Sat, 02 Nov 2024, 14:10 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 510U Scott Linder                         7879 Don Bevers                   
E3   ****WINNER****  1.295 No Time                                 No Time      
         A/A Index: 7.17 (+/-): 92.829           A/SMA Index: 8.64 (+/-): 91.359
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Gusso     ) 0.018  6.665 -0.565      (C Neff      ) 0.050  8.687  0.047
E1    (J Treadwell ) 0.099  7.022 -0.208      (M Dahl      ) 0.014  8.140 -0.510
 Qualified:             #3  6.558 -0.672                       #15  8.062 -0.588

11:00 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 2,714 feet.

Bevers was a no-show. Linder took the green light and backed off of the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4373 Ashton Hudson                          41 Rodger Brogdon               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  8.726 146.94                     0.099  7.174 190.19
        H/AA Index: 9.20 (+/-): -0.474            B/AP Index: 7.71 (+/-): -0.536
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Geddes    ) 0.037  9.262  0.062      (J Lee       ) 0.012  7.205 -0.525
E1    (R Priddy    ) 0.008  8.697 -0.623      (B Stufflebea) 0.005  7.222 -0.618
 Qualified:             #8  8.688 -0.632                        #4  7.178 -0.662

Hudson gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Brogdon for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5233 Taylor Chomiski                        61 Ryan Warter                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.283  95.03                    -0.001  8.944 127.17
        C/SM Index: 8.82 (+/-):  0.463            D/SM Index: 9.06 (+/-): -0.116
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Hickey    ) 0.032  8.330 -0.490      (D Thomas    ) 0.004  8.557 -0.543
E1    (J Grima     ) 0.041  8.313 -0.627      (E Bell      ) 0.085  8.597 -0.553
 Qualified:             #2  8.203 -0.737                       #14  8.561 -0.589

Warter just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Chomiski.

Chomiski will take on Hudson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 766A Melissa Murphy                       2966 David Triplett               
E3                   0.033  6.986 190.86     ****WINNER****  0.083  7.920 162.25
        B/DA Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.464            G/ED Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.650
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Brown     ) 0.027  6.946 -0.534      (C Lane      ) 0.051  8.851  0.281
E1    (R Bailey    ) 0.042  6.988 -0.492      (C Neff      ) 0.045  8.079 -0.491
 Qualified:            #29  6.959 -0.521                       #17  7.984 -0.586

Murphy gets the holeshot but she can't reel in Triplett.

Triplett will take on linder in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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