Sat, 16 Nov 2024, 13:21 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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
 5008 Travis Gusso                         5233 Taylor Chomiski              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  8.609 157.43                     0.057  8.331 129.33
         H/A Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.621            C/SM Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.409
 Prior rounds:
E1                         No Time            (C Lane      ) 0.033  8.231 -0.559
 Qualified:             #6  8.634 -0.596                        #2  8.082 -0.708

Weather conditions: air temperature 55 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 1,141 feet.

Gusso with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  654 Brandon Huhtala                      766A Melissa Murphy               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.070  7.326 184.75                     0.122  6.771 192.55
         C/A Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.574            B/DA Index: 7.38 (+/-): -0.609
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Hugger    ) 0.221  7.402 -0.498      (H Clack     ) 0.072  6.947 -0.433
 Qualified:            #11  7.334 -0.566                        #7  6.785 -0.595

Huhtala with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Ryan Priddy                            74 Josh Lee                     
E2                  -0.041  6.923 153.54     ****WINNER****  0.043  9.263 111.69
        A/AA Index: 7.08 (+/-): -0.157            H/EA Index: 9.39 (+/-): -0.127
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Warter    ) 0.011  6.610 -0.470      (R Freeman   ) 0.054  8.883 -0.537
 Qualified:             #8  6.489 -0.591                       #12  8.856 -0.564

Priddy goes red to give Lee the win. He will face Gusso in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  800 Jason Grima                          7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.059  7.015 187.52                     0.047  7.375 178.99
         B/A Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.575             PST Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.525
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Graham    ) 0.042  7.081 -0.529      (D Thomas    ) 0.090  7.394 -0.576
 Qualified:             #9  7.022 -0.588                        #5  7.358 -0.612

Mettler with the starting line advantage, but Grima chased him down for the win. He will face Huhtala in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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