.85                           No Time      
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.014             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 91.099
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Rowland   ) 0.016  8.912  0.012      (B Dennis    ) 0.006  8.847 -0.053
E1    (D Dale      ) 0.081  8.916  0.016      (M Owen      ) 0.037  8.950  0.050
 Qualified:            #11  8.916  0.016                       #19  8.950  0.050

Lewis has problems getting the engine to fire and does not make a pass.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  480 Steve Evans                          4741 John Warren                  
E3                  -0.003 10.768 118.90     ****WINNER****  0.043  8.908 163.31
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  1.868             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Phillips  ) 0.023  8.920  0.020      (R Dupree    ) 0.057  8.912  0.012
E1    (J Calvert   ) 0.032  8.910  0.010      (B Zimmerman ) 0.025  8.924  0.024
 Qualified:             #7  8.910  0.010                       #14  8.924  0.024

Evans misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Warren.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  415 Jack Collier                         4455 Bill Swann                   
E3                   0.015  8.955 179.52     ****WINNER****  0.010  8.952 185.74
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.055             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Frost     ) 0.004  9.011  0.111      (R Martinez  ) 0.010  8.921  0.021
E1    (C Murray    ) 0.014  8.884 -0.016      (R Prewitt   ) 0.026  8.936  0.036
 Qualified:            #25  8.884 -0.016                       #18  8.936  0.036

Swann gets out of the gate first and holds off Collier for the win.

Swann will take on Warren in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 407F Tony Brown                           4581 Chet Tucker                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004  8.892 185.00                    -0.007  8.852 172.23
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.008             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.048
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Anderson  ) 0.010  8.925  0.025      (T Erwin     ) 0.015  8.906  0.006
E1    (P Gehan     ) 0.045  8.853 -0.047      (Bye         ) 0.019  8.911  0.011
 Qualified:            #30  8.853 -0.047                        #8  8.911  0.011

Tucker leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Brown.

Brown will take on Brinkley in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Austin Williams                        43 Christopher Dodd             
E3                   0.032  8.926 162.86     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.910 179.44
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.026             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Higgins   ) 0.014  8.886 -0.014      (M Grame     ) 0.009  8.914  0.014
E1    (J Covington ) 0.019  8.909  0.009      (L Rutland   ) 0.014  8.919  0.019
 Qualified:             #6  8.909  0.009                       #13  8.919  0.019

Dodd gets the holeshot and takes the stripe for the win.

Dodd will take on Demers in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink