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
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Steve Klemetti
sklemetti@yahoo.com
