Sat, 01 Nov 2025, 12:18 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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
 7406 Eric Bell                             802 Craig Geddes                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.466 158.07                     0.079  6.899 191.43
       AH/SM Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.614            B/ED Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.661
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Carter    ) 0.001  8.594 -0.486      (J Connelly  ) 0.139  7.256 -0.304
 Qualified:            #21  8.505 -0.575                       #14  6.955 -0.605

Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 30.06 inches, adjusted altitude 2,502 feet.

Bell with starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 510U Scott Linder                           65 Melissa Murphy               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.107  7.023 137.99                    -0.002 24.167  65.10
         A/A Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.207            B/DA Index: 7.45 (+/-): 16.717
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.137  7.371  0.141      (M Bogan     ) -0.016  7.545  0.095
 Qualified:             #1  6.532 -0.698                        #8  6.801 -0.649

Murphy goes red to give Linder the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Taylor Chomiski                        34 Todd Frantz                  
E2                   0.028  8.702 130.03     ****WINNER****  0.049  8.127 139.41
        C/SM Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.148            G/ED Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.493
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Neff      ) 0.019  8.346 -0.564      (R Van Paepeg) 0.035  8.251 -0.369
 Qualified:             #6  8.257 -0.653                       #13  8.005 -0.615

Chomiski with the starting line advantage, but Frantz chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                          211 Glen Treadwell               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.773 164.35                     0.036  8.118 136.51
         D/A Index: 8.43 (+/-): -0.657            M/AA Index: 8.37 (+/-): -0.252
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Freese    ) 0.110  8.486  0.056      (C Lane      ) 0.044  7.868 -0.582
 Qualified:            #11  7.808 -0.622                       #18  7.863 -0.587

Gusso with a great light for the win. He will face Bell in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  800 Jason Grima                            49 Brooke Heckel                
E2                  -0.017  7.664 138.23     ****WINNER****  0.062  8.017 132.80
         B/A Index: 7.61 (+/-):  0.054            J/DA Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.383
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Williams  ) 0.052  7.109 -0.571      (P Mitsos    ) 0.012  8.466  0.066
 Qualified:            #23  7.117 -0.563                        #2  7.707 -0.693

Grima goes red to give Heckel the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4011 Royce Freeman                         799 Steve Graham                 
E2                   0.137  7.049 166.35     ****WINNER****  0.071  7.193 171.99
        B/AA Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.491             B/A Index: 7.68 (+/-): -0.487
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Ochoa     ) 0.012  7.038 -0.592      (D Carter    ) 0.069  7.307 -0.373
 Qualified:            #12  7.010 -0.620                        #5  7.024 -0.656

Graham with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Heckel in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Ryan Priddy                            46 Jeff Taylor                  
E2                  -0.004  7.387 131.60     ****WINNER****  0.081  7.275 137.33
         A/A Index: 7.15 (+/-):  0.237            A/ED Index: 7.34 (+/-): -0.065
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Heckel    ) 0.030  6.776 -0.374      (J Lane      ) 0.021  6.836 -0.504
 Qualified:            #10  6.513 -0.637                        #3  6.653 -0.687

Priddy goes red to give Taylor the win. He will face Frantz in the next round.

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