Sat, 19 Oct 2019, 12:58 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4116 Justin Hutto                           44 Keith Hall                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  6.825 193.10                     0.091  8.426 155.20
        B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.575             G/A Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.574
 Qualified:            #20  6.809 -0.591                        #5  8.331 -0.669

11:33 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,955 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Hutto gets the advantage off the line and he is able to run down Hall and 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
  357 Rick Brown                           4799 Bill Kent                    
E1                   0.023  8.022 167.97     ****WINNER****  0.035  6.709 189.36
        F/AA Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.518             B/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.531
 Qualified:            #26  8.001 -0.539                       #11  6.598 -0.642

Brown gets the advantage off the line but he can't hold off Kent.

Bill Kent's MOV: 0.0013 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  205 Ed Federkeil Jr                       469 Clark Smiley                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  7.660 141.31                    -0.010  7.641 147.68
        B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-):  0.040            BB/A Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.259
 Qualified:            #17  7.015 -0.605                        #2  7.172 -0.728

Smiley leaves a little too quickly and goes red giving the win to Federkeil.

Federkeil backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Adam Hickey                             3 David Rampy                  
E1                   0.102  6.777 193.82     ****WINNER****  0.039  7.234 172.08
        B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.623            A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.586
 Qualified:            #21  6.814 -0.586                        #6  7.154 -0.666

Rampy gets the holeshot but he has to chew up a little of his index to hold off Hickey.

David Rampy's MOV: 0.0268 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  409 Leslie Carson                         330 Brian Browell                
E1                  -0.069  7.987 128.01     ****WINNER****  0.011  7.712 130.61
         B/A Index: 7.66 (+/-):  0.327             D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.108
 Qualified:            #30  7.321 -0.339                       #15  7.207 -0.613

Carson leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Browell.

Browell backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4065 Chase Williams                        431 Greg Schenck                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  7.519 118.11                    -0.039  9.080 144.10
        B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-):  0.159            H/EA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.480
 Qualified:            #12  6.723 -0.637                       #27  9.034 -0.526

Schenck leaves early and goes red giving the win to Williams. Williams backs off the throttle early to save his index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  427 Jarrod Granier                          7 Troy Galbraith               
E1                   0.029  8.560 158.91     ****WINNER****  0.039  6.730 182.90
        E/SM Index: 9.10 (+/-): -0.540            B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.570
 Qualified:            #28  8.583 -0.517                       #13  6.667 -0.633

Granier gets the advantage off the line but Galbraith is able to run him down and go around for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5248 Shaun Vincent                           4 Craig Bourgeois              
E1                  -0.004  8.974 115.81     ****WINNER****  0.053  7.455 123.32
        C/TA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.006            A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:             #8  8.316 -0.664                       #23  6.845 -0.575

Vincent misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Bourgeois. Bourgeois backs off of the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5212 Doug Engels                          4373 Ashton Hudson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005  7.607 155.08                     0.049  8.557 159.82
        D/DA Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.393           E/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.423
 Qualified:             #9  7.339 -0.661                       #24  8.417 -0.563

Engels gets a great light and he is able to reel in Hudson and go around for the win.

Doug Engels' MOV: 0.0148 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4548 Keith Mawhee                           54 Don Thomas                   
E1                   0.031  7.785 174.03     ****WINNER****  0.045  6.841 180.89
         D/A Index: 8.27 (+/-): -0.485            B/ED Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.609
 Qualified:            #25  7.707 -0.563                       #10  6.807 -0.643

Mawhee gets the advantage off the line but he can't hold off Thomas. Thomas takes the win and will take an adjustment to his index in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4025 Joey Tanksley                        4483 John Clegg                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  7.350 141.64                     0.272 20.102  64.70
         C/D Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.130            CC/A Index: 7.55 (+/-): 12.552
 Qualified:            #16  6.873 -0.607                       #31  7.912  0.362

Clegg has problems at the hit and is off of the throttle early. Tanksley gets about 1000 feet out and backs of the throttle.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4254 Scott Benham                         5210 Duane Robison                
E1                   0.056  8.884 128.25     ****WINNER****  0.110  7.633 147.15
         B/T Index: 8.73 (+/-):  0.154             C/A Index: 7.95 (+/-): -0.317
 Qualified:            #18  8.134 -0.596                        #3  7.240 -0.710

Benham gets the holeshot but he is off of the throttle early allowing Robison to get around him and take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  432 Barry Forrester                       353 Bruno Massel                 
E1                   0.043  7.373 161.67     ****WINNER****  0.043  6.675 181.47
        C/ED Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.517             I/D Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.595
 Qualified:            #22  7.311 -0.579                        #7  6.604 -0.666

No advantage off the line, Massel is able to run down Forrester and go around for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  429 Raymond Martin                       4487 Sean Dodd                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  7.690 156.41                     0.086  8.164 153.88
        K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.550            C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.536
 Qualified:            #19  7.647 -0.593                        #4  8.018 -0.682

Martin gets the holeshot and goes around Dodd for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4650 Dennis Smiley                        4165 Dick Maris                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.103  7.497 137.85
        A/ED Index: 7.28 (+/-): 92.719            C/DA Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.033
 Qualified:            #29  6.780 -0.500                       #14  6.910 -0.620

Smiley does not make a pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                440D Scott Cashio                 
E1                                            ****WINNER**** -0.006  8.375 131.88
                                                 A/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.155
 Qualified:                                                       #1  7.788 -0.742

Cashio gets the bye and moves on to the next round.

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