Sun, 01 Oct 2017, 15:02 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Todd Frantz                           358 David Billingsley            
E4                   0.034  7.332 154.16     ****WINNER****  0.003  8.133 161.36
        C/ED Index: 7.73 (+/-): -0.398            D/EA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.537
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Greenheck ) 0.096  9.161  1.431      (K Mawhee    ) 0.135  8.235 -0.435
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.020  7.228 -0.672      (J Primozic J) 0.023  8.164 -0.656
E1    (T Ticel     ) 0.098  7.786 -0.114      (T Galbraith ) 0.042  8.364 -0.456
 Qualified:            #12  7.250 -0.680                        #2  8.040 -0.780

1:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 2,154 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Billingsley gets the advantage off the line and holds off Frantz to take the win.

Billingsley will be going to his ninth final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5248 Shaun Vincent                          43 Craig Bourgeois              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.069  9.149 104.62                    -0.018 19.125  55.97
        C/TA Index: 8.98 (+/-):  0.169            A/ND Index: 7.39 (+/-): 11.735
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Voges     ) 0.014  8.875 -0.105      (L Pritchett ) 0.052  6.888 -0.582
E2    (M Harris    ) 0.049  8.734 -0.246      (P Ross Sr   ) 0.011  7.287 -0.183
E1    (D Engels    ) 0.083  9.015  0.035      (A Wilson    ) 0.102  9.083  1.613
 Qualified:            #17  8.339 -0.671                       #15  6.856 -0.674

Bourgeois leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Vincent. Vincent gets about 1000 feet out and backs off the throttle.

Vincent will be going to his fourth final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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