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Sat, 01 Oct 2022, 21:27 PM

Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   47 Craig Gualtiere                      3306 Larry Hodge                  
E3                   0.058  9.545 136.73     ****WINNER****  0.039 10.268 126.61
       GT/GA  Dial: 9.57 (+/-): -0.025           SS/KA  Dial: 10.26 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Belanger  ) 0.030  9.647  0.077      (T Bohannon  ) 0.001 10.275  0.015
E1    (A Wilson 3  ) -0.004  9.515  0.035      (B Zaskowski ) 0.012 10.252  0.012
 Qualified:             #3  9.274 -1.126                       #10 10.233 -1.017

8:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 30.13 inches, adjusted altitude 923 feet.

Hodge gets the advantage off of the line;Gualtiere breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   44 Brett Candies                           6 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.319 140.65                     0.020  9.619 134.70
       FSS/G  Dial: 9.34 (+/-): -0.021           SS/GA  Dial: 9.64 (+/-): -0.021
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Rashid    ) 0.015  9.440  0.100      (J Dona      ) 0.039  9.660  0.020
E1    (D Brown     ) 0.022  9.309 -0.001      (A Patterson ) 0.008  9.677  0.057
 Qualified:            #26  9.332 -0.918                       #19  9.608 -0.942

Candies gets a small holeshot but it was enough.

Candies will take on hodge in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 598X Tyler Wudarczyk                       379 Allen Wilson                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.317 124.93                     0.126  8.883 144.64
       GT/MA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.007          GT/AA  Dial: 8.85 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.008 10.460  0.460      (J Twitchell ) 0.082  8.862  0.012
E1    (G Stanfield ) 0.010 10.369  0.009      (D Picht     ) 0.062  9.497  0.647
 Qualified:            #28 10.308 -0.892                       #21  8.764 -0.936

Wudarczyk gets the holeshot and takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3147 Matt Morris                             2 Ricky Decker                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.615 137.25                    -0.007  9.745 124.91
       GT/HA  Dial: 9.64 (+/-): -0.025           SS/IA  Dial: 9.76 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Frantz    ) 0.014  9.636 -0.004      (J Ronzello  ) 0.054  9.764  0.034
E1    (P Candies   ) 0.039  9.640  0.060      (L Wofford   ) 0.031  9.696  0.026
 Qualified:            #54 28.000 17.500                        #7  9.636 -1.064

Decker misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Morris.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5929 Brett Speer                          3043 Allen Wade                   
E3                   0.036  9.820 126.18     ****WINNER****  0.039  9.122 143.51
       GT/IA  Dial: 9.83 (+/-): -0.010           SS/CA  Dial: 9.11 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Alvey     ) 0.009  9.851  0.001      (I Johns     ) 0.052  9.148  0.148
E1    (C Hieb      ) 0.048  9.929  0.099      (R Speer     ) 0.001  9.107  0.017
 Qualified:            #39  9.890 -0.760                       #18  9.106 -0.944

A coin flip off of the line, Speer takes too much stripe and breaks out.

Wade will take on Wudarczyk in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5466 Robert Cruzen                          24 Marion Stephenson            
E3                  -0.112 10.056  99.65     ****WINNER****  0.091  9.655 110.31
       GT/EA  Dial: 8.86 (+/-):  1.196           GT/HA  Dial: 9.50 (+/-):  0.155
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Duell     ) 0.040  8.910  0.050      (C Downing   ) 0.044  9.546  0.056
E1    (T Snively   ) 0.020  8.904  0.064      (B Grubbs    ) 0.030  9.622  0.162
 Qualified:             #2  8.946 -1.154                        #9  9.469 -1.031

Cruzen leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Stephenson.

Stephenson will have a bye in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3187 Drew Whalen                          5631 Tony Jackson                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.938 126.77                     0.086  9.045 148.49
       GT/FA  Dial: 9.93 (+/-):  0.008           SS/AA  Dial: 9.04 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Latino    ) 0.066  9.934  0.004      (M Town      ) 0.092  9.046  0.036
E1    (C Costello  ) 0.016  9.935  0.055      (G Stinnett  ) 0.023  9.013  0.023
 Qualified:            #51  9.872 -0.378                       #44  8.974 -0.726

Whalen gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Jackson for the win.

Whalen will take on Morris in the next round.

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