Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 10:05 AM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  224 Brad Plourd                          5008 Travis Gusso                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039  6.570 171.71                     0.105  8.457 160.33
       AA/AM Index: 7.04 (+/-): -0.470             G/A Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.523
 Qualified:             #1  6.260 -0.780                       #27  8.434 -0.546

9:11 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 73 percent, barometer 29.17 inches, adjusted altitude 2,741 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Gusso is late and Plourd was able to lift early for the three foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1937 Lee Zane                              390 Ray Skillman                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.067  8.837 107.46                           No Time      
        F/DA Index: 8.74 (+/-):  0.097            C/EA Index: 8.62 (+/-): 91.379
 Qualified:             #9  8.131 -0.609                       #35  8.093 -0.527

Skillman just sits in the lights at the green light and has to be pushed away.

Easy win for Zane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3354 Pete Pawlak                             8 Jim Greenheck                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.074  7.622 173.61                     9.298 No Time      
        C/AA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.318            D/AA Index: 8.13 (+/-): 91.869
 Qualified:            #43  7.515 -0.425                       #17  7.550 -0.580

Greenheck just sits in the lights like Skillman! Weird!!

Free pass for Pawlak to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3363 Ronnie Bohn                            28 John Frech                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.129  7.833 153.81                     0.099  8.308 141.83
        J/DA Index: 8.33 (+/-): -0.497             F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.282
 Qualified:            #20  7.761 -0.569                       #46  8.259 -0.331

Two "Little Dragsters" come to the line.

French gets the starting line advantage, but Bohn has all of the power to take the decisive win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5250 Todd Patterson                        512 Bill Riemenapp               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.061  7.122 184.17                     0.041  8.645 142.69
        B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.498            C/SR Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.405
 Qualified:            #39  7.123 -0.497                       #13  8.459 -0.591

Todd Patterson's MOV: 0.0732 seconds (approximately 15 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3629 Jason Coan                           3455 Greg Tabler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  8.169 153.65                     0.139  6.937 192.82
        G/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.551            B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.463
 Qualified:            #14  8.130 -0.590                       #40  6.919 -0.481

Less than 200 ci vs. almost 400 ci!

Tabler is way late and gives the easy win to Coan.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  557 Mark Kirkman                         5212 Doug Engels                  
E1                   0.051  6.904 136.43     ****WINNER****  0.011  7.404 166.58
        A/DA Index: 7.09 (+/-): -0.186            D/DA Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.606
 Qualified:            #29  6.546 -0.544                        #3  7.385 -0.625

Nice eleven light for Doug Engels gets the easy win, as KIrkman slows.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  205 Ed Federkeil Jr                        54 Don Thomas                   
E1   ****WINNER****        No Time                          -0.015  7.077 155.52
        B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): 92.379            B/ED Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.373
 Qualified:            #16  7.033 -0.587                       #42  6.980 -0.470

Thomas goes red and Federkeil joins the "Sit in the Lights" club for the easy win.

9:24 a.m. Looks like Federkeil left a mess in the left lane and the clean up crew is hard at work.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  800 Jason Grima                            15 Richard Schonberger          
E1                  -0.178  7.115 172.12     ****WINNER****  0.028 10.096 101.94
         B/A Index: 7.66 (+/-): -0.545            I/SM Index: 9.56 (+/-):  0.536
 Qualified:             #7  7.039 -0.621                       #33  9.025 -0.535

9:33 a.m. Back to racing.

Grima is very red and Richard Schonberger get a free pass to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Craig Bourgeois                       427 Jarrod Granier               
E1                   0.061  6.993 164.45     ****WINNER****  0.143  8.585 157.01
        A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.427            E/SM Index: 9.10 (+/-): -0.515
 Qualified:             #4  6.795 -0.625                       #30  8.557 -0.543

Grainer is late and Jarrod Granier almost gives too much stripe for the close win. MOV: 0.0066 seconds (approximately 19 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                    2467 Jim Kimbrough                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  8.156 145.17                     0.013  7.604 139.62
        I/AA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.504            B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-):  0.214
 Qualified:            #12  8.066 -0.594                       #38  6.883 -0.507

Kimbrough has a much better RT, but i costing down track. David Billingsley gets an easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  340 Terry Smith                            34 Todd Frantz                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  6.544 195.53                     0.048  6.918 169.61
        A/DA Index: 7.07 (+/-): -0.526            B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.482
 Qualified:            #22  6.505 -0.565                       #48  7.250 -0.150

Great 0.002 light for Smith and a decisive 23 foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Troy Galbraith                       768M Brian Moscini                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.059  7.175 136.28                    -0.018  9.209 101.48
        B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.125            G/AA Index: 8.87 (+/-):  0.339
 Qualified:            #18  6.725 -0.575                       #44  8.482 -0.388

Moscini misses the green and gives the win to Galbraith

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  330 Brian Browell                         353 Bruno Massel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  7.339 162.41                     0.100  7.186 160.65
         D/D Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.501             I/D Index: 7.28 (+/-): -0.094
 Qualified:             #5  7.216 -0.624                       #31  6.740 -0.540

Massel is late and slows. Browell gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona                         203 Gary Coccaro                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.112  7.880 157.89                     0.163  8.748 153.30
        J/AA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.430            H/AA Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.472
 Qualified:            #21  7.741 -0.569                       #47  8.961 -0.259

Two "Not So Good" lights and it is still close in the lights.

Frank Aragona gets the "hole shot" win. MOV: 0.0095 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7910 Frank Cervelli                       3535 David Dupps                  
E1                  -0.034 11.232  82.47     ****WINNER****  0.018  8.816 118.77
        B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-):  3.872            C/SM Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.024
 Qualified:            #41  6.889 -0.471                       #15  8.252 -0.588

C3ervelli leaves before the green and gives the win to Dupps.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Jay Schonberger                         3 David Rampy                  
E1                   0.028  8.289 162.29     ****WINNER****  0.061  7.310 165.40
         I/A Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.471            A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.510
 Qualified:            #36  8.234 -0.526                       #10  7.213 -0.607

Really close in the lights.

Schonberger has a much better light, but Rampy just nips him in the lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3076 Robert Bailey                        5109 John Marottek                
E1                   0.109  6.913 192.69     ****WINNER****  0.058  6.880 179.68
        A/ED Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.277            A/ND Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.600
 Qualified:            #28  6.644 -0.546                        #2  6.811 -0.669

Bailey was late and Marottek just nips the dreader sixty under mark in the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  277 Larry Pritchett                      4025 Joey Tanksley                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.020  7.669 122.00
        A/SM Index: 8.42 (+/-): 91.579             C/D Index: 7.48 (+/-):  0.189
 Qualified:            #34  7.887 -0.533                        #8  6.862 -0.618

Pritchett is a no show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  331 Ed Bennett                           7230 Randy Jones                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.116  8.887 120.75
         A/D Index: 7.04 (+/-): 92.959           A/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-):  0.357
 Qualified:            #50  9.128  2.088                       #24  7.974 -0.556

Bennett is a no show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  429 Raymond Martin                       3068 Steve Ambrose                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.098  8.691 112.51
        K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): 91.759            J/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-):  0.411
 Qualified:            #19  7.666 -0.574                       #45  7.927 -0.353

Martin is a no show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                            3137 Brian Seibenick              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.086  8.650 118.82                           No Time      
        C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.050            F/DA Index: 8.74 (+/-): 91.259
 Qualified:            #23  8.137 -0.563                       #49  9.282  0.542

Yeah... Another no show!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5210 Duane Robison                        4065 Chase Williams               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.028  7.363 132.86
         C/A Index: 7.95 (+/-): 92.049            B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #51 31.536 23.586                       #25  6.804 -0.556

And again...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3073 Jeremy Bailey                        3864 Scott Chamness               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.006  7.974 120.49
        C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-): 92.399             B/D Index: 7.27 (+/-):  0.704
 Qualified:            #32  7.063 -0.537                        #6  6.647 -0.623

He might want that six light back for when he really has to race someone in round two!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Greg Kamplain                         211 Glen Treadwell               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  7.363 140.71                           No Time      
        C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.197            E/ED Index: 8.93 (+/-): 91.069
 Qualified:            #11  6.956 -0.604                       #37  8.420 -0.510

Treadwell leaves hard and dumps early on his single.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2112 Jenny Treadwell                      3520 Steve Polhill                
E1   ****WINNER****  4.052 38.468   NS                             No Time      
        G/ED Index: 8.50 (+/-): 29.968            H/EA Index: 9.56 (+/-): 90.439
 Qualified:            #26  7.946 -0.554                       #52 No Time      

Treadwell takes the green and backs out for the free trip to the next round.

10:00 a.m.

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