Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 01 May 2021, 10:10 AM

Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations
By Rick Green



COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2959 Kevin Riner                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  3.000  6.537   NS       
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.14 (+/-): -3.603   
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Tysinger J) 0.007 10.168  0.028   
E1    (D Duell     ) 0.019 10.203  0.013   
 Qualified:            #15 10.181 -0.819                     Bye
Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,213 feet.

Riner with the bye.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4192 Brett Candies                         177 Herbie Null Jr               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.344 143.12                     0.005  9.789 134.79
       FSS/G  Dial: 9.35 (+/-): -0.006           GT/JA  Dial: 9.81 (+/-): -0.021
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Belanger  ) 0.009  9.370  0.010      (K Vaughn    ) 0.006 10.020 -0.780
E1    (B Grubbs    ) 0.032  9.445  0.015      (K Vaughn Mr ) 0.059 10.042  0.232
 Qualified:             #9  9.404 -0.846                        #2  9.748 -1.052
Null with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Candies the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 505B Michael Brand II                     3711 Chuck Belanger               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.041  9.023 130.86                     0.157 10.137 129.72
       FSS/C  Dial: 8.90 (+/-):  0.123           SS/JA  Dial: 10.12 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Morris    ) 0.040  8.979  0.019      (R Decker    ) 0.171 10.126  0.016
E1    (G Stanfield ) 0.020  8.998  0.028      (D Eiskant   ) 0.138 10.210 -0.020
 Qualified:            #28  8.947 -0.703                       #22 10.226 -0.774
Brand with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Michael Brand II's MOV: 0.0101 seconds (approximately 23 inches). He will have the bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2952 Jeff Longhany                        3718 Nick Morris                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.005 10.076 110.21                    -0.019  9.664 125.03
       SS/GA  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.176           FGT/I  Dial: 9.60 (+/-):  0.064
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Helms     ) 0.006  9.864 -0.036      (E Volkman   ) 0.061  9.717  0.167
E1    (J Dona      ) 0.039  9.956 -0.024      (D Christen  ) 0.019  9.586 -0.004
 Qualified:            #35  9.964 -0.586                        #5  9.552 -0.948
Morris goes red and Longhany with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         3618 Austin Alvey                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.048  9.721 134.95                     0.046  9.636 134.60
       FGT/G  Dial: 9.72 (+/-):  0.001           GT/HA  Dial: 9.62 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.041  9.759  0.019      (H Meeks Iii ) 0.018  9.603 -0.037
E1    (M Crutchfiel) 0.045  9.924  0.114      (M Bogan     ) 0.026  9.713 -0.787
 Qualified:            #42  9.838 -0.362                       #12  9.671 -0.829
Alvey with a couple ticks on the tree, but Fletcher runs dead-on with a one to get the win. Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0137 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Candies in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   26 Mark Alvey                           2115 Joel Warren                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  9.969 133.46                           No Time      
       SS/IA  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.069           SS/HA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-): 89.399
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Dutton    ) 0.060  9.956 -0.004      (C Gualtiere ) 0.001  9.761  0.041
E1    (M Stephenson) 0.073 10.038 -0.002      (F Beasley   ) 0.026  9.798  0.008
 Qualified:            #32 10.034 -0.666                       #14  9.779 -0.821
Warren is a no-show to give alvey the win. He will face Longhany in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1481 Kent Hanley                          1759 Anthony Bongiovanni          
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.340 135.86                     0.055  8.847 153.49
       GT/EA  Dial: 9.33 (+/-):  0.010           FSS/C  Dial: 8.86 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Sealey    ) 0.047  9.364  0.044      (D Shuford   ) 0.044  8.860  0.000
E1    (M Stokes    ) 0.007  9.620  0.240      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.040  8.987  0.017
 Qualified:            #31  9.432 -0.668                       #25  8.920 -0.730
Hanley with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Riner in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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