Sat, 24 Oct 2020, 10:58 AM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 597H Greg Hunter                          4548 Keith Mawhee                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.110  8.159 124.44
       AA/AM Index: 7.03 (+/-): 92.969             D/A Index: 8.27 (+/-): -0.111
 Qualified:            #18  7.970  0.940                        #9  7.681 -0.589

Hunter with problems right at the hit to give Mawhee the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  205 Ed Federkeil Jr                        48 Keith Hall                   
E1                  -0.135  7.082 162.16     ****WINNER****  0.053  8.338 154.78
        B/AA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.508             G/A Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.662
 Qualified:            #12  7.057 -0.533                        #3  8.319 -0.681

Federkeil Jr. goes red to give Hall the win. Hall will take a hit as he goes .662 under the index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4025 Joey Tanksley                         429 Raymond Martin               
E1                   0.073  7.024 189.02     ****WINNER****  0.134  7.657 152.76
         C/D Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.456            K/AA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.543
 Qualified:            #15  7.036 -0.444                        #6  7.594 -0.606

Tanksley with the starting line advantage, but Martin holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   46 Don Thomas                            503 Joseph Arrowsmith            
E1                   0.043  6.884 193.05     ****WINNER****  0.077  8.082 155.67
        B/ED Index: 7.43 (+/-): -0.546            G/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.708
 Qualified:            #10  6.859 -0.571                        #1  8.081 -0.709

Thomas with the starting line advantage, but Arrowsmith runs .708 under the index for the win and he will take a hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Chase Williams                        427 Jarrod Granier               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.768 172.78                     0.161  8.475 143.05
        B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.532             G/A Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.525
 Qualified:            #17  7.610  0.310                        #8  8.404 -0.596

Williams with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4116 Justin Hutto                         5233 Taylor Chomiski              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.121  7.113 188.91                     0.045  8.126 134.71
        B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.287             D/A Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.174
 Qualified:            #14  6.929 -0.471                        #5  7.668 -0.632

Chomiski with the starting line advantage, but Hutto chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   23 Jim Kimbrough                           2 Craig Bourgeois              
E1                  -0.013  8.913 102.81     ****WINNER**** -0.003 14.804  72.70
        C/ED Index: 7.90 (+/-):  1.013            A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-):  7.384
 Qualified:            #16  7.477 -0.423                        #7  6.818 -0.602

Kimbrough goes red to give Bourgeois the win, who shook right at the hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona                        4483 John Clegg                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  7.573 165.84                     0.320  6.832 205.47
        J/AA Index: 8.03 (+/-): -0.457            CC/A Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.718
 Qualified:             #2  7.332 -0.698                       #11  6.999 -0.551

Aragona with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Clegg runs .718 under the index at 205 mph but can't chase him down for the win. Frank Aragona's MOV: 0.0061 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                             233 Art Hodges                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.010  8.467 109.04
        C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): 91.299             C/A Index: 7.85 (+/-):  0.617
 Qualified:             #4  8.036 -0.664                       #13  7.371 -0.479

Dodd is a no-show to give Hodges the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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