Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 04 Oct 2020, 10:29 AM

Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations
By Rick Green



MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, ninth annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4878 Darrin Christen                      5250 Todd Patterson               
E3                  -0.001  9.245 143.96     ****WINNER****  0.052  8.897 148.28
       FGT/D  Dial: 9.20 (+/-):  0.045           FSS/D  Dial: 8.96 (+/-): -0.063
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Gualtiere ) 0.013  9.188  0.008      (C Hieb      ) -0.419  9.096  0.136
E1    (I Johns     ) 0.008  9.270  0.070      (B Splingaire) 0.076  9.060  0.100
 Qualified:            #37  9.187 -0.713                       #20  8.959 -0.941
Christen is tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Patterson the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3663 Daniel Condon                        3001 J.J. Twitchell               
E3                   0.024  8.237 162.00     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.898 132.14
       FSS/B  Dial: 8.24 (+/-): -0.003           GT/TB  Dial: 9.86 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Mudd      ) 0.090  8.201  0.041      (L Hodge     ) 0.011  9.850  0.000
E1    (B Zaskowski ) 0.050  8.218  0.058      (M Town      ) 0.004  9.889  0.019
 Qualified:             #4  8.167 -1.033                       #10  9.857 -0.993
Twitchell with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4739 Greg Stanfield                       318K Jim Whalen                   
E3                   0.056  9.589 136.04     ****WINNER****  0.062 10.360 115.02
       GT/IA  Dial: 9.54 (+/-):  0.049           GT/JA  Dial: 10.32 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.006  9.547  0.047      (B Candies   ) 0.050 10.254 -0.006
E1    (B Speer     ) 0.009  9.549  0.009      (D O' Malley ) 0.011 10.326  0.006
 Qualified:             #1  9.541 -1.109                       #41 10.276 -0.524
Stanfield with the starting line advantage, but Whalen held on for the win in a close one. Jim Whalen's MOV: 0.0030 seconds (approximately 7 inches). He will face Twitchell in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   21 Marion Stephenson                    3012 Jeremy Duncan                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.052  9.654 135.39                    -0.012  9.770 133.20
       GT/HA  Dial: 9.68 (+/-): -0.026           SS/DA  Dial: 9.78 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Jenkins Sr) 0.057  9.602  0.042      (A Wade      ) 0.041  9.724  0.014
E1    (J DeForrest ) 0.016  9.768  0.178      (M Nowicki   ) 0.019  9.764 -0.006
 Qualified:            #25  9.583 -0.917                       #42  9.692 -0.508
Duncan goes red to give Stephenson the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4520 David Latino                         3883 Rylee Speer                  
E3                   1.220 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.102 10.275 112.25
       GT/GA  Dial: 9.59 (+/-): 90.409           SS/JA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.205
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Barton    ) 0.034  9.491 -0.019      (F Allen     ) 0.016 10.080  0.030
E1    (L Scott Libe) 0.030  9.533 -0.007      (R Lux       ) 0.029 10.083  0.003
 Qualified:            #29  9.513 -0.887                       #23 10.068 -0.932
Latino broke on the line and Speer gets the freebie. She will face Patterson the win in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5517 Justin Jenkins                       3614 Matt Alvey                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.482 138.00                    -0.033  9.633 134.75
       GT/GA  Dial: 9.47 (+/-):  0.012           GT/HA  Dial: 9.56 (+/-):  0.073
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Dodd      ) 0.029  9.436  0.006      (K Shipp     ) 0.019  9.612  0.072
E1    (D Picht     ) 0.070  9.590  0.110      (D Morris    ) 0.019  9.597  0.027
 Qualified:            #16  9.444 -0.956                       #22  9.564 -0.936
Alvey goes red to give Jenkins the win. He will face Stephenson in the next round.

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