Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 09 Mar 2024, 08:46 AM

Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations
By Rick Green



GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Todd Frantz                           427 Jarrod Granier               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  9.518 130.09                     0.062 10.324 126.64
       GT/FA  Dial: 9.50 (+/-):  0.018           SS/HA  Dial: 10.33 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Pearson   ) 0.078  9.537  0.007      (E Mann      ) 0.048 10.332  0.022
E1    (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.029  9.479  0.019      (D Thomas    ) 0.079 10.293 -0.027
 Qualified:            #42  9.541 -0.709                       #68 10.533 -0.067
Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 88 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 1,832 feet.

Frantz with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   25 Don Shuford                             6 Monty Bogan                  
E3                  -0.013 10.578  97.90     ****WINNER****  0.060  9.116 148.49
       GT/MA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.268          SS/BS  Dial: 9.08 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Mace      ) 0.032 10.333  0.033      (B Saurbaugh ) 0.006  9.690  0.630
E1    (P Lankford  ) 0.005 10.315  0.035      (J Allegrucci) 0.020  9.240  0.190
 Qualified:             #8 10.266 -0.934                       #52  9.045 -0.605
Shuford goes red to give Bogan the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2530 Hugh Meeks                           2701 Kenneth Horne                
E3                   0.019  8.979 145.00     ****WINNER****  0.052  9.937 126.33
       FGT/C  Dial: 8.99 (+/-): -0.011           GT/JA  Dial: 9.94 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Bertozzi  ) 0.052  8.981  0.001      (J Longhany  ) 0.029  9.991  0.021
E1    (R Dutton    ) 0.036  9.044  0.064      (J Hidalgo   ) 0.039  9.943  0.013
 Qualified:            #18  8.972 -0.828                        #9  9.886 -0.914
Meeks with the starting line advantage, but takes too much stripe to give Horne the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Kevin Helms                          148K Karl Martel                  
E3                   0.030  8.855 152.68     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.744 128.58
       SS/BM  Dial: 8.83 (+/-):  0.025           GT/HA  Dial: 9.72 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Harrison  ) 0.027  9.483  0.653      (R Bierie    ) 0.073  9.870  0.160
E1    (E Volkman   ) 0.031  8.894  0.104      (A Anderson  ) 0.015  9.788  0.078
 Qualified:            #64  8.904 -0.296                       #20  9.676 -0.824
Martel with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   29 Troy Huntzberry                      2910 Edward Longhany              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.047  9.938 133.32                     0.010  9.897 126.96
       SS/IA  Dial: 9.96 (+/-): -0.022           FGT/J  Dial: 9.94 (+/-): -0.043
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Cotten    ) 0.164  9.684 -1.016                     0.000  9.944 -0.656
E1    (A Rollins   ) 0.012  9.920  0.020      (J Storey    ) 0.021  9.899  0.019
 Qualified:            #27  9.903 -0.797                       #36  9.873 -0.727
Longhany with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Huntzberry the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1986 Shane Oakes                          4343 Craig Gualtiere              
E3                   0.045  9.940 131.74     ****WINNER****  0.030  9.616 140.33
       SS/HA  Dial: 9.96 (+/-): -0.020           GT/GA  Dial: 9.63 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Truman    ) 0.015  9.967  0.017      (S Raynor    ) 0.070  9.617 -0.033
E1    (I Johns     ) 0.028 10.104  0.194      (D Fletcher  ) 0.003  9.628  0.048
 Qualified:            #41  9.885 -0.715                       #15  9.551 -0.849
Gualtiere with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1481 Kent Hanley                          2610 Mike Crutchfield             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.405 125.62                     0.128  9.032 141.30
       GT/EA  Dial: 9.37 (+/-):  0.035           SS/DM  Dial: 8.98 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Tysinger  ) 0.099  9.389  0.019      (R Montford  ) 0.059  9.173  0.203
E1    (M Walter    ) 0.024  9.404  0.054      (T Caheely   ) 0.048  9.090 -0.660
 Qualified:            #48  9.456 -0.644                       #21  8.926 -0.824
Hanley with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4749 Stan Holt                            1990 David Barton                 
E3                   0.050  9.759 133.29     ****WINNER****  0.011 10.227 127.50
        GT/K  Dial: 9.78 (+/-): -0.021           FSS/I  Dial: 10.22 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Alvey     ) 0.119  9.775  0.025      (J Butner    ) 0.050 10.222  0.002
E1    (C Nagy      ) 0.053  9.798  0.048      (N Morris    ) 0.028 10.311  0.131
 Qualified:             #2  9.709 -1.041                       #63 10.120 -0.330
Barton with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2343 Mark Young                             23 Don Barber                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020 14.102  64.38                    -0.009  9.602 114.15
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  3.382          FGT/E  Dial: 9.20 (+/-):  0.402
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Adkinson  ) 0.022 10.775  0.045      (M Howard    ) 0.008  9.229  0.019
E1    (R Ponville  ) 0.046 10.731  0.041      (G Lubben    ) 0.047  9.216  0.046
 Qualified:            #66 10.867 -0.133                       #22  9.178 -0.822
Barber goes red to give Young the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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