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Sat, 11 Oct 2025, 09:41 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe



ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4041 Verne Buchanan                         64 Brad Burton                  
E3                   0.063 11.257 114.64     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.595 121.50
        G/SA  Dial: 11.17 (+/-):  0.087           FS/C  Dial: 9.54 (+/-):  0.055
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Pollard   ) 0.094 11.208  0.018      (J Fowler    ) 0.046  9.527  0.007
E1    (B Basham    ) 0.182 11.286 -0.064      (B Bakies    ) 0.018  9.576 -0.004
 Qualified:            #32 11.288 -0.712                       #23  9.557 -0.743
Burton gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Buchanan for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3382 Bruce Kastle                         2007 Daren Poole-Adams            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026 11.458 116.04                     0.022  9.485 138.41
        H/SA  Dial: 11.43 (+/-):  0.028           FS/B  Dial: 9.44 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Foley     ) 0.038 11.469  0.009      (C Patton    ) 0.036  9.461 -0.029
E1    (D Davis     ) 0.116 11.549 -0.001      (L Deforrest ) 0.044  9.549  0.029
 Qualified:            #56 11.549 -0.601                       #65  9.615 -0.385
A coin flip off of the line, Kastle holds off Pole-Adams for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  541 Larry DeForrest                         4 Michael Brand                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.205  9.615 121.68                     0.043 No Time      
        FS/D  Dial: 9.51 (+/-):  0.105            D/SA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-): 89.399
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.036  9.657  0.157      (C Ford      ) 0.012 10.601 -0.009
E1    (L Lottig    ) 0.030  9.541  0.011      (D Rucker    ) 0.014 10.767  0.067
 Qualified:             #1  9.459 -1.141                       #11 10.749 -0.801
Brand has problems right at the hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5388 Jay Storey                           7241 Ray Vickers                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.032  9.117 132.35                     0.088 11.493 111.34
        FS/B  Dial: 9.09 (+/-):  0.027            I/SA  Dial: 11.45 (+/-):  0.043
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Emmons    ) 0.010  9.003 -0.997      (B Burton    ) 0.056 11.461 -0.059
E1    (D Lambeck   ) 0.028  9.152  0.002      (J Hidalgo   ) 0.005 11.550 -0.020
 Qualified:             #7  9.156 -0.844                       #34 11.595 -0.705
Storey gets the holeshot and goes around Vickers for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2020 Brenda Grubbs                           2 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.            
E3                   0.042  9.866 134.29     ****WINNER****  0.039 10.773 115.25
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.83 (+/-):  0.036            E/SA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hidalgo   ) 0.017  9.831  0.011      (P Theobald  ) 0.036 10.906  0.136
E1    (B Kastle    ) 0.010  9.889  0.029      (D Hamlin    ) 0.016 10.941  0.101
 Qualified:            #15  9.919 -0.781                       #43 11.020 -0.680
Another close one off of the line, Hidalgo holds off Grubbs and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  446 Conner Statler                        776 Doug Lambeck                 
E3                  -0.027 10.079 112.88     ****WINNER****  0.015 10.144 104.72
        A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.921           A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.856
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Lottig    ) 0.031 10.268  0.008      (D Latino    ) 0.073 10.230  0.000
E1    (S Foley     ) 0.045 10.266 -0.004      (S Williams  ) 0.040 10.283 -0.017
 Qualified:            #45 10.323 -0.677                       #35 10.299 -0.701
Heads-up! Statler leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Lambeck.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4402 Jerry Emmons                         2124 Jeff Strickland              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006 10.362 118.93                    -0.005 10.169 103.46
        B/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-): -0.028           FS/C  Dial: 9.47 (+/-):  0.699
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Emmons    ) 0.049 10.505  0.085      (B Voges     ) 0.022  9.461  0.001
E1    (R Trumble   ) 0.003 10.450 -0.010      (C Ford      ) 0.070  9.504 -0.016
 Qualified:            #55 10.639 -0.611                       #27  9.573 -0.727
Strickland misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Emmons.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4985 Rylie Trumble                          43 Landon Emmons                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.088  9.942 118.13                     0.414 10.139 127.32
        A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -1.058           A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.861
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Poole-Adam) 0.004  9.986 -0.014      (W Emmons    ) 0.038 10.191  0.001
E1    (M Brand     ) 0.034 10.038 -0.022      (J Strickland) 0.045 10.262  0.052
 Qualified:             #3 10.091 -0.909                       #30 10.283 -0.717
Trumble gets the advantage off of the line and takes the heads-up win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3618 Austin Alvey                         1109 John Gray                    
E3                   0.068  9.850 133.36     ****WINNER****  0.078  9.732 131.40
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.850          AA/SA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.968
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hidalgo   ) 0.040 10.153  0.153      (R Trumble   ) 0.061  9.799 -0.011
E1    (W Emmons    ) 0.017 10.061  0.011      (H Pierdolla ) 0.027  9.920  0.050
 Qualified:            #59 10.151 -0.549                       #13  9.907 -0.793
Alvey gets out of the gate first but he can't hold off Gray.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   46 Will Emmons                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021 10.374 117.21     
        A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.626   
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Deforrest ) 0.011 10.305 -0.035   
E1    (C Patton    ) 0.035 10.395  0.005   
 Qualified:            #57 10.407 -0.593                     Bye



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