Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 04 Oct 2020, 10:35 AM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
By Rick Green



MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas 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
 3320 Nichole Stephenson                   N518 Rick Swank                   
E3                   0.078  9.887 160.23     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.921 151.31
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Eaker     ) 0.036  9.904  0.004      (L Roedel    ) 0.048  9.952  0.052
E1    (R Shipp     ) 0.081  9.893 -0.007      (D Tool      ) 0.011  9.947  0.047
 Qualified:            #21  9.893 -0.007                       #15  9.947  0.047
Swank with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  395 Alan Bush                            525G Darryl Sutton                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.914 164.29                     0.042  9.913 154.92
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Nuest     ) 0.014  9.902  0.002      (A Williams  ) 0.005  9.903  0.003
E1    (D Ellard    ) 0.015  9.931  0.031      (L Zynda III ) 0.058  9.911  0.011
 Qualified:            #12  9.931  0.031                        #6  9.911  0.011
Bush with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Swank in thew next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5703 Keneth Sanders                        219 Jamie Southards              
E3                   0.132 10.011 110.63     ****WINNER****  0.029  9.946 155.26
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.111             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Matthews  ) -0.060  9.991  0.091      (M Bush      ) 0.015  9.885 -0.015
E1    (G White     ) 0.075  9.978  0.078      (C Root      ) 0.038  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:            #16  9.978  0.078                       #22  9.888 -0.012
Southards with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Vernon Rowland                       398F Joe Fisher                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.923 155.61                     0.019  9.925 162.49
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lopes     ) 0.028  9.887 -0.013      (J Mason     ) 0.026  9.901  0.001
E1    (T Nicholson ) 0.015  9.909  0.009      (S Udenberg  ) 0.025  9.887 -0.013
 Qualified:             #5  9.909  0.009                       #23  9.887 -0.013
Rowland with a tick advantage on the tree and the win in a close one. Vernon Rowland's MOV: 0.0035 seconds (approximately 10 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4618 Christopher Best                     5830 Ryan Siffring                
E3                   0.009  9.950 143.55     ****WINNER****  0.043  9.905 162.59
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.050             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Threatt   ) 0.020  9.890 -0.010      (R Shipp     ) 0.022  9.867 -0.033
E1    (Bye         ) 0.004  9.897 -0.003      (P Smida     ) 0.036  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #19  9.897 -0.003                        #1  9.900  0.000
Best with a great light, but Siffring chased him down for the win. Ryan Siffring's MOV: 0.0113 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He will face Southards in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A231 Ausby Brewington                     3604 Rusty Cook                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.924 151.37                     0.046  9.900 159.93
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Garner    ) 0.031  9.882 -0.018      (T McClain   ) 0.010  9.986  0.086
E1    (M Buttrum   ) 0.002  9.940  0.040      (L Bernshause) 0.021  9.894 -0.006
 Qualified:            #14  9.940  0.040                       #20  9.894 -0.006
Brewington with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Ausby Brewington's MOV: 0.0072 seconds (approximately 20 inches). He will face Rowland in the next round.

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