Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 21:50 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 472X Brian Willson                          52 Brian Stufflebeam            
E3                   0.018  8.625 112.96     ****WINNER****  0.041  7.755 133.93
        K/AA Index: 8.09 (+/-):  0.535            A/EA Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.095
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Carter    ) 0.070  7.590 -0.530      (C Dodd      ) 0.024  8.489  0.639
E1    (R Brogdon   ) 0.027  8.378  0.258      (M Mcgaha    ) 0.038  8.643  0.793
 Qualified:             #2  7.501 -0.619                       #30  7.476 -0.374

Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 30.38 inches, adjusted altitude 271 feet.

Wilson with the starting line advantage, but Stufflebeam chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  401 Todd Hall                             701 Kimberly Carter              
E3                  -0.016  9.534 105.34     ****WINNER****  0.083 13.493  48.52
        D/SM Index: 9.04 (+/-):  0.494            D/DA Index: 7.96 (+/-):  5.533
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Stufflebea) 0.051  9.842  0.802      (T Hall      ) 0.148  7.455 -0.555
E1    (D Thomas    ) 0.041  8.573 -0.467      (C Hall      ) 0.004  7.605 -0.405
 Qualified:            #19  8.496 -0.544                       #23  7.517 -0.493

Hall goes red to give Carter the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4615 Christopher Dodd                       21 Monty Bogan                  
E3                   0.064  8.173 136.62     ****WINNER****  0.026  8.352 135.31
        C/EA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.497           D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.628
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Higgins   ) 0.027  8.413 -0.257      (B Willson   ) 0.028  9.194  0.214
E1    (S Basgall   ) 0.033  9.185  0.515      (G Schenck   ) 0.095  9.123  0.143
 Qualified:            #20  8.133 -0.537                        #8  8.384 -0.596

Bogan with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Stufflebeam in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4259 Christopher Benham                      1 Jeff Taylor                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  8.794 102.51                    -0.005  7.351 133.30
        D/DA Index: 8.01 (+/-):  0.784            A/ED Index: 7.12 (+/-):  0.231
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Taylor    ) 0.012  7.622 -0.388      (M Bogan     ) 0.013  6.616 -0.584
E1    (D Robison   ) 0.049  8.552  0.542      (J Clegg     ) 0.054  6.804 -0.396
 Qualified:             #1  7.363 -0.647                       #13  6.624 -0.576

Taylor goes red to give Benham the win, who has a great light. He will face Carter in the semifinal.