Fri, 03 Sep 2021, 15:30 PM Dodge//HEMI Challenge Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Dodge//HEMI Challenge at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 67th annual Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2198 Stephen Yantus                             Bye
E3   ****WINNER**** -0.007  8.426 159.19     
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Baum      ) 0.062  8.423 158.97   
E1    (R Locker    ) 0.101  8.410 159.32   
 Qualified:             #2  8.480 156.64                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 2,499 feet.

Yantus with the bye into the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1426 Bucky Hess                           1968 Steve Comella                
E3                   0.016  8.696 157.28     ****WINNER****  0.069  8.525 158.71
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T DePillo   ) 0.078  8.441 157.87      (Bye         ) 0.054  8.588 157.19
E1    (R Campbell  ) 0.143  8.447 157.82      (S Kent      ) 0.045  8.399 161.21
 Qualified:             #4  8.525 155.78                        #1  8.431 159.04

Hess with the starting line advantage, but Comella had the difference made up by time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1058 James Daniels                         350 Jim Pancake                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.050  8.400 158.89                     0.033  8.917 140.15
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Bell      ) 0.077  8.412 158.09      (G Wolkwitz  ) 0.020  8.561 156.19
E1    (R Johnson   ) 0.044  8.380 159.38      (S Hebert    ) 0.027  8.586 155.97
 Qualified:             #3  8.503 155.83                        #5  8.565 155.22

Pancake with the starting line advantage, but Daniels had the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and takes the win. He will have a bye into the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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