Sun, 26 Sep 2021, 13:10 PM Mountain Motor Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Mountain Motor Pro Stock 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
  200 Elijah Morton                         247 Mike Bell                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.262 223.99                     0.043  7.149 154.46
 Qualified:             #4  6.274 223.84                        #5  6.374 222.69

Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 30.07 inches, adjusted altitude 1,322 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Morton with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Bell clicked it off early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   99 Dwayne Rice                           297 Trevor Eman                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.072  7.182 130.92
 Qualified:             #6  6.395 220.94                        #3  6.257 224.55

Rice is a no-show

Eman with the single and he clicks it off early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  531 John DeFlorian Jr                    3831 Dennis Firkus                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.229  6.241 225.48                     1.233 No Time      
 Qualified:             #2  6.246 225.30                        #7  6.405 213.57

Firkus broke right on the starting line.

DeFlorian Jr. is straight down the groove for the win. He will have lane choice over Eman in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   21 Bill Neri                              2J J R Carr                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.744  6.727 214.45                     0.167 No Time      
 Qualified:             #8  6.591 207.40                        #1  6.227 225.71

Carr with the starting line advantage, but around half track the car got real loose. The car darted across the lane and made contact with the wall to give Neri the win.

Neri will give up lane choice to Morton in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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