Fri, 31 Oct 2025, 13:21 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals powered by Direct Connection:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  802 Craig Geddes                         7155 Jeff Connelly                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.139  7.256 143.22                     0.202  6.316 225.67
        B/ED Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.304           AA/PM Index: 6.65 (+/-): -0.334
 Qualified:            #14  6.955 -0.605                       #28  6.368 -0.282

Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,936 feet.

Geddes with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  424 Shane Heckel                           10 Ryan Priddy                  
E1                   0.007 10.669  80.40     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.776 152.40
        B/DA Index: 7.48 (+/-):  3.189             A/A Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.374
 Qualified:            #24  6.918 -0.562                       #10  6.513 -0.637

Heckel with a great light, but has problems and Priddy chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  703 Joe Mozeris                          510U Scott Linder                 
E1                  -0.003  8.050 119.28     ****WINNER****  0.137  7.371 133.88
        C/DA Index: 7.62 (+/-):  0.430             A/A Index: 7.23 (+/-):  0.141
 Qualified:            #15  7.019 -0.601                        #1  6.532 -0.698

Mozeris goes red to give Linder the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  420 Jason Ochoa                          4011 Royce Freeman                
E1                   0.008  8.766 154.53     ****WINNER****  0.012  7.038 182.60
        D/SM Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.404            B/AA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.592
 Qualified:            #26  8.687 -0.483                       #12  7.010 -0.620

Ochoa with a great light, but Freeman chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7406 Eric Bell                             718 Kevin Carter                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  8.594 155.79                     0.065  7.285 165.66
       AH/SM Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.486            A/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.235
 Qualified:            #21  8.505 -0.575                        #7  6.867 -0.653

Bell with a near perfect light for the win. He will face Geddes in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7534 Paul Mitsos                            49 Brooke Heckel                
E1                  -0.012  6.905 148.80     ****WINNER****  0.012  8.466 114.36
        A/AA Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.315            J/DA Index: 8.40 (+/-):  0.066
 Qualified:            #16  6.621 -0.599                        #2  7.707 -0.693

Mitsos goes red to give Heckel the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  600 Jeff Lane                              46 Jeff Taylor                  
E1                   0.023  8.615 147.75     ****WINNER****  0.021  6.836 165.56
       E/SMA Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.435            A/ED Index: 7.34 (+/-): -0.504
 Qualified:            #17  8.452 -0.598                        #3  6.653 -0.687

Taylor with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Alan Freese                          5008 Travis Gusso                 
E1                  -0.012  8.344 149.55     ****WINNER****  0.110  8.486 118.90
        F/AA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.316             D/A Index: 8.43 (+/-):  0.056
 Qualified:            #25  8.160 -0.500                       #11  7.808 -0.622

Freese goes red to give Gusso the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Taylor Chomiski                      5900 Cali Neff                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  8.346 160.82                     0.022  6.614 159.44
        C/SM Index: 8.91 (+/-): -0.564            A/DA Index: 7.13 (+/-): -0.516
 Qualified:             #6  8.257 -0.653                       #20  6.554 -0.576

Chomiski with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  211 Glen Treadwell                          1 Cody Lane                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  7.868 157.01                     0.086  7.409 152.35
        M/AA Index: 8.45 (+/-): -0.582            A/EA Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.591
 Qualified:            #18  7.863 -0.587                        #4  7.334 -0.666

Treadwell with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Gusso the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Monty Bogan                            65 Melissa Murphy               
E1                  -0.001 13.376  74.42     ****WINNER**** -0.016  7.545 132.10
        H/AA Index: 9.22 (+/-):  4.156            B/DA Index: 7.45 (+/-):  0.095
 Qualified:            #22  8.650 -0.570                        #8  6.801 -0.649

bogan goes red to give Murphy the win. He will face Linder in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4065 Chase Williams                        800 Jason Grima                  
E1                   0.088  6.919 188.38     ****WINNER****  0.052  7.109 189.44
        B/ED Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.601             B/A Index: 7.68 (+/-): -0.571
 Qualified:             #9  6.880 -0.640                       #23  7.117 -0.563

Grima with the starting line advantage for the win in a close one. Jason Grima's MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 21 inches). He will face Heckel in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Todd Frantz                            67 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.251 131.69                     0.087  7.537 174.53
        G/ED Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.369            A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.403
 Qualified:            #13  8.005 -0.615                       #27  7.569 -0.371

Frantz with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Chomiski in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                           799 Steve Graham                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.069  7.307 149.36
        A/ED Index: 7.34 (+/-): 92.659             B/A Index: 7.68 (+/-): -0.373
 Qualified:            #19  6.763 -0.577                        #5  7.024 -0.656

Carter is a no-show to give Graham the win. He will face Freeman in the next round.

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