Sat, 05 Sep 2015, 12:04 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  210 Rodney Rosenstiel                    2211 Van Puckett                  
E1                   0.218  6.333 218.58     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.281 160.38
       AA/AM Index: 6.96 (+/-): -0.627            G/AA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.559
 Qualified:            #40  6.528 -0.432                       #11  8.299 -0.541

11:02 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.21 inches, adjusted altitude 3,330 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Rosenstiel is dead late and gives the class a permanent CIC to boot. Puckett will take a big CIC to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                         3796 James Smith                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.185  8.566 146.30                     0.054 15.353  53.72
        D/SM Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.374            D/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-):  7.183
 Qualified:            #24  8.437 -0.503                       #53  8.417  0.247

Gusso wins with a 0.185 light, as Smith is coasting before the 330 lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Keith Hall                            557 Mark Kirkman                 
E1                  -0.500 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.043  7.396 112.05
        E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-): 90.999            A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-):  0.296
 Qualified:            #34  8.530 -0.470                        #5  6.540 -0.560

Hall rolls out of the beams and gets a red light. easy win for Kirkman.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1160 Al Ackerman                            35 Todd Frantz                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.075  7.999 165.36                     0.053  8.412 153.61
         F/D Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.571           D/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.468
 Qualified:            #26  8.072 -0.498                       #55  9.347  0.467

11:09 a.m. Looks like Hall left a mess on the stating line. lots of scrubbing and mops.

Frantz got a nice starting line advantage and Ackerman catches him in the lights. A big CIC for next round for his efforts.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4025 Joey Tanksley                         353 Bruno Massel                 
E1                   0.082  6.428 209.04     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.133 192.66
         A/D Index: 6.94 (+/-): -0.512           DD/AT Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.487
 Qualified:             #7  6.393 -0.547                       #36  7.166 -0.454

Nice light for Massel and the thirteen foot hole shot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 David Rampy                           104 Frank Affronti               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  7.392 156.52                     0.054  8.282 163.14
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.428            C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.318
 Qualified:            #18  7.301 -0.519                       #47  8.261 -0.339

Rampy paces Affronti in the lights for the substantial win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  346 Mike Farrell                           51 Todd Patterson               
E1                   0.069  8.532 157.76     ****WINNER****  0.080  8.019 160.38
       E/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.348           A/SMA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.421
 Qualified:            #51  8.874 -0.006                       #22  7.935 -0.505

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                        5571 John Keilers                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  7.436 135.13                    -0.029  6.713 204.70
        B/ED Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.014            A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.387
 Qualified:            #13  6.914 -0.536                       #42  6.679 -0.421

Keilers goes red and Kamplain gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4165 Dick Maris                            340 Terry Smith                  
E1                  -0.010  7.196 156.99     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.398 113.52
        C/DA Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.334            A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-):  2.298
 Qualified:            #10  6.989 -0.541                       #39  6.667 -0.433

Smith motors on down, after Maris misses the green by -0.010.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                            388 Brian Stufflebeam            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005  7.701 165.29                     0.004  7.346 180.33
        K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.539            A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.474
 Qualified:            #12  7.700 -0.540                       #41  7.388 -0.432

Just 0.001 difference in RT's and Neff dips into the CIC pool for the almost twenty foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  455 Kenneth Laughlin                      331 Ed Bennett                   
E1                  -0.062  6.963 193.79     ****WINNER****  0.221  6.976 147.65
       BB/AM Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.437             A/D Index: 6.94 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:            #49  7.244 -0.156                       #20  6.428 -0.512

Laughlin goes red and then has the engine expire before the finish line. Double OUCH!

Easy win for Bennett.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3068 Steve Ambrose                        3520 Steve Polhill                
E1                  -0.018 10.901  80.79     ****WINNER****  0.020  9.569 110.08
        J/AA Index: 8.30 (+/-):  2.601            H/EA Index: 9.51 (+/-):  0.059
 Qualified:            #19  7.781 -0.519                       #48  9.318 -0.192

Ambrose goes red and Polhill has smoke from the engine near the lights

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  356 Doug Warren                          3276 Rudd Kelly                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.149  7.088 139.59                    -0.232  7.578 184.83
        A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.012             B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-):  0.018
 Qualified:            #29  6.610 -0.490                       #58 16.078  8.518

Kelly runs a lot closer to his index, but the big red light light doesn't help.

Warren takes a safe light and the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5212 Doug Engels                          3073 Jeremy Bailey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.094  7.192 171.47                     0.299  6.949 195.87
         D/D Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.568            B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.411
 Qualified:            #16  7.229 -0.531                       #45  6.967 -0.393

Bailey finds a lot more power, but is dead late on the light. Engles wasn't watching and take a big CIC into round two with a over 100 foot MOV.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3304 Jim Primozic                           54 Jim Greenheck                
E1                   0.001  7.467 180.69     ****WINNER****  0.022  7.431 161.40
        C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.403            C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.439
 Qualified:            #44  7.469 -0.401                       #15  7.338 -0.532

Heads-up!

Great light for Primozic, but he match Greenheck's power. Four foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3629 Jason Coan                             38 Scott Chamness               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.203 153.23                     0.104  6.635 202.76
        G/EA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.527             B/D Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.545
 Qualified:             #4  8.169 -0.561                       #33  6.704 -0.476

Chamness improves a bunch, but is way late to give the almost 20 foot win to Coan. He gets a little CIC for round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  211 Glen Treadwell                       7000 Craig Schuck                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.981 141.52                    -0.033  6.767 174.35
        J/DA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.279             I/D Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.463
 Qualified:            #37  7.817 -0.443                        #8  6.684 -0.546

Glen Treadwell's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4337 Craig Bourgeois                       115 Joe Santangelo               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  7.001 174.59                     0.010  7.851 166.79
        B/ND Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.549            B/SR Index: 8.35 (+/-): -0.499
 Qualified:             #1  6.975 -0.575                       #30  7.861 -0.489

Craig Bourgeois gives up the starting line and will take some CIC to the next round in the close win. Great ten light for Santangelo. No repeat win for him! MOV: 0.0207 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Kevin Self                            358 David Billingsley            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  8.022 135.39                    -0.032  8.799 152.28
        F/EA Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.358             L/A Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.471
 Qualified:             #6  7.830 -0.550                       #35  8.805 -0.465

Billingsley is red and Self dumps to save any CIC penality.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7063 Mark Lelchook                        2067 Randy Daniels                
E1                   0.091  7.394 176.97     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.030 140.02
        D/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.526            H/SM Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.530
 Qualified:            #31  7.433 -0.487                        #2  8.985 -0.575

Terrific nine light and an easy win for Daniels He nibbles at the CIC too.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3506 Troy Galbraith                       1937 Lee Zane                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.070  6.889 181.91                     0.035  9.090 143.16
        B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.471            H/EA Index: 9.51 (+/-): -0.420
 Qualified:             #3  6.789 -0.571                       #32  9.026 -0.484

Troy Galbraith gets the close win without a CIC hit. MOV: 0.0168 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1213 Jake Savani                          3363 Ronnie Bohn                  
E1                  -0.012  8.104 167.95     ****WINNER****  0.137  8.120 135.73
         D/A Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.146             J/D Index: 8.21 (+/-): -0.090
 Qualified:            #50  8.207 -0.043                       #21  7.703 -0.507

Savani goes red. Bohn goes to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Shaun Vincent                          31 Chuck Haubiel                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.085  8.554 136.97                     0.196 14.349  64.11
        C/TA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.386            CC/A Index: 7.45 (+/-):  6.899
 Qualified:            #28  8.450 -0.490                       #57 10.756  3.306

Haubiel has issues and slows. Easy win for Vincent.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   37 Brian Browell                        2112 Jenny Treadwell              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  7.607 140.65                    -0.008  9.230 105.18
         D/D Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.153            E/ED Index: 8.85 (+/-):  0.380
 Qualified:            #25  7.257 -0.503                       #54  9.164  0.314

Browell gets a two light and Treadwell gets a minus eight.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Robert Bailey                          26 Lee Sharp                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  6.753 172.08                     0.017  8.498 159.29
        A/ED Index: 7.21 (+/-): -0.457           D/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.382
 Qualified:            #14  6.677 -0.533                       #43  8.463 -0.417

Sharp is way off his qualifying times and gives an easy win to Bailey.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3354 Pete Pawlak                            23 Jim Kimbrough                
E1                   1.070 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.038  7.821 140.44
        C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): 92.129            C/DA Index: 7.53 (+/-):  0.291
 Qualified:            #52  7.892  0.022                       #23  7.026 -0.504

Pawlak's just rolls through the lights at the green and stops. They have to push him away.

Easy win for Kimbrough.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3038 Andrew Holt                           390 Ray Skillman                 
E1                   0.029  9.162 144.52     ****WINNER****  0.041  8.067 131.59
         F/D Index: 8.57 (+/-):  0.592            B/EA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.103
 Qualified:            #56  9.208  0.638                       #27  7.673 -0.497

11:45 a.m. Brief delay to clean up a little "Stuff" in Pawlak's lane on the starting line and then the pair are told to shut the engines off again, as there is sprinkles on the track.

11:54 a.m. That didn't take long. Time to wrap up the round!

Holt has the better RT and picks up some ET from his qualifying times, but Skillman gets an easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  327 Aaron Disinger                       3996 Chad Voges                   
E1                   0.032  8.322 161.09     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.770 154.56
        D/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.398            K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.470
 Qualified:            #38  8.284 -0.436                        #9  7.697 -0.543

Just 0.003 difference in RT and Voges gets the sixteen foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2304 Danny Holt                           1052 Arnie Martel                 
E1                   0.122  8.303 163.65     ****WINNER****  0.055  7.956 163.26
        C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.297            E/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.284
 Qualified:            #46  8.247 -0.353                       #17  7.711 -0.529

Holt is late and slows. Martel takes the thirteen foot win with ease.

11:59 a.m.

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