Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 22 Feb 2020, 20:36 PM

Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations
By David Gerard



CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5231 Grant Singer                               Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  3.848 No Time           
       SS/BS  Dial: 9.65 (+/-): 90.349    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J DeFrank   ) 0.010  8.907  0.027   
E1    (M Johnston  ) 0.077  8.892  0.012   
 Qualified:            #15  8.859 -0.791                     Bye
6:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 28.71 inches, adjusted altitude 2,917 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Bye run for Singer. He takes the green and backs out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5820 Brad Burton                          7875 Roy Cracraft                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.822 126.21                     0.097  8.655 158.99
       GT/HA  Dial: 9.76 (+/-):  0.062           FSS/B  Dial: 8.57 (+/-):  0.085
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Fletcher  ) 0.019  9.820  0.030      (D Mesenbring) 0.266  8.543  0.003
E1    (L Schneider ) 0.064  9.974  0.184      (T Seymour   ) 0.047  8.570  0.020
 Qualified:            #37  9.951 -0.549                       #31  8.572 -0.628
Cracraft is late and Burton gets the easy win.

He races Singer tomorrow.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                            754 Lindy Lindholm               
E3                   0.043  9.321 141.59     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.566 139.07
       GT/DA  Dial: 9.34 (+/-): -0.019           FSS/E  Dial: 9.56 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Niquette  ) 0.016  9.353  0.033      (R Roddel    ) 0.007  9.580  0.040
E1    (P Cocuzza   ) 0.066  9.404  0.104      (G Bichlmeier) 0.057  9.557  0.007
 Qualified:            #32  9.391 -0.609                       #38  9.506 -0.544
Lindy Lindholm's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0010 seconds (approximately 2 inches), opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                           730 John Calvert                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.029  8.910 151.48                    -0.005  8.417 164.81
       SS/AS  Dial: 8.89 (+/-):  0.020           FSS/B  Dial: 8.33 (+/-):  0.087
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Marshall  ) 0.013  8.905  0.005      (T Gaynor    ) 0.052  8.374  0.034
E1    (B Setters   ) 0.022  8.907  0.017      (K Ball      ) 0.110  8.352 -0.848
 Qualified:            #34  9.010 -0.590                       #16  8.416 -0.784
Winner will get the bye run next round.

Justin Lamb's MOV: opponent's -0.005 red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6254 Darcy Clarke                         4733 R.J. Torres                  
E3                   0.042  9.578 135.36     ****WINNER****  0.030  9.108 141.11
       SS/EA  Dial: 9.56 (+/-):  0.018           FSS/C  Dial: 9.09 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Loge      ) 0.027  9.545 -0.005      (D Keen      ) 0.004  9.082 -0.008
E1    (C Rayburn   ) 0.061  9.576  0.016      (J Stoll     ) 0.067  9.149  0.049
 Qualified:            #12  9.540 -0.810                       #30  9.010 -0.640
They run 0.018 to their dials and R.J. Torres scores the close win. MOV: 0.0122 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Kyle Rizzoli                         5306 Johnny Diekema               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.043  9.601 121.05                    -0.018 10.734 121.16
       SS/CA  Dial: 9.50 (+/-):  0.101           GT/MA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Faherty   ) 0.019  9.541  0.051      (C Mesa      ) 0.030 10.746  0.006
E1    (T Nolan     ) 0.005  9.538  0.038      (M Cotten    ) 0.034 10.799  0.059
 Qualified:            #35  9.484 -0.566                       #41 10.682 -0.518
Diekema ges red and Rizzoli will face Lindholm next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6000 Norm Lapointe                         767 Tim Hall                     
E3   ****WINNER**** -0.027  9.712 135.56                           No Time      
       GT/GA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-): -0.688          SS/JA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): 88.999
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Thomas    ) 0.017  9.658 -0.742                     0.081 10.406 -0.594
E1    (R McClanahan) 0.017  9.674 -0.026      (C Lane      ) 0.016 10.381  0.031
 Qualified:            #21  9.658 -0.742                       #26 10.324 -0.676
Hall is a no show and Lapointe gets the win and will race Torres tomorrow.

6:31 p.m.

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