Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 28 Oct 2023, 13:35 PM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
By Reporter



LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  729 Greg Ventura                            2 Phil Unruh                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.056 150.05                     0.011 10.050 177.32
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.006            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Blodgett  ) 0.048 10.074  0.024      (T Larson    ) 0.017 10.056  0.006
E1    (M Van Winkle) 0.005 10.068  0.018      (A Williams  ) 0.017 10.056  0.006
 Qualified:            #13 10.068  0.018                        #5 10.056  0.006
10:18 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,883 feet.

Ventura gets the advantage off of the line and takes the win with a .010 package.

Greg Ventura's MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 4 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   61 Michael Dalrymple                    4797 Bill Dennis                  
E3                   0.015 10.027 163.67     ****WINNER****  0.004 10.044 162.82
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.023            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Kenny     ) 0.008 10.074  0.024      (M Perivolari) 0.007 10.047 -0.003
E1    (R Ginger    ) 0.018 10.086  0.036      (M Philbrick ) 0.021 10.025 -0.025
 Qualified:            #20 10.086  0.036                       #28 10.025 -0.025
Dennis gets out of the gate first and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 706D Damon Bustamante                     7969 Darryl Mitchell              
E3                   0.029 10.040 156.15     ****WINNER****  0.010 10.115 161.73
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.010            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.065
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Hall      ) 0.030 10.060  0.010      (S Williams  ) 0.028  9.957 -0.093
E1    (M Lang      ) 0.030 10.096  0.046      (R Cordeiro  ) 0.020  9.983 -0.067
 Qualified:            #23 10.096  0.046                       #31  9.983 -0.067
Mitchell gets the advantage off of the line;Bustamante breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Roger Kato                             75 Mark Yeager                  
E3                   0.003 10.049 167.53     ****WINNER****  0.019 10.061 173.03
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.001            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Rogers    ) 0.004 10.069  0.019      (J Serna     ) 0.001 10.057  0.007
E1    (T Wilcox    ) 0.005 10.113  0.063      (R Dew       ) 0.021 10.074  0.024
 Qualified:            #24 10.113  0.063                       #16 10.074  0.024
Kato gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Yeager.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7159 Dan Bain                             7918 Mike Utley                   
E3                  -0.015 10.529 135.78     ****WINNER****  0.022 10.120 156.61
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.479            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.070
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Whitfield ) 0.005 10.038 -0.012      (G Boven     ) 0.020 10.055  0.005
E1    (R Sauder    ) 0.023 10.016 -0.034      (J Dalrymple ) 0.037 10.059  0.009
 Qualified:            #30 10.016 -0.034                        #6 10.059  0.009
Bain leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Utley.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  672 Curt Geise                           5887 Rick Cates                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.048 10.055 161.11                     0.075 10.058 156.39
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.005            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Meserve   ) 0.023 10.067  0.017      (M Miller    ) -0.006 10.046 -0.004
E1    (M Boner     ) 0.034 10.028 -0.022      (D Keck      ) 0.035 10.082  0.032
 Qualified:            #27 10.028 -0.022                       #19 10.082  0.032
Geise gets the advantage off of the line and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Mike Boehner                         7809 Val Torres                   
E3                  -0.001 10.044 152.00     ****WINNER****  0.020 10.043 166.31
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.006            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Scarth    ) 0.018 10.068  0.018      (P Prange    ) 0.013 10.073  0.023
E1    (M Handras   ) 0.033 10.052  0.002      (D Dolezal   ) 0.018 10.061  0.011
 Qualified:             #1 10.052  0.002                        #9 10.061  0.011
Boehner just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Torres.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A701 Evan Kowalski                        6563 Chris Cannon                 
E3                  -0.001 19.297  48.55     ****WINNER****  0.022 10.048 167.45
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  9.247            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Parsons   ) 0.004 10.045 -0.005      (R Giacone   ) 0.024 10.053  0.003
E1    (D Thompson  ) 0.035 10.082  0.032      (B Morris    ) 0.016 10.044 -0.006
 Qualified:            #18 10.082  0.032                       #26 10.044 -0.006
Kowalski just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Cannon.

In the next round it will be Torres vs. Ventura, Geise vs. Mitchell, Cannon vs. Utley, and Dennis vs. Yeager.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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