Sat, 26 Sep 2015, 14:18 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing
Series, Fourth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
233 Art Hodges 54 Jim Greenheck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.145 7.287 186.79 0.006 7.441 158.99
C/A Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.573 C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.429
Qualified: #14 7.300 -0.560 #3 7.218 -0.652
Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.69
inches, adjusted altitude 1,964 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.Greenheck with a great light,
but Hodges gets the win in a close one. Art Hodges' MOV: 0.0053 seconds (approximately 15
inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3506 Troy Galbraith 3002 Patrick Ross Sr.
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.098 7.046 140.84 -0.010 8.061 168.85
B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.314 F/A Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.479
Qualified: #8 6.716 -0.644 #19 8.074 -0.466
Ross goes red and Galbraith gets the easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4548 Keith Mawhee 353 Bruno Massel
E1 -0.006 9.353 105.38 ****WINNER**** 0.025 7.404 144.40
D/A Index: 8.25 (+/-): 1.103 DD/AT Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.216
Qualified: #13 7.668 -0.582 #2 6.936 -0.684
Mawhee is just a few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light. Massel with the
easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3073 Jeremy Bailey 557 Mark Kirkman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.099 6.995 166.27 0.031 6.801 136.77
B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.365 A/DA Index: 7.07 (+/-): -0.269
Qualified: #20 6.910 -0.450 #9 6.452 -0.618
Kirkman gets the starting line advantage, but Bailey gets the win. Jeremy Bailey's MOV: 0.0285
seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
356 Doug Warren 4337 Craig Bourgeois
E1 -0.025 7.705 143.12 ****WINNER**** 0.055 7.415 147.36
A/DA Index: 7.07 (+/-): 0.635 B/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.105
Qualified: #22 6.675 -0.395 #11 6.908 -0.612
Warren goes red and then Bourgeois gets real loose, but gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5008 Travis Gusso 51 Todd Patterson
E1 0.046 8.511 159.51 ****WINNER**** 0.010 7.968 161.40
E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.489 A/SMA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.472
Qualified: #15 8.441 -0.559 #4 7.790 -0.650
Patterson with a great light and the win. Todd Patterson's MOV: 0.0193 seconds (approximately
5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7910 Frank Cervelli 390 Ray Skillman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.791 195.62 0.024 7.607 176.88
B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.569 B/EA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.563
Qualified: #16 6.825 -0.535 #5 7.521 -0.649
Cervelli with the starting line advantage and the win. Frank Cervelli's MOV: 0.0180 seconds
(approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
388 Brian Stufflebeam 358 David Billingsley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.019 7.400 152.16 -0.023 8.852 129.10
A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.420 L/A Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.418
Qualified: #23 7.484 -0.336 #12 8.665 -0.605
Billingsley goes red and Stufflebeam gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
36 Robert Bailey 3553 Tony Pontillo
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.188 7.239 141.28
A/ED Index: 7.21 (+/-): 92.789 B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.121
Qualified: #7 6.563 -0.647 #18 6.881 -0.479
Bailey is a no show.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3996 Chad Voges 59 Terry Ticel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.035 7.824 141.58 No Time
K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.416 G/AA Index: 8.81 (+/-): 91.189
Qualified: #10 7.627 -0.613 #21 8.405 -0.405
Ticel is a no show.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 5212 Doug Engels
E1 ****WINNER**** 3.002 No Time
D/D Index: 7.76 (+/-): 92.239
Qualified: #1 7.045 -0.715
Engels with the bye here and he takes the tree for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
38 Scott Chamness 394 Greg Kamplain
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 3.324 31.466 NS
B/D Index: 7.18 (+/-): 92.819 B/ED Index: 7.45 (+/-): 24.016
Qualified: #17 6.682 -0.498 #6 6.802 -0.648
Chamness is a no show and Kamplain takes the tree.
Timing data courtesy of
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