Steve Picks the Top 80 NHRA Round Winners

By Steve Klemetti

With the NHRA Top 50 coming to a close soon, I thought it would be interesting to check out the top 80 drivers by rounds run in eliminations.

I only count nine more out of the remaining 11 spots (the ones with the asterisks) that I figure will be in the NHRA Top 50. There are two I don't know about. Mike Dunn or Gary Scelzi could make it; it's hard to believe Yates, Allen, or Cory Mac will.

Scelzi is #16 in the number of third round or higher finishes. Mike Dunn comes in at #22. Newberry is #9 in third round or higher, but Austin and Manzo have more championships.

DRIVER rounds of eliminations raced

	*Warren Johnson 1004
	*John Force 996
	*Kenny Bernstein 880
	*Joe Amato 855
	*Bob Glidden 826
	Pat Austin 787
	*Don Prudhomme 605
	Mike Dunn 521
	Jim Yates 509
	Bruce Allen 505
	Cory McClenathan 501
	*Mark Oswald 499
	Eddie Hill 478
	David Schultz 475
	Ed McCulloch 464
	Bob Newberry 456
	Jay Payne 452
	Al Hofmann 449
	Cruz Pedregon 447
	Kurt Johnson 438
	Mark Pawuk 432
	Chuck Etchells 411
	Larry Morgan 410
	Frank Manzo 405
	Scott Kalitta 403
	Tom Hoover 398
	Jim Head 394
	Whit Bazemore 389
	Gary Scelzi 385
	Darrell Alderman 373
	Frank Iaconio 369
	Jerry Eckman 369
	Vern Moats 368
	Connie Kalitta 363
	Blaine Johnson 351
	John Myers 346
	Del Worsham 345
	Tony Pedregon 344
	Larry Dixon 342
	Tony Bartone 337
	Bill Barney 330
	Rickie Smith 314
	Gene Snow 311
	Dick LaHaie 305
	Randy Anderson 300
	Scott Geoff ion 299
	*Shirley Muldowney 286
	Tommy Johnson Jr 281
	Darrell Gwynn 280
	*Don Garlits 279
	Rick Santos 276
	Dean Skuza 274
	Ron Capps 269
	Gary Densham 267
	Gary Beck 267
	Butch Leal 266
	Matt Hines 261
	Gary Ormsby 257
	Brad Anderson 253
	Doug Herbert 244
	John Smith 244
	Jim Epler 241
	Steve Schmidt 239
	Joe Lepone 238
	Chuck Cheeseman 233
	Jeg Coughlin 232
	Steve Johnson 231
	Dale Pulde 229
	Mike Kosky 228
	Angelle Seeling 228
	Mark Osborne 223
	Lee Shepherd 219
	Frank Bradley 218
	Bucky Austin 218
	Tom McEwen 217
	Tony Schumacher 217
	Tom Conway 212
	Billy Meyer 210
	Bob Vandergriff 205
	Raymond Beadle 205