The latest update as of February 9, 2025

SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout Eliminations

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Eliminations kicked off with the #2 (Doug Kalitta) and #3 (Brittany Force) qualifiers matching up. Kalitta left first by two hundredths but Force drove around him on the top end with a winning 3.736 - 333.08 over Kalitta's close 3.768 - 325.37 effort. The margin at the stripe was just .011 of a second. In the next pair, the bottom qualifiers, #7 (Josh Hart) and #8 (Tony Stewart) faced off, and Hart took the early lead with an .051 to .074 reaction time advantage. He started to pull away until Stewart smoked the tires at half track and it became a victory lap for Hart, stopping the timers at 3.725 - 319.67, while Stewart coasted to a losing 4.974 - 143.40 time.

The third pairing of the round saw #1 (Antron Brown) facing #6 (Shawn Reed). They left almost together, but Reed pulled into a slight lead as they passed half track, before Brown smoked the tires and shut off. Red took the winlight with a 3.785 - 326.24, while Brown trailed at 4.769 - 155.68 in the losing effort. The round closed with the most closely matched racers, #4 (Justin Ashley) facing #5 (Shawn Langdon). Ashley left first - as always - with a great .033 r.t. against a very good .050 for Langdon, but the Kalitta team car faltered early and by 660' it was all Ashley. He didn't set the clocks on fire with a slowing 3.943 - 279.78 showing up on the scoreboards, but it was more than enough for the win over Langdon's 8-second effort.

The semifinals paired up Shawn Reed and Brittany Force, and it was all Reed from start, an .042 reaction time advantage, to finish, with a 3.768 - 320.66 for the holeshot win. Force had better incremental times at all points and posted a very good 3.752 - 327.51, but it wasn't enough to make up for the reaction time deficit. The other second round match featured Josh Hart and Justin Ashley. It was almost dead even off the line (.003 advantage to Ashley), but Hart had better numbers going down the track and stopped the clocks first with a 3.721 - 318.77, over Ashley's close 3.767 - 327.59 effort. Hart's speed dropped off when the engine dropped a cylinder just before the finish line.

With his quicker semifinal timeslip, Josh Hart held lane choice for the final round against Shawn Reed. In the early evening, under the Musco lighting, the header flames were wing high and the numbers glowed brightly on the scoreboards, especially for the winning times of Shawn Reed: 3.699 - 330.39. Putting up a valiant effort in a losing cause was Josh Hart, as his 3.724 - 321.37 wasn't far behind. Both drivers had almost identical r.t.'s with Reed's .065 just a tick quicker than Hart's .067 start.

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