Sat, 27 Sep 2014, 20:27 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Third annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Patrick Ross Sr.                       54 Jim Greenheck                
E2                  -0.008  8.384 126.70     ****WINNER****  0.073  8.032 126.34
         D/A Index: 8.25 (+/-):  0.134            C/AA Index: 7.83 (+/-):  0.202
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Rampy     ) 0.037  7.933 -0.317      (M Compton   ) 0.029  7.322 -0.548
 Qualified:            #20  7.690 -0.560                       #13  7.265 -0.605

7:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.63 inches, adjusted altitude 2,235 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Ross just misses the tree and gives the win ot Greenheck.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3506 Troy Galbraith                       5212 Doug Engels                  
E2                   0.043  6.794 170.08     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.186 182.11
        B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.596             D/D Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.604
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Holt      ) 0.034  6.982 -0.408      (T Patterson ) 0.038  8.186  0.396
 Qualified:             #9  6.781 -0.609                       #16  7.197 -0.593

Engels gets out of the gate first and holds off Galbraith for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Greg Kamplain                        3909 Drew Skillman                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  6.900 179.76                     0.019  8.350 152.31
        B/ED Index: 7.47 (+/-): -0.570           E/SMA Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.500
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Graves    ) 0.058  7.042 -0.428      (D Billingsle) 0.049  8.349 -0.561
 Qualified:            #11  6.862 -0.608                        #5  8.275 -0.635

Drew Skillman has a 0.06 CIC penalty. The penalty cost him here as Kamplain was able to reel him and and go around him for the win.

Kamplain will take a .07 penalty in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                            277 Larry Pritchett              
E2                   0.045  8.178 164.19     ****WINNER****  0.061  8.011 169.64
        B/TA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.502            B/SM Index: 8.55 (+/-): -0.539
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Farrell   ) 0.038  8.171 -0.619      (T Pontillo  ) 0.056  8.044 -0.556
 Qualified:             #6  8.156 -0.634                       #12  7.993 -0.607

Rick Brown has a 0.11 CIC penalty; Larry Pritchett has a 0.05 CIC penalty.

Pritchett is a little behind off the line and has to chew up a little more of his index to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 Brian Browell                           2 Bruno Massel                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.158 172.21                     2.400 No Time      
         D/D Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.632             I/D Index: 7.16 (+/-): 92.839
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Robison   ) -0.015  8.233  0.443      (T Ticel     ) 0.011  6.660 -0.570
 Qualified:             #8  7.167 -0.623                        #2  6.570 -0.660

Bruno Massel has a 0.07 CIC penalty.

Not sure what happened with Massel but when the tree came down he never moved. Browell goes through with the win but will take a .13 adjustment to his index in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  390 Ray Skillman                          332 Todd Frantz                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.104  7.274 177.11                     0.092  8.378 149.48
        C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.596           D/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.492
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gusso     ) 0.108  7.824 -0.046      (R Bailey    ) 0.040  8.367 -0.553
 Qualified:             #4  7.224 -0.646                       #10  8.312 -0.608

Skillman is last off the line but is able to run down Frantz and take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                1052 Arnie Martel                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.147  7.972 130.85
                                                  E/AA Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.328
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (J Santangelo) -0.044  8.611  0.311
 Qualified:                                                       #1  7.606 -0.694

Martel runs it about 1000 feet and clicks it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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