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Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 19:37 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 3 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
 1890 Michael Hanratty                     258B Tom Ratliff                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.066  7.539 173.76                     0.097  7.892 158.09
        K/AA Index: 8.12 (+/-): -0.581            G/ED Index: 8.41 (+/-): -0.518
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Coan      ) 0.124 13.623  5.503      (C Tindle    ) 0.036  7.910 -0.550
E1    (C Bourgeois ) 0.018  7.653 -0.467      (J Frech     ) 0.094  7.957 -0.543
 Qualified:            #26  7.653 -0.467                       #21  8.011 -0.489

7:20 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,711 feet.

Hanratty gets the advantage off of the line and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1937 Lee Zane                               45 John Clegg                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  8.076 145.00                     0.090  6.981 179.52
         F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.514            CC/A Index: 7.31 (+/-): -0.329
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.009  8.760  0.170      (G Kamplain  ) 0.076  6.808 -0.642
E1    (P Nahan     ) 0.007  8.962  0.372      (M Bogan     ) 0.029  6.941 -0.529
 Qualified:            #24  8.110 -0.480                        #8  6.927 -0.543

Zane with the advantage off of the line and he holds off Clegg for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5212 Doug Engels                             5 Taylor Chomiski              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.032  7.388 158.43                     0.041  8.502 146.53
        D/DA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.582            E/SM Index: 8.99 (+/-): -0.488
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Frantz    ) 0.021  7.515 -0.455      (T Datweiler ) 0.020  8.487 -0.613
E1    (G Schenck   ) 0.082  7.475 -0.495      (S Benham    ) 0.007  9.312  0.212
 Qualified:             #7  7.425 -0.545                       #13  8.583 -0.517

Engels gets the holeshot and goes around Chomiski for the win. Engels will take a CIC adjustment in the next round.

Engels will take on Hanratty in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 David Dupps                           414 Mason McGaha                 
E3                   0.085  8.045 167.07     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.998 195.62
        C/EA Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.525             B/A Index: 7.49 (+/-): -0.492
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Farrell   ) 0.014  8.066 -0.604      (R Freeman   ) 0.082  6.986 -0.654
E1    (A Berge     ) 0.010  8.163 -0.507      (D Robison   ) 0.038  7.577 -0.063
 Qualified:             #9  8.130 -0.540                        #3  7.055 -0.585

McGaha gets the starting line advantage and goes around Dupps for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jeff Taylor                            52 Brian Stufflebeam            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.778 171.69                     0.065  7.387 158.58
        A/ED Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.412            A/EA Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.373
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Stephenson) 0.035  6.687 -0.513      (R Brogdon   ) 0.003  7.257 -0.593
E1    (C Neff      ) 0.036  7.141 -0.059      (A Holt      ) 0.072  8.177  0.327
 Qualified:            #11  6.674 -0.526                       #27  7.383 -0.467

Taylor gets the holeshot and goes around Stufflebeam for the win. Taylor hasn't taken any CIC adjustments during eliminations.

Taylor will take on Zane in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1235 Peter D`Agnolo                         46 Donald Thomas                
E3                   0.028  8.343 153.58     ****WINNER****  0.039  6.851 178.71
       E/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.497             C/D Index: 7.44 (+/-): -0.589
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Massel    ) 0.033  8.332 -0.608      (G Treadwell ) 0.026  7.273 -0.167
E1    (D Billingsle) 0.047  8.602 -0.338      (A Wilson II ) 0.223  7.141 -0.299
 Qualified:            #17  8.431 -0.509                       #12  6.920 -0.520

D'Agnolo gets the holeshot but he can't hold off Thomas.

Thomas will take on McGaha in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink