Sat, 26 Sep 2015, 19:46 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 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
5212 Doug Engels 3553 Tony Pontillo
E2 0.050 7.314 142.04 ****WINNER**** 0.061 6.870 191.84
D/D Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.446 B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.490
Prior rounds:
E1 No Time (R Bailey ) 0.188 7.239 -0.121
Qualified: #1 7.045 -0.715 #18 6.881 -0.479
6:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent,
barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,237 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.Engels gets
out of the gate with the advantage but can't run down Pontillo.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4337 Craig Bourgeois 7910 Frank Cervelli
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.016 7.274 138.97 0.013 8.139 107.73
B/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.246 B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): 0.839
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Warren ) 0.055 7.415 -0.105 (R Skillman ) 0.012 6.791 -0.569
Qualified: #11 6.908 -0.612 #16 6.825 -0.535
Cervelli has problems and is off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
233 Art Hodges 3073 Jeremy Bailey
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.085 7.409 164.87 -0.033 7.412 134.50
C/A Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.381 B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): 0.052
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Greenheck ) 0.145 7.287 -0.573 (M Kirkman ) 0.099 6.995 -0.365
Qualified: #14 7.300 -0.560 #20 6.910 -0.450
Bailey leaves a little too quick and goes red. Hodges backs off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
388 Brian Stufflebeam 394 Greg Kamplain
E2 0.056 7.813 135.58 ****WINNER**** 0.085 7.075 164.25
A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.007 B/ED Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.375
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Billingsle) 0.019 7.400 -0.420 (S Chamness ) 3.324 31.466 24.016
Qualified: #23 7.484 -0.336 #6 6.802 -0.648
Kamplain is a little behind off the line but is able to run down Stufflebeam for the
win.Kamplain will take on Hodges in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3996 Chad Voges 51 Todd Patterson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.122 7.641 166.74 0.093 7.913 158.99
K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.599 A/SMA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.527
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Ticel ) 0.035 7.824 -0.416 (T Gusso ) 0.010 7.968 -0.472
Qualified: #10 7.627 -0.613 #4 7.790 -0.650
Voges gives up a little off the line and has to take a bite out of his index to take the win. he
will take on Pontillo in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
353 Bruno Massel 3506 Troy Galbraith
E2 -0.018 8.841 107.67 ****WINNER**** 0.058 7.295 128.98
DD/AT Index: 7.62 (+/-): 1.221 B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.065
Prior rounds:
E1 (K Mawhee ) 0.025 7.404 -0.216 (P Ross ) 0.098 7.046 -0.314
Qualified: #2 6.936 -0.684 #8 6.716 -0.644
Massel leaves a little too soon and gives the win to Galbraith.Galbraith will take on
Bourgeois in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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