Fri, 30 Oct 2026, 15:02 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations (Revised)

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - (Revised) Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3662 Scott Libersher                            Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  1.327 No Time           
       FS/SM Index: 8.41 (+/-): 91.589    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Murphy    ) 0.016  7.909 -0.581   
 Qualified:             #1  7.793 -0.697                     Bye

10:56 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 81 percent, barometer 29.83 inches, adjusted altitude 3,275 feet.

Libersher takes the green and backs off of the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Taylor Chomiski                        68 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.811 140.36                     0.087  7.513 174.37
        E/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.419            A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.427
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Kost      ) 0.082  8.841 -0.389      (D Barton    ) 0.155  7.497 -0.443
 Qualified:            #13  8.688 -0.542                       #20  7.508 -0.432

Chomiski gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Van Paepeghem for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                           46 Don Thomas                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.147  7.875 172.17                     0.001 No Time      
         D/A Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.505             C/D Index: 7.52 (+/-): 92.479
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Rounds    ) 0.069  7.929 -0.451      (K Carter    ) 0.046  7.049 -0.471
 Qualified:            #12  7.834 -0.546                        #6  6.920 -0.600

Thomas was disqualified, not sure why.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7348 Mike Dahl                             799 Steve Graham                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  7.367 171.27                     0.090  7.146 182.18
        B/AP Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.473             B/A Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.474
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Kent      ) 0.060  7.993  0.153      (C Neff      ) 0.089  7.118 -0.562
 Qualified:             #8  7.244 -0.596                        #2  7.038 -0.642

Dahl gets the holeshot and holds off Graham for the win.

Dahl will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Joe Carnasciale                      7167 Ryan Priddy                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009 10.459  95.55                    -0.044 10.622  83.00
        I/SM Index: 9.61 (+/-):  0.849             A/A Index: 7.15 (+/-):  3.472
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Warter    ) 0.024  9.204 -0.406      (J Mozeris   ) 0.038  8.148  0.998
 Qualified:            #23  9.301 -0.309                        #4  6.526 -0.624

Priddy is a little too quick of of the line and goes red giving the win to Carnasciale.

Carnasciale backs off of the throttle early.

Carnasciale will take on Chomiski in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7406 Eric Bell                               1 Jeff Taylor                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000  8.547 155.36                     0.066  6.681 197.33
       AH/SM Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.523            A/ED Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.589
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Allen     ) 0.108  8.573 -0.497      (K Carter    ) 0.025  7.171 -0.099
 Qualified:            #11  8.518 -0.552                        #5  6.660 -0.610

Bell is perfect off of the line and needs every bit of the advantage. taylor reels him in and they cross the finish line together with Bell just barely taking the win.

Eric Bell's MOV: 0.0001 seconds (approximately 0 inches).

Bell will take on Libersher in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 601C Cody Lane                             704 Kayla Mozeris                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000  7.832 123.68                           No Time      
        A/EA Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.148           E/SMA Index: 9.06 (+/-): 90.939
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Dahl      ) 0.087  7.662 -0.318      (R Brown     ) 0.024  8.558 -0.522
 Qualified:             #9  7.395 -0.585                        #3  8.456 -0.624

Mozeris did not make a pass.

Lane will take on Thomas in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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