Thu, 13 Nov 2025, 15:04 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Alan Freese                           800 Jason Grima                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  4.437 No Time      
        F/AA Index: 8.54 (+/-): 91.459             B/A Index: 7.59 (+/-): 92.409
 Qualified:            #18 31.500 22.960                        #9  7.012 -0.578

11:36 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,413 feet.

Freese is a no-show. Grima takes the green and backs off of the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Ryan Warter                          7534 Paul Mitsos                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  8.833 120.34                    -0.003  6.555 198.29
        D/SM Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.147            A/AA Index: 7.13 (+/-): -0.575
 Qualified:            #16 31.000 22.020                        #7  6.529 -0.601

Mitsos just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Warter. Warter backs off of the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  802 Craig Geddes                           10 Ryan Priddy                  
E1                   0.064  7.002 160.44     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.566 176.88
        B/ED Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.418             A/A Index: 7.08 (+/-): -0.514
 Qualified:            #11  6.893 -0.527                        #2  6.405 -0.675

Priddy with the advantage off of the line and he goes around Geddes for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4011 Royce Freeman                          67 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E1   ****WINNER****  0.160  6.922 190.14                     0.029  7.454 177.37
        B/AA Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.628            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.386
 Qualified:             #4  6.901 -0.649                       #13  7.483 -0.357

Van Paepeghem gets the advantage off of the line but he can't hold off Freeman.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                         7235 Scott McClay                 
E1                   0.060  7.678 172.54     ****WINNER****  0.032  7.255 182.80
         D/A Index: 8.27 (+/-): -0.592            C/ED Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.585
 Qualified:             #8  7.672 -0.598                       #17 30.500 22.660

McClay gets the holeshot and goes around Gusso for the win but he will take a hit to his index in the next round.

McClay will run Freeman in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  704 Kayla Mozeris                          46 Jeff Taylor                  
E1                   0.004  8.412 161.09     ****WINNER****  0.037  6.594 196.56
       E/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.558            A/ED Index: 7.21 (+/-): -0.616
 Qualified:            #14  8.685 -0.285                        #5  6.582 -0.628

Mozeris gets the advantage off of the line and taylor has to take a big hit to his index to get around and take the win.

Taylor will take on Grima in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  703 Joe Mozeris                             3 Rodger Brogdon               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.277  9.701  91.43                    -0.002  8.300 118.98
        C/DA Index: 7.54 (+/-):  2.161            B/SR Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.080
 Qualified:            #10  6.971 -0.569                        #1  7.691 -0.689

Brogdon misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Mozeris. Mozeris spun a little off of the line and backed off of the throttle.

Mozeris will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                           600 Jeff Lane                    
E1                   0.046  6.845 177.53     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.239 182.03
        A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.575            A/EA Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.641
 Qualified:             #3  6.764 -0.656                       #12  7.447 -0.433

Lane gets the holeshot and holds off Carter for the win. Lane takes a big hit to his index in the next round.

Lane will take on Warter in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   65 Melissa Murphy                        420 Jason Ochoa                  
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.018  7.604 125.49                    -0.005  8.645 142.28
        B/DA Index: 7.37 (+/-):  0.234            D/SM Index: 9.04 (+/-): -0.395
 Qualified:             #6  6.748 -0.622                       #15 30.879 21.839

Ochoa leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Murphy.

Murphy will take on Priddy in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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