Sat, 25 Sep 2021, 13:20 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 503 Joseph Arrowsmith            
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.736 12.072   NS  
                                                  F/AA Index: 8.54 (+/-):  3.532
 Qualified:                                                       #1  7.793 -0.747

12:06 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 30.13 inches, adjusted altitude 1,158 feet.

Arrowsmith takes the tree and backs off of the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Pat Ross                               31 Brian Browell                
E1                  -0.034  7.958 170.08     ****WINNER****  0.005  8.022 119.25
         F/A Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.612             D/D Index: 7.76 (+/-):  0.262
 Qualified:            #12  7.993 -0.577                        #4  7.100 -0.660

Ross leaves too quickly and goes red. Browell backs off of the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4548 Keith Mawhee                           53 Jim Greenheck                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  7.816 177.53                     0.065  7.629 166.54
         D/A Index: 8.27 (+/-): -0.454            D/AA Index: 8.08 (+/-): -0.451
 Qualified:            #17  8.059 -0.211                        #9  7.442 -0.638

Mawhee gets the advantage off of the line and is able to hold off Greenheck for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                         5929 Brett Speer                  
E1                   0.032  8.253 154.71     ****WINNER****  0.094  7.273 181.01
        C/SM Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.547            A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.637
 Qualified:            #10  8.169 -0.631                        #2  7.222 -0.688

Gusso gets the advantage off of the line but he can't hold off Speer. Speer will take a big CIC adjustment in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                    3506 Troy Galbraith               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.028 166.01                     0.046  6.696 192.41
        C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.672            B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.604
 Qualified:             #7  8.049 -0.651                       #15  6.916 -0.384

Billingsley gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Galbraith. He will take a big hit to his index in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3363 Ronnie Bohn                           366 Brad Allen                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048  7.944 133.14                    -0.023  8.081 105.66
        J/DA Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.376            B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-):  0.681
 Qualified:             #5  7.660 -0.660                       #13  6.910 -0.490

Allen misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Bohn. Bohn clicks it off early to save his index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Chad Voges                           510U Scott Linder                 
E1                   0.029  7.602 161.30     ****WINNER****  0.078  6.532 211.66
        K/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.568             A/A Index: 7.17 (+/-): -0.638
 Qualified:             #3  7.499 -0.671                       #11  6.568 -0.602

Voges gets the holeshot but he can't hold off Linder.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  332 Todd Frantz                             8 John Frech                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038  8.715 140.20                     0.069  8.017 163.33
       F/SMA Index: 9.25 (+/-): -0.535             F/D Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.523
 Qualified:             #8  8.608 -0.642                       #16  8.217 -0.323

Frantz gets the holeshot and holds off Frech for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  379 Allen Wilson                         4171 Rodger Brogdon               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  1.807 14.913   NS  
        C/ED Index: 7.91 (+/-): 92.089            B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-):  7.293
 Qualified:             #6  7.252 -0.658                       #14  7.160 -0.460

Wilson is a no-show. Brogdon takes the tree and backs off of the line.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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