Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 19 Oct 2019, 11:56 AM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
By Rick Green



ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas 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
    4 Casey Plaizer                              Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.917 166.05     
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Dennis    ) 0.028  9.895 -0.005   
E1    (J Salter    ) 0.004  9.900  0.000   
 Qualified:             #1  9.900  0.000                     Bye
Plaizier with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 400L David Owens                            48 Jordin DeWald                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  9.982 149.00                     0.046  9.955 152.37
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.082             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.055
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Wright    ) 0.063  9.903  0.003      (J Mellof    ) 0.033  9.904  0.004
E1    (C Wiegers   ) 0.091  9.958  0.058      (J Lokhaug   ) 0.054  9.925  0.025
 Qualified:            #20  9.958  0.058                       #12  9.925  0.025
Owens with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. David Owens' MOV: 0.0033 seconds (approximately 9 inches). He will face Plaizier in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 457M Joleigh Mitchell                     4944 Peter Gehan                  
E3                   0.051  9.858 147.07     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.909 171.03
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.042             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Carter    ) 0.025  9.904  0.004      (J Lopez     ) 0.020  9.902  0.002
E1    (B Preszler  ) 0.023  9.930  0.030      (B Wood      ) 0.009  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #14  9.930  0.030                        #7  9.919  0.019
Gehan with a perfect light and the win with a great package. Peter Gehan's package: 0.009.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5527 Jason McClure                         404 Lanny Maples                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.039  9.929 161.57                    -0.027  9.966 157.96
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.029             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.066
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Salter    ) 0.036  9.924  0.024      (C Adkins    ) 0.014  9.943  0.043
E1    (L Carter    ) 0.025  9.946  0.046      (C Stewart   ) 0.012  9.922  0.022
 Qualified:            #18  9.946  0.046                       #10  9.922  0.022
Maples goes red to give McClure the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   42 Jim Capp                             4924 Jerry Debusk                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  9.867 165.23                     0.022  9.861 165.40
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.033             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.039
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Greathouse) 0.020  9.937  0.037      (J Pollard   ) 0.031  9.923  0.023
E1    (T Wilson    ) 0.039  9.907  0.007      (A Savage    ) 0.021  9.921  0.021
 Qualified:             #2  9.907  0.007                        #9  9.921  0.021
Debusk with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Capp the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4542 Terry Pollard                           5 Tim Nicholson                
E3                   0.022  9.951 171.55     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.906 105.17
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.051             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Allen     ) 0.034 10.276  0.376      (C Mundt     ) 0.027  9.902  0.002
E1    (C Haralson  ) 0.021  9.924  0.024      (R Rowan     ) 0.010  9.947  0.047
 Qualified:            #11  9.924  0.024                       #19  9.947  0.047
Nicholson with a light and great package for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4251 Koy Collier                            51 Don Nichols                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  9.923 158.02                    -0.005  9.911 163.77
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Collier   ) 0.005  9.837 -0.063      (C Cummings  ) 0.014  9.919  0.019
E1    (H Robison   ) 0.025  9.920  0.020      (Bye         ) -0.011  9.890 -0.010
 Qualified:             #8  9.920  0.020                       #30  9.890 -0.010
Nichols goes red to red to vive Collier the win. He will face Nicholson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4934 Steve Collier                          44 Veron Rowland                
E3                   0.014  9.935 169.91     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.933 158.06
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Johnson   ) 0.017  9.940  0.040      (C Pullen    ) 0.027  9.966  0.066
E1    (M Withers   ) 0.013  9.914  0.014      (J Kunkel    ) 0.017  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:             #6  9.914  0.014                       #13  9.928  0.028
Rowland with a couple ticks advantage on the tree and the win in a close one. Veron Rowland's MOV: 0.0048 seconds (approximately 14 inches). He will face Capp in the next round.

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