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Fri, 04 Sep 2026, 12:25 PM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5251 Tim Nicholson                        3252 Jesse Fritts                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.915 105.92                     0.027  9.934 157.12
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Hildahl   ) 0.007  9.931  0.031      (S Deffenbaug) 0.042  9.880 -0.020
 Qualified:            #29  9.931  0.031                       #60  9.880 -0.020

11:53 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,899 feet.

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


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3230 Dustin Richardson                    326K Randy Inman                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.079  9.875 158.61                    -0.007  9.935 164.95
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C White     ) 0.007  9.905  0.005      (B Hunter    ) -0.002  9.950  0.050
 Qualified:             #9  9.905  0.005                       #40  9.950  0.050

Inman leaves a little too quickly and goes red giving the win to Richardson.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 J350 Josh Netherton                       2107 Robert Houston               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.859 156.94                     0.029  9.858 169.04
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.041             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Moore     ) 0.008 10.085  0.185      (J Mccandless) 0.013  9.925  0.025
 Qualified:            #55 10.085  0.185                       #24  9.925  0.025

Houston gets out of the gate first but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Netherton.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3170 Dalton Deffenbaugh                   A231 Ausby Brewington             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  9.944 145.19                     0.020  9.957 138.90
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.044             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.057
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Lynch     ) -0.005  9.920  0.020      (D Hall      ) 0.067  9.986  0.086
 Qualified:            #20  9.920  0.020                       #51  9.986  0.086

Brewington with the advantage off of the line but Deffenbaugh takes the stripe and the win.

Dalton Deffenbaugh's MOV: 0.0016 seconds (approximately 4 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 P394 Alison Prose                           16 Jason Kenny                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.942 147.39                     0.005  9.966 148.61
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.042             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.066
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Sullivan  ) 0.007  9.903  0.003      (D Tool      ) 0.012  9.945  0.045
 Qualified:             #6  9.903  0.003                       #37  9.945  0.045

A coin flip off of the line, Prose takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2459 Thomas Turner                        2237 Ronnie Blanks                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.910 161.81                     0.035  9.955 160.44
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.055
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Robison   ) 0.013  9.940  0.040      (J Eastburn  ) 0.069  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #32  9.940  0.040                        #1  9.900  0.000

Turner gets the holeshot and holds off Blanks for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 300P Phil Stamps                            41 Charles Stewart              
E2                   0.080  9.748 102.62     ****WINNER****  0.019  9.954 165.74
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.152             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.054
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Sanders   ) 0.059  9.956  0.056      (J Davis     ) 0.041  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:            #44  9.956  0.056                       #13  9.912  0.012

Stewart with the advantage off of the line;Stamps breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Nathan Vrooman                       4784 Phil Jaramillo               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  9.927 168.07                     0.001  9.897 133.92
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.027             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Stalba    ) 0.070  9.949  0.049      (B Prose     ) 0.036  9.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #39  9.949  0.049                        #8  9.904  0.004

Jaramillo is almost perfect off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3372 Steve Hoyt                              9 Charlie Kenopic              
E2                   0.018  9.927 167.45     ****WINNER****  0.025  9.914 163.39
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.027             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Bowers    ) 0.028  9.993  0.093      (R Goodrich  ) 0.003  9.920  0.020
 Qualified:            #52  9.993  0.093                       #21  9.920  0.020

Charlie Kenopic's MOV: 0.0062 seconds (approximately 18 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3135 Janice Swan                          W255 George Warren                
E2                   0.036  9.961 160.38     ****WINNER****  0.038  9.926 111.64
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.061             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Sperry    ) 0.007  9.963  0.063      (B Svoboda   ) 0.028  9.915  0.015
 Qualified:            #47  9.963  0.063                       #16  9.915  0.015

A close one off of the line, Warren takes the stripe and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  178 Earl Nichols Jr                      3137 Wally Hack                   
E2                   0.040  9.964 153.65     ****WINNER****  0.057  9.902 132.18
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.064             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Baudendist) 0.092  9.959  0.059      (J Stricker  ) 0.036  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:            #45  9.959  0.059                       #14  9.912  0.012

Nichols gets the holeshot but Hack goes around him and takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4919 Joe Harper                           382C Craig Richardson             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.915 164.01                     0.029  9.874 164.19
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Mattioli  ) 0.003 10.562  0.662      (J Dewald    ) 0.024  9.925  0.025
 Qualified:            #56 10.562  0.662                       #25  9.925  0.025

Harper gets the holeshot;Richardson breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 330N Nick Isenhower                        308 Skeeter Wayne                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.919 141.00                     0.041  9.893 137.04
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Mackie    ) -0.004  9.966  0.066      (P Richardson) 0.059  9.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #48  9.966  0.066                       #17  9.917  0.017

Isenhower with the advantage off of the line;Wayne breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5152 Al Gavlovsky                         706D Damon Bustamante             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000  9.931 150.72                     0.009  9.935 151.41
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.031             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E1    (I Boicesco  ) 0.436 10.064  0.164      (D Kallish   ) 0.014  9.924  0.024
 Qualified:            #54 10.064  0.164                       #23  9.924  0.024

Gavlovsky is perfect off of the line and he holds off Bustamante for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 354M Mike McMasters                       392K Brian Cassin                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.886 164.79                     0.033  9.884 163.18
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Locke     ) 0.011  9.948  0.048      (B Turner    ) 0.027  9.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #38  9.948  0.048                        #7  9.904  0.004

McMaster with the holeshot and he takes the double breakout win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4298 Mark Deberry                         3934 Eddie Arnold Jr.             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.096 10.234 114.20                     0.128 10.941  87.80
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.334             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  1.041
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Miller    ) 0.205  9.918  0.018      (F Abad      ) 0.162  9.966  0.066
 Qualified:            #18  9.918  0.018                       #49  9.966  0.066

Deberry gets the holeshot;Arnold has problems and is off of the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3219 David Dahlem                         3205 Scott Tuttle                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.906 156.48                     0.019  9.889 144.19
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Cole      ) 0.008  9.941  0.041      (T Larson    ) 0.022  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:            #34  9.941  0.041                        #3  9.901  0.001

Another close one out of the gate, Tuttle takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving Dahlem the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3553 John Sikish                            43 Roger Warren                 
E2                   0.056  9.821 140.02     ****WINNER****  0.004  9.940 166.19
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.079             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Williams  ) 0.019  9.864 -0.036      (M Proulx    ) 0.013  9.935  0.035
 Qualified:            #61  9.864 -0.036                       #30  9.935  0.035

Warren gets the advantage off of the line;Sikish breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 349J Joey Shipp                           3629 Tim Tiry                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.910 153.65                     0.007  9.968 134.55
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.068
 Prior rounds:
E1                         No Time            (S Lyons     ) 0.043  9.954  0.054
 Qualified:            #11  9.907  0.007                       #42  9.954  0.054

Tiry gets the holeshot but Shipp takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Nathan Prose                         1006 TC Smith                     
E2                   0.014  9.896 164.57     ****WINNER****  0.001  9.926 155.04
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Repka     ) 0.005  9.902  0.002      (P Unruh     ) 0.010  9.944  0.044
 Qualified:             #4  9.902  0.002                       #35  9.944  0.044

Smith is almost perfect off of the line and takes the win. Prose breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 751X Kenny Snow                           5075 Dan Smith                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.907 141.58                     0.001  9.930 164.43
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Clark     ) 0.008  9.955  0.055      (S Williams  ) 0.017  9.908  0.008
 Qualified:            #43  9.955  0.055                       #12  9.908  0.008

Smith gets the advantage off of the line but Snow runs the number and takes the win with a .026 package.

Kenny Snow's MOV: 0.0054 seconds (approximately 16 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  395 Alan Bush                            2217 Colby Fuller                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.870 170.23                    -0.020 10.515 116.65
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.615
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Dorsett   ) 0.012  9.925  0.025      (K Threatt   ) 0.013  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:            #27  9.925  0.025                       #58  9.888 -0.012

Fuller is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Bush.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Tim Gillespie                        3336 Tom Hack                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002  9.926 146.21                     0.013  9.930 157.06
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.026             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Stroud    ) 0.014  9.936  0.036      (S Sattler   ) 0.054  9.853 -0.047
 Qualified:            #31  9.936  0.036                       #62  9.853 -0.047

Gillespie gets a great light and holds off Hack for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 337B Tyler Bohannon                       3817 Thomas Small                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.862 150.01                     0.018  9.855 145.22
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.038             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.045
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Stewart   ) 0.019  9.945  0.045      (J Serna     ) 0.019  9.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #36  9.945  0.045                        #5  9.902  0.002

Bohannon gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3167 Derek Fitzpatrick                    3320 Nichole Stephenson           
E2                  -0.003  9.912 153.77     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.910 151.41
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J (Bo) Butne) 0.006  9.919  0.019      (A Kilgore   ) 0.012  9.978  0.078
 Qualified:            #19  9.919  0.019                       #50  9.978  0.078

Fitzpatrick just misses the tree and goes red giving Stephenson the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 513P Jordan Pratt                         2239 Tim Millwood                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.915 162.39                     0.025  9.926 152.49
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Smida     ) 0.010  9.892 -0.008      (D Keck      ) 0.045  9.925  0.025
 Qualified:            #57  9.892 -0.008                       #26  9.925  0.025

Pratt gets the holeshot and holds off Millwood for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2469 Jay Jensen                           2958 Sherman Adcock               
E2                   0.065  9.898 161.54     ****WINNER****  0.021  9.942 162.80
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Van Winkle) 0.029  9.913  0.013      (M Arthur Sta) 0.029  9.959  0.059
 Qualified:            #15  9.913  0.013                       #46  9.959  0.059

Adcock gets the holeshot;Jensen breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4196 Lyle Schreiner                       3686 Maximus Butcher              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.909 156.59                     0.056  9.896 161.52
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Shipp     ) 0.009  9.927  0.027      (J Beakley   ) 0.018  9.882 -0.018
 Qualified:            #28  9.927  0.027                       #59  9.882 -0.018

Schreiner puts together a .022 package and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3558 Robert Kropfeld                      3831 Jeff Lawson                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.911 165.17                     0.006  9.939 166.44
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Dearry    ) 0.010  9.905  0.005      (H Smith     ) 0.032  9.952  0.052
 Qualified:            #10  9.905  0.005                       #41  9.952  0.052

Lawson gets the advantage off of the line but Kropfeld takes the stripe and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780V Val Torres Jr.                       389A Larry Bernshausen            
E2                   0.066  9.879 152.33     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.922 146.42
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.021             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Pawuk     ) 0.014  9.940  0.040      (R Brady     ) 0.046  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #33  9.940  0.040                        #2  9.900  0.000

Bernshausen gets out of the gate first;Torres breaks out trying to reel him in.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 353A Larry Roedel                          735 Steve Williams               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.905 151.63                     0.016  9.936 158.89
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Molnar    ) 0.008  9.920  0.020      (K Schmitt   ) 0.025  9.993  0.093
 Qualified:            #22  9.920  0.020                       #53  9.993  0.093

Roedel with the advantage off of the line and he holds off Williams for the win.

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