Sat, 28 Sep 2019, 13:17 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag
Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
353 Bruno Massel Bye
E1 ****WINNER**** 5.544 No Time
I/D Index: 7.28 (+/-): 92.719
Qualified: #1 6.551 -0.729 Bye
11:53 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 72
percent, barometer 29.55 inches, adjusted altitude 2,573 feet.Massel takes the green
light and backs off the line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
768M Brian Moscini 8 Jim Greenheck
E1 0.049 8.369 160.02 ****WINNER**** 0.128 7.514 175.50
G/AA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.501 D/AA Index: 8.13 (+/-): -0.616
Qualified: #19 8.325 -0.545 #8 7.513 -0.617
Greenheck is a little behind off the line but he is able to run down Moscini and go
around for the win. He will take a hit to his index in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4373 Ashton Hudson 5 Greg Kamplain
E1 0.021 8.536 156.79 ****WINNER**** 0.002 7.069 170.30
E/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.444 C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.491
Qualified: #22 8.579 -0.401 #11 6.962 -0.598
Kamplain gets a great light and goes around Hudson for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
203 Gary Coccaro 53 Terry Ticel
E1 0.028 8.823 136.51 ****WINNER**** 0.007 8.226 156.73
H/AA Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.397 G/AA Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.634
Qualified: #15 8.636 -0.584 #4 8.188 -0.672
Ticel gets the advantage off the line and goes around Coccaro to take the win. He will
take a hit to his index in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4065 Chase Williams 5210 Duane Robison
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.033 12.248 79.29 -0.050 10.803 84.45
B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): 4.888 C/A Index: 7.95 (+/-): 2.853
Qualified: #14 6.773 -0.587 #3 7.265 -0.685
Robison leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Williams. Williams loses
traction at the hit and backs off the throttle.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
431 Greg Schenck 4487 Sean Dodd
E1 0.080 9.104 144.36 ****WINNER**** 0.023 8.220 148.20
H/EA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.456 C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.480
Qualified: #21 9.137 -0.423 #10 8.088 -0.612
Dodd gets the holeshot and goes around Schenck for the win. Schenck makes his quickest
pass of the weekend in the loss.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5212 Doug Engels 5008 Travis Gusso
E1 0.112 7.397 161.98 ****WINNER**** 0.003 8.395 161.48
D/DA Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.613 G/A Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.585
Qualified: #2 7.314 -0.696 #13 8.391 -0.589
Gusso gets a great light and he holds off Engels to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
390 Ray Skillman 358 David Billingsley
E1 -0.133 28.568 30.02 ****WINNER**** 0.004 8.266 134.85
C/EA Index: 8.62 (+/-): 19.948 I/AA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.394
Qualified: #20 8.146 -0.474 #9 8.044 -0.616
Skillman leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Billingsley. Billingsley backs
off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Craig Bourgeois 503 Joseph Arrowsmith
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 9.987 105.64 -0.030 8.276 144.74
A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): 2.567 G/AA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.564
Qualified: #17 6.841 -0.579 #6 8.176 -0.664
Arrowsmith leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Bourgeois. Bourgeois loses
traction at the hit and backs off the throttle.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 David Rampy 44 Keith Hall
E1 0.087 7.221 169.51 ****WINNER**** 0.024 8.453 165.25
A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.599 G/A Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.547
Qualified: #7 7.157 -0.663 #18 8.437 -0.563
Hall gets the holeshot and holds off Rampy for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
33 Chad Voges 7 Troy Galbraith
E1 -0.016 7.684 145.38 ****WINNER**** -0.010 7.163 140.30
K/AA Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.496 B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.137
Qualified: #5 7.515 -0.665 #16 6.716 -0.584
Voges leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Galbraith. Galbraith backs off
the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4254 Scott Benham 4483 John Clegg
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.033 8.222 127.17 No Time
D/A Index: 8.35 (+/-): -0.128 CC/A Index: 7.55 (+/-): 92.449
Qualified: #12 7.756 -0.594 #23 7.824 0.274
Clegg is no-show.
Timing data courtesy of
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