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Sat, 05 Sep 2026, 22:50 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green





INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 380 Todd Datweiler               
E1                                            ****WINNER**** -0.038  9.021  99.43
                                                 AA/AM Index: 6.98 (+/-):  2.041
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.369 -0.611
Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 80 percent, barometer 29.87 inches, adjusted altitude 3,311 feet.

Datweiler with the bye run.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   21 Monty Bogan                            45 John Clegg                   
E1                   0.041  8.484 156.77     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.941 182.33
       D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.496            CC/A Index: 7.47 (+/-): -0.529
 Qualified:            #30  8.533 -0.447                        #8  6.927 -0.543
Clegg with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   39 Jeremy Bailey                          31 Greg Kamplain                
E1                   0.013  7.162 184.12     ****WINNER****  0.130  6.997 188.20
        C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.428            C/DA Index: 7.49 (+/-): -0.493
 Qualified:            #41  7.689  0.099                       #19  6.995 -0.495
Bailey with the starting line advantage, but Kamplain chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  336 Marion Stephenson                    5008 Travis Gusso                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.625 155.19                     0.186  7.842 171.79
       D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.355             E/A Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.478
 Qualified:            #44  9.445  0.465                       #22  7.840 -0.480
Stephenson with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3796 James Smith                             8 Rodger Brogdon               
E1                   0.130 11.027  87.15     ****WINNER****  0.042  7.971 138.36
        B/AA Index: 7.55 (+/-):  3.477            B/EA Index: 8.27 (+/-): -0.299
 Qualified:            #38  7.235 -0.315                       #16  7.759 -0.511
Brogdon with the starting line advantage for the win as smith has problems

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3629 Jason Coan                            366 Brad Allen                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  8.267 153.02                     0.136  7.063 186.46
        G/EA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.463            B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.337
 Qualified:            #15  8.214 -0.516                       #37  7.064 -0.336
Coan with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5210 Duane Robison                         414 Mason McGaha                 
E1                  -0.014  8.020 130.81     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.577 139.11
         C/A Index: 7.91 (+/-):  0.110             B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.063
 Qualified:            #25  7.430 -0.480                        #3  7.055 -0.585
Robison goes red to give McGaha the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1235 Peter D`Agnolo                        358 David Billingsley            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047  8.602 139.34                     0.160  8.372 157.56
       E/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.338            D/EA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.298
 Qualified:            #17  8.431 -0.509                       #39  8.371 -0.299
D'Agnolo with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Taylor Chomiski                      4254 Scott Benham                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  9.312 108.32                    -0.056  8.147 140.72
        E/SM Index: 9.10 (+/-):  0.212            B/SR Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.253
 Qualified:            #13  8.583 -0.517                       #35  8.055 -0.345
Chomiski with a great light for the win and Benham turns on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3308 John Frech                           258B Tom Ratliff                  
E1                   0.070  8.064 158.71     ****WINNER****  0.094  7.957 163.37
         F/D Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.476            G/ED Index: 8.50 (+/-): -0.543
 Qualified:            #43  8.795  0.255                       #21  8.011 -0.489
Frech with the starting line advantage, but Ratliff gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Pat Nahan                            1937 Lee Zane                     
E1                  -0.008  8.164 120.69     ****WINNER****  0.007  8.962 113.90
        E/DA Index: 7.98 (+/-):  0.184             F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-):  0.372
 Qualified:             #2  7.375 -0.605                       #24  8.110 -0.480
Nahan goes red to give Zane the win, who has a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3137 Brian Seibenick                       211 Glen Treadwell               
E1                   0.214  8.663 147.41     ****WINNER****  0.026  8.101 151.31
        L/DA Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.337            M/AA Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.239
 Qualified:            #45  9.504  0.504                       #23  7.860 -0.480
Treadwell with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                         3864 Scott Chamness               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058  6.991 174.80                     0.097  6.728 200.80
       CC/AT Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.569             B/D Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.502
 Qualified:             #6  7.004 -0.556                       #28  6.767 -0.463
Massel with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  346 Mike Farrell                          104 Frank Affronti               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  8.075 138.86                     0.207  9.155 125.48
        B/SR Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.315           E/SMA Index: 8.95 (+/-):  0.205
 Qualified:            #20  7.898 -0.492                       #42  9.078  0.128
Farrell with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                              1 Jeff Taylor                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.036  7.141 142.93
        A/ED Index: 7.19 (+/-): 92.809            A/ED Index: 7.20 (+/-): -0.059
 Qualified:            #33  6.783 -0.407                       #11  6.674 -0.526
Heads-up! Neff with problems getting the car to fire to give Taylor the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  383 Allen Wilson III                     4011 Royce Freeman                
E1                   0.081  8.460 157.26     ****WINNER****  0.156  6.997 187.57
        D/EA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.300            B/AA Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.523
 Qualified:            #36  8.417 -0.343                       #14  7.003 -0.517
Wilson III with the starting line advantage, but Freeman chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3038 Andrew Holt                            52 Brian Stufflebeam            
E1                  -0.032  8.902  96.28     ****WINNER****  0.072  8.177 116.89
         I/D Index: 7.17 (+/-):  1.732            A/EA Index: 7.85 (+/-):  0.327
 Qualified:             #5  6.606 -0.564                       #27  7.383 -0.467
Holt goes red to give Stufflebeam the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4337 Craig Bourgeois                      1890 Michael Hanratty             
E1                   0.123  6.885 176.93     ****WINNER****  0.018  7.653 171.21
        A/ND Index: 7.43 (+/-): -0.545            K/AA Index: 8.12 (+/-): -0.467
 Qualified:             #4  6.861 -0.569                       #26  7.653 -0.467
Hanratty with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  431 Greg Schenck                         5212 Doug Engels                  
E1                   0.028  9.072 143.28     ****WINNER****  0.082  7.475 159.14
        H/EA Index: 9.48 (+/-): -0.408            D/DA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.495
 Qualified:            #29  9.026 -0.454                        #7  7.425 -0.545
Schenck with the starting line advantage, but Engels chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2121 Chelsea Tindle                        727 Alan Freese                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.009  7.800 154.07                     0.188  8.287 138.88
        D/DA Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.210            F/AA Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.233
 Qualified:            #10  7.477 -0.533                       #32  8.109 -0.411
tindle with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1014 AJ Berge                                4 David Dupps                  
E1                   0.099  7.976 175.59     ****WINNER****  0.010  8.163 160.21
       FS/SM Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.514            C/EA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.507
 Qualified:            #31  8.047 -0.443                        #9  8.130 -0.540
Dupps with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   33 Todd Frantz                          3076 Robert Bailey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.056  7.476 175.80                     0.066  6.668 201.58
        D/DA Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.524            A/ED Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.512
 Qualified:            #18  7.503 -0.497                       #40  6.930 -0.250
Frantz with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 Allen Wilson                           46 Donald Thomas                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.223  7.141 149.81
        C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): 92.409             C/D Index: 7.44 (+/-): -0.299
 Qualified:            #34  7.197 -0.393                       #12  6.920 -0.520
Wilson is a no-show and Thomas the single.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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