Sat, 15 May 2021, 10:58 AM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  7.413 146.16     
       CC/AT Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.417    
 Qualified:             #1  7.012 -0.818                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 30.31 inches, adjusted altitude 1,168 feet.

Massel with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Richard Preiser                       205 Ed Federkeil Jr              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.821  88.03                           No Time      
        H/EA Index: 9.52 (+/-):  0.301            B/AA Index: 7.55 (+/-): 92.449
 Qualified:             #3  8.868 -0.652                       #12  7.462 -0.158

Federkeil Jr. is no-show to give Preiser the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3614 Matt Alvey                            358 David Billingsley            
E1                   0.002  8.081 167.05     ****WINNER****  0.070  8.070 165.84
       B/SMA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.519            D/EA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.600
 Qualified:            #14  8.656  0.056                        #5  8.059 -0.611

Alvey with a great light, but Billingsley holds on for the win. David Billingsley's MOV: 0.0132 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Frank Aragona                         213 David Eaton                  
E1                  -0.016  8.139 119.63     ****WINNER****  0.182  8.595 100.51
        J/AA Index: 8.03 (+/-):  0.109            A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-):  1.445
 Qualified:             #2  7.322 -0.708                       #11  6.932 -0.218

Aragona goes red to give Eaton the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1990 David Barton                          247 Tony Terry                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.059  8.017 152.33                     0.102  9.573 104.04
       FS/SM Index: 8.55 (+/-): -0.533           D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-):  0.593
 Qualified:            #19 No Time                             #10  8.683 -0.297

Barton with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   27 Danny Holt                           318J Jesse Alexandra              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.176  8.497 163.16                     0.060  8.490 158.99
        C/EA Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.193           FS/SM Index: 8.55 (+/-): -0.060
 Qualified:             #8  8.108 -0.582                       #17  9.935  1.385

alexandra with the starting line advantage, but Holt held on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2115 Joel Warren                           189 Pete Hanratty                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  9.124 106.01                    -0.067 23.411  23.97
        H/AA Index: 9.20 (+/-): -0.076             K/A Index: 8.26 (+/-): 15.151
 Qualified:             #7  8.607 -0.593                       #16  8.828  0.568

Hanratty goes red to give Warren the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1235 Peter D'Agnolo                       1340 John Cerbone                 
E1                   0.035  8.426 137.68     ****WINNER****  0.050  7.790 164.71
       D/SMA Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.534           FS/SM Index: 8.55 (+/-): -0.760
 Qualified:             #9  8.403 -0.557                       #18 12.481  3.931

D'Agnolo with the starting line advantage, but Cerbone takes a hit to chase him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 John Frech                            107 Doug Hemp                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.336  8.635 113.97                           No Time      
         F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-):  0.045           FS/SM Index: 8.55 (+/-): 91.449
 Qualified:             #4  7.965 -0.625                       #13  8.529 -0.021

Hemp is no-show to give Frech the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2229 Lonnie Johnson                       2211 Van Puckett                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.035  8.379 131.15
        B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): 92.379            F/AA Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.141
 Qualified:            #15  8.020  0.400                        #6  7.911 -0.609

Johnson is no-show to give Puckett the easy win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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