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Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 11:58 AM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Patrick Ross                          427 Jarrod Granier               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  4.960 No Time      
         E/A Index: 8.31 (+/-): 91.689            C/SM Index: 8.82 (+/-): 91.179
 Qualified:            #13  7.741 -0.569                        #3  8.142 -0.678

11:40 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 30.02 inches, adjusted altitude 1,902 feet.

Ross is a no-show. Granier takes the green and backs off of the line.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   26 Jared Kimbrough                      2400 Monty Bogan                  
E1                   0.003  7.375 169.64     ****WINNER****  0.035  8.592 146.48
        C/ED Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.535            H/AA Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.628
 Qualified:            #11  7.332 -0.578                        #1  8.458 -0.762

Kimbrough gets the advantage off of the line but he can't reel in Bogan. Bogan 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
 3662 Scott Libersher                       358 David Billingsley            
E1                   0.121  8.022 160.21     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.225 148.69
       FS/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-): -0.448            D/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.475
 Qualified:            #19  8.032 -0.438                        #9  8.076 -0.624

Billingsley gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Libersher for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1235 Peter D`agnolo                       4240 Brooke Heckel                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  8.409 150.25                     0.041  7.085 186.74
       E/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.571            C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.515
 Qualified:             #4  8.317 -0.663                       #14  7.037 -0.563

D'agnolo is almost perfect off of the line and he pulls away for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   21 David Eaton                           189 Peter Hanratty               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.055  7.598 120.35                    -0.092 18.775  35.78
        A/AP Index: 7.18 (+/-):  0.418             K/A Index: 8.25 (+/-): 10.525
 Qualified:            #12  6.603 -0.577                        #2  7.544 -0.706

Hanratty is too quick off of the line and goes red. Eaton backs off of the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   25 John Frech                           510U Scott Linder                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  8.056 162.43                     0.061 12.938  51.73
         F/D Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.504             A/A Index: 7.16 (+/-):  5.778
 Qualified:            #16  8.012 -0.548                        #6  6.532 -0.628

Linder leaves the line, the car makes a quick move to the left, then he backs off of the throttle about 200 feet out. Frech backed off of the throttle a little early to save his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  332 Todd Frantz                           104 Frank Affronti               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.056 10.537  87.55                    -0.076  9.136 111.71
        H/AA Index: 9.22 (+/-):  1.317           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-):  0.166
 Qualified:             #5  8.582 -0.638                       #15  8.420 -0.550

Affronti is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Frantz.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1737 Don Belles                            800 Jason Grima                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  8.798 104.46                    -0.028 11.277  75.88
       FS/SM Index: 8.49 (+/-):  0.308             B/A Index: 7.61 (+/-):  3.667
 Qualified:            #18  8.010 -0.480                        #8  6.984 -0.626

Grima goes red giving the win to Belles. Belles backs off of the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Santo Volpe                             2 Jim Greenheck                
E1                   0.029  7.387 178.76     ****WINNER****  0.047  7.733 153.56
        A/EA Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.493            E/AA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.527
 Qualified:            #17  7.362 -0.518                        #7  7.632 -0.628

Volpe gets the holeshot but he can't hold off Greenheck.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   35 Robert Bailey                        1890 Michael Hanratty             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.073  9.500  89.88                           No Time      
        A/ED Index: 7.18 (+/-):  2.320            K/AA Index: 8.18 (+/-): 91.819
 Qualified:            #10  6.569 -0.611                       #20  7.776 -0.424

Hanratty is a no-show.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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