Sat, 15 Oct 2016, 20:41 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, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                            104 Frank Affronti               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.092 100.43                    -0.012  8.514 130.27
        K/AA Index: 8.16 (+/-):  0.932            C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.186
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Joly      ) 0.027  7.659 -0.621      (K Mawhee    ) 0.004  8.929  0.229
 Qualified:             #4  7.617 -0.683                       #22  8.424 -0.276

7:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.34 inches, adjusted altitude 2,696 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Affronti leaves a little too soon and goes red giving Neff the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  330 Brian Browell                        461C Charlie Stewart              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.132  7.406 159.83                     0.041  8.510 120.11
         D/D Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.434            J/DA Index: 8.36 (+/-):  0.150
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Goodman   ) 0.106  7.692 -0.148      (R Martin    ) 0.034  7.949 -0.411
 Qualified:             #7  7.192 -0.668                       #25  9.286  0.926

Stewart gets the advantage off the line but is off the throttle early.

Browell will take on Neff in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Craig Bourgeois                       356 Doug Warren                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.088  7.652 120.85                    -0.084  7.455 119.46
        B/ND Index: 7.39 (+/-):  0.262            A/DA Index: 7.17 (+/-):  0.285
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Self      ) 0.087  6.889 -0.651      (C Sallee    ) 0.066  6.833 -0.337
 Qualified:            #18  7.106 -0.454                       #12  6.528 -0.642

Warren leaves too early and goes red giving the win to Bourgeois.

Bourgeois will take on Maris in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  469 Clark Smiley                         5622 Jim Greenheck                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.315 180.36                     0.050  7.289 178.57
        BB/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.615            C/AA Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.501
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Smiley    ) 0.062  7.881 -0.049      (R Brown     ) 0.018  7.282 -0.568
 Qualified:             #9  7.308 -0.652                        #3  7.257 -0.683

Smiley gets the advantage off the line and pulls away from Greenheck for the win.

Smiley will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   23 David Rampy                          4254 Scott Benham                 
E2                   0.111  7.384 147.15     ****WINNER****  0.009  8.236 162.16
        A/EA Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.496             B/T Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.524
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Hawkins   ) 0.053  7.375 -0.535      (L Carson    ) 0.063  8.637 -0.123
 Qualified:             #5  7.231 -0.679                       #11  8.154 -0.646

Benham gets a big holeshot and holds off Rampy for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                4165 Dick Maris                   
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.231  7.965 122.44
                                                  C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.365
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (T Patterson ) 0.194  7.426 -0.174
 Qualified:                                                      #14  6.984 -0.616

Maris will take on Bourgeois in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Keith Hall                           4799 Bill Kent                    
E2   ****WINNER****  1.501 No Time                                 No Time      
        D/SM Index: 9.04 (+/-): 90.959             B/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): 92.759
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.007  8.627 -0.413      (D Alexander ) 0.130  6.751 -0.489
 Qualified:             #1  8.319 -0.721                        #8  6.613 -0.657

Kent is a no-show. Hall takes the green and backs off the line.

Hall will take on Benham in the next round.

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