Fri, 27 Oct 2017, 16:53 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing
Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5125 Bruce Schmiedl 64 Ryan Warter
E1 -0.105 8.417 114.28 ****WINNER**** 0.108 9.220 120.50
A/EA Index: 7.98 (+/-): 0.437 F/SM Index: 9.44 (+/-): -0.220
Qualified: #7 7.352 -0.658 #17 9.062 -0.378
12:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent,
barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted altitude 4,526 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.Schmiedl
leaves too soon and goes red. Warter backs off the throttle a little early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
473 Chad Green 5 Alan Ellis
E1 0.083 6.394 217.88 ****WINNER**** 0.021 6.749 165.27
A/PM Index: 6.69 (+/-): -0.296 A/AP Index: 7.21 (+/-): -0.461
Qualified: #13 6.161 -0.529 #3 6.580 -0.720
Ellis gets the advantage off the line and is able to back off the throttle a little early in
the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
789 Mathew Leonard 3 Jeff Lane
E1 0.060 9.163 94.77 ****WINNER**** 0.040 8.504 119.74
AA/AM Index: 7.07 (+/-): 2.093 B/SMA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.166
Qualified: #15 6.623 -0.447 #5 8.038 -0.682
Lane gets the holeshot and holds off Leonard for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7526 Ed Niquette 52 Jim Greenheck
E1 0.111 8.717 155.83 ****WINNER**** 0.061 8.280 143.51
A/SMA Index: 8.65 (+/-): 0.067 D/AA Index: 8.33 (+/-): -0.050
Qualified: #20 8.673 0.023 #10 7.696 -0.634
Greenheck gets a big holeshot and backs off the throttle a little early. Niquette had problems
and was off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6636 Ray Martin 7098 Tom Mettler
E1 -0.036 11.500 113.58 ****WINNER**** 0.050 7.577 163.16
AA/PM Index: 6.76 (+/-): 4.740 PST Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.593
Qualified: #16 6.360 -0.440 #6 7.505 -0.665
Martin leaves a little too soon and goes red. He strikes the tires, pedals, but can;t recover
and backs off the throttle.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7009 Ross Wilson 76 Joe Mozeris
E1 0.070 8.425 142.12 ****WINNER**** 0.056 7.033 183.74
C/SM Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.535 B/ED Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.587
Qualified: #9 8.339 -0.641 #19 7.651 0.021
Mozeris gets a little advantage off the line and goes around Wilson to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
514 Clint Sallee 16 Frank Aragona
E1 0.004 7.023 190.59 ****WINNER**** 0.057 7.509 164.55
B/D Index: 7.34 (+/-): -0.317 E/DA Index: 8.09 (+/-): -0.581
Qualified: #12 6.726 -0.614 #2 7.436 -0.744
Sallee gets the holeshot but Aragona is able to hold him off and takes the win. Aragona will
take a CIC adjustment in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
705 Tony Mandella 390 Ray Skillman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 9.235 143.69 0.207 8.481 158.50
I/SMA Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.495 D/SMA Index: 9.11 (+/-): -0.629
Qualified: #18 9.649 -0.081 #8 8.468 -0.642
Mandella leaves the line and pulls the wheels about three feet in the air. he sets them down
and goes on through with his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win. Skillman was a little
behind off the line and made a decent pass but couldn't make up the difference.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 David Rampy 8 Ralph Van Paepeghem
E1 -0.012 8.060 119.67 ****WINNER**** 0.004 7.852 127.63
A/EA Index: 8.01 (+/-): 0.050 A/EA Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.158
Qualified: #1 7.252 -0.758 #11 7.380 -0.630
Rampy misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Van Paepeghem. Van
Paepeghem backs off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
9 Greg Kamplain 5065 Mitch Withers
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 8.087 116.47 No Time
B/ED Index: 7.54 (+/-): 0.547 A/A Index: 7.24 (+/-): 92.759
Qualified: #4 6.916 -0.714 #14 6.735 -0.505
Withers is a no-show giving the win to Kamplain. Kamplain runs it about 1000 feet and clicks it
off.
Timing data courtesy of
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