Fri, 15 Nov 2024, 14:05 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 406D Don Thomas                           7098 Tom Mettler                  
E1                   0.119  6.801 192.88     ****WINNER****  0.090  7.394 179.21
        B/ED Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.589             PST Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.576
 Qualified:            #13  6.885 -0.505                        #5  7.358 -0.612

Weather conditions: air temperature 54 degrees, relative humidity 78 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 1,360 feet.

Mettler with the starting line advantage and the win.

With the loss Thompson is out of the Championship hunt.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  654 Brandon Huhtala                      7634 Kurt Hugger                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.221  7.402 181.06                     0.064  7.670 162.90
         C/A Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.498             PST Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.340
 Qualified:            #11  7.334 -0.566                        #3  7.357 -0.653

Hugger with the starting line advantage, but Huhtala chased him down for the win in a close one. Brandon Huhtala's MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 3 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4011 Royce Freeman                          74 Josh Lee                     
E1                   0.017  8.885 128.38     ****WINNER****  0.054  8.883 133.09
        B/AA Index: 7.55 (+/-):  1.335            H/EA Index: 9.42 (+/-): -0.537
 Qualified:             #4  6.903 -0.647                       #12  8.856 -0.564

Freeman with the starting line advantage, Lee holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   61 Ryan Warter                             7 Ryan Priddy                  
E1                   0.024  8.642 159.21     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.610 168.79
        D/SM Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.378            A/AA Index: 7.08 (+/-): -0.470
 Qualified:            #16  9.363  0.343                        #8  6.489 -0.591

Priddy with the starting line advantage and the win. Warter's championship drive is over with the loss. The National Competition Eliminator Champion is Cody Lane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  800 Jason Grima                           799 Steve Graham                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  7.081 170.28                     0.040  7.107 162.76
         B/A Index: 7.61 (+/-): -0.529             B/A Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.483
 Qualified:             #9  7.022 -0.588                        #1  6.863 -0.727

Heads-up!

Graham with a couple ticks on the tree, but Grima chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 766A Melissa Murphy                       4206 Harry Clack                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.072  6.947 164.91                     0.083  9.285 144.15
        B/DA Index: 7.38 (+/-): -0.433            H/EA Index: 9.52 (+/-): -0.235
 Qualified:             #7  6.785 -0.595                       #15  9.497 -0.023

Murphy with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 601C Cody Lane                            5233 Taylor Chomiski              
E1                   0.086  8.676 130.64     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.231 152.66
        H/AA Index: 9.14 (+/-): -0.464            C/SM Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.559
 Qualified:            #10  8.552 -0.588                        #2  8.082 -0.708

Chomiski with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  2.196 No Time           
         H/A Index: 9.23 (+/-): 90.769    
 Qualified:             #6  8.634 -0.596                     Bye

Gusso took the green.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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