Sat, 06 Oct 2018, 17:17 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                             469 Clark Smiley                 
E1                   0.040  8.279 162.72     ****WINNER****  0.050  7.414 177.70
        C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.421            BB/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.516
 Qualified:            #15  8.191 -0.509                        #5  7.310 -0.620

Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.33 inches, adjusted altitude 3,748 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Dodd with the starting line advantage, but Smiley gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Keith Hall                            429 Raymond Martin               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  8.525 155.72                     0.175  7.685 167.03
         G/A Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.475            K/AA Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.565
 Qualified:            #12  8.441 -0.559                        #2  7.589 -0.661

Hall with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  205 Ed Federkeil Jr                       330 Brian Browell                
E1                   0.101  7.118 195.62     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.337 166.72
        B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.502             D/D Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.503
 Qualified:            #11  7.059 -0.561                        #1  7.172 -0.668

Browell with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4065 Chase Williams                       4548 Keith Mawhee                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.179  7.574 128.85                     0.034  9.316 109.10
        B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-):  0.214             D/A Index: 8.27 (+/-):  1.046
 Qualified:             #4  6.737 -0.623                       #14  7.744 -0.526

Mawhee with the staring line advantage, but has problems and Williams drives around him and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4121 William West                            1 David Rampy                  
E1                   0.045  9.886  87.84     ****WINNER****  0.053  7.816 133.07
        F/AA Index: 8.54 (+/-):  1.346            A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #17  8.102 -0.438                        #7  7.207 -0.613

West with the starting line advantage, but Rampy gets the win. He will face Hall in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4483 John Clegg                              4 Bruno Massel                 
E1                  -0.500  8.329 171.23     ****WINNER****  0.821 24.859  27.25
        CC/A Index: 7.55 (+/-):  0.779             I/D Index: 7.28 (+/-): 17.579
 Qualified:            #18  7.150 -0.400                        #8  6.685 -0.595

Clegg left before the third ambler to give Massel the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4995 Ray Goodman                            42 Craig Bourgeois              
E1                   0.155  7.504 174.73     ****WINNER****  0.186  6.943 175.43
        A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.406            F/EA Index: 7.43 (+/-): -0.487
 Qualified:            #16  7.447 -0.463                        #6  6.812 -0.618

Goodman with the starting line advantage, but Bourgeois gets the win. Craig Bourgeois' MOV: 0.0500 seconds (approximately 13 feet). He will face Browell in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Clint Neff                             43 Kevin Self                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.052  7.638 167.63                     0.042  8.032 139.08
        K/AA Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.542            F/EA Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.288
 Qualified:             #3  7.542 -0.638                       #13  7.771 -0.549

Self with the starting line advantage, but Neff gets the win. He will face Massel in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Troy Galbraith                        409 Leslie Carson                
E1   ****WINNER****  7.163 No Time                                 No Time      
        B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): 92.699             B/A Index: 7.66 (+/-): 92.339
 Qualified:             #9  6.706 -0.594                       #19  7.291 -0.369

Carson is a no show and Galbraith takes the gree light for the win. He will face Williams in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4165 Dick Maris                           4650 Dennis Smiley                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  8.416 112.32                           No Time      
        C/DA Index: 7.58 (+/-):  0.836            B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): 92.599
 Qualified:            #10  7.001 -0.579                       #20  8.237  0.837

Smiley is a no show and Maris takes the single. He will face Smiley in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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