Sat, 17 Oct 2015, 19:35 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 406D Donald Thomas                          43 Keith Hall                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.293 133.17                    -0.027  9.505 104.97
        B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.067            E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-):  0.505
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Rampy     ) 0.046  7.111 -0.249      (G Porter    ) 0.092  8.529 -0.471
 Qualified:             #5  6.748 -0.612                       #11  8.487 -0.513

6:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.67 inches, adjusted altitude 1,933 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Hall leaves a little too soon and goes red. Thomas backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2617 Russell Joly                         5464 Michael Compton              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  7.732 142.21                    -0.079  8.480 160.52
        C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.138            E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.520
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Smiley    ) 0.051  7.433 -0.437      (B Massel    ) 0.032  8.975 -0.025
 Qualified:             #9  7.309 -0.561                       #14  8.528 -0.472

Compton with the second red light in as many races this round to give Joly the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  356 Doug Warren                            41 Kevin Self                   
E2                   0.071  6.806 206.92     ****WINNER****  0.034  7.805 148.48
        A/DA Index: 7.07 (+/-): -0.264            F/EA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.505
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Alexander ) 0.060  7.088  0.018      (C Williams  ) 0.048  7.805 -0.575
 Qualified:            #12  6.565 -0.505                        #6  7.771 -0.609

Self gets the advantage off the line and holds off Warren for the win.

Self will take on Joly in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4548 Keith Mawhee                         4165 Dick Maris                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.077  7.667 174.17                     0.010  6.895 182.40
         D/A Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.583            C/DA Index: 7.41 (+/-): -0.515
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Benham    ) 0.073  8.162 -0.088      (D Robison   ) 0.085  6.910 -0.620
 Qualified:            #10  7.714 -0.536                        #4  6.909 -0.621

Maris took a big CIC adjustment to his index in the first round.

Maris gets the holeshot but can't run down Mawhee.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  514 Clint Sallee                          590 Clint Neff                   
E2                   0.109  6.713 171.97     ****WINNER****  0.017  7.730 158.28
         B/D Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.467            K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.510
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Withers   ) 0.017 18.947 11.767                     0.041  8.041 -0.199
 Qualified:             #7  6.582 -0.598                        #1  7.573 -0.667

Neff gets a big holeshot and is able to back off the throttle a little early.

Neff will take on Mawhee in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4995 Ray Goodman                          4337 Craig Bourgeois              
E2                   0.039  7.452 175.16     ****WINNER****  0.104  7.052 175.25
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.368            B/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.468
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Smiley    ) 0.095  7.779 -0.041      (B Forrester ) 0.066  7.088 -0.432
 Qualified:            #19  7.491 -0.329                        #2  6.855 -0.665

Bourgeois is late off the line but is able to rundown Goodman and drive by for the win.

Bourgeois will take on thomas in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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