Fri, 13 Mar 2020, 12:17 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  503 Joseph Arrowsmith                          Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.075  8.762 119.77     
        G/AA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.078    
 Qualified:             #1  8.098 -0.742                     Bye

Arrowsmith with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  205 Ed Federkeil Jr                         1 Frank Aragona                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.022 179.59                     0.033  7.491 176.30
        B/AA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.568            J/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.549
 Qualified:            #18  7.034 -0.556                        #5  7.400 -0.640

Federkeil Jr. with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Pat Ross                             107M Wes Leopold                  
E1                   0.008  8.201 141.43     ****WINNER****  0.048  7.959 151.73
         F/A Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.439           A/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.571
 Qualified:             #4  7.986 -0.654                       #17  7.957 -0.573

Ross with a great light, but Leopold chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  138 Wendell Howes                           3 Brad Plourd                  
E1                  -0.115  8.583 154.47     ****WINNER****  0.037  6.792 138.61
       AH/SM Index: 8.95 (+/-): -0.367           AA/AM Index: 6.94 (+/-): -0.148
 Qualified:            #25  8.592 -0.358                       #12  6.336 -0.604

Howes goes red to give Plourd the win. He will face Federkeil in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                        430E Erica Enders                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.063  6.984 184.47                     0.047  8.449 137.54
        C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.576             G/A Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.551
 Qualified:            #15  6.983 -0.577                        #2  8.301 -0.699

Enders with the starting line advantage, but Kamplain chased her down for the win in a close one. Greg Kamplain's MOV: 0.0098 seconds (approximately 24 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1235 Pete D'agnolo                          23 Jim Kimbrough                
E1                   0.000  8.412 155.26     ****WINNER****  0.001  7.327 164.05
       E/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.568            C/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.593
 Qualified:            #16  8.404 -0.576                        #3  7.263 -0.657

D'agnolo with a perfect light, but Kimbrough with a near perfect light and the win. Jim Kimbrough's MOV: 0.0244 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  855 Stig Olsson                            22 Randy Daniels                
E1                   0.036  6.954 201.55     ****WINNER****  0.075  8.549 137.22
        A/DA Index: 7.09 (+/-): -0.136            D/SM Index: 9.04 (+/-): -0.491
 Qualified:            #20  6.558 -0.532                        #7  8.405 -0.635

Olsson with the starting line advantage, but Daniels held on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2112 Jenny Treadwell                        26 John Frech                   
E1                  -0.022  9.560  95.79     ****WINNER****  0.017 11.845  70.46
        E/EA Index: 8.92 (+/-):  0.640             F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-):  3.255
 Qualified:             #9  8.292 -0.628                       #22  8.077 -0.513

Treadwell goes red to give Frech the win. He will face Kamplain in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  240 Steve Schumacher                       37 Robert Bailey                
E1                   0.151  8.148 163.47     ****WINNER****  0.080  6.602 196.36
        C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.552            A/ED Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.588
 Qualified:            #24  8.331 -0.369                       #11  6.579 -0.611

Bailey with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Leopold Jr. in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1945 Gary Wolkwitz                           9 Jim Greenheck                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.692  99.91                    -0.012  7.959 136.57
       AH/SM Index: 8.95 (+/-):  0.742            D/AA Index: 8.08 (+/-): -0.121
 Qualified:            #21  8.421 -0.529                        #8  7.447 -0.633

Greenheck goes red to give Wolkwitz the win. He will face Arrowsmith in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  233 Art Hodges                            104 Frank Affronti               
E1                   0.154  7.276 187.26     ****WINNER****  0.059  7.645 176.24
         C/A Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.574            E/AA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.575
 Qualified:            #14  7.269 -0.581                       #27  8.084 -0.136

Affronti with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Daniels in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   57 Tony Pontillo                        2221 Richard Mace                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.802 188.49                     0.066  8.661 153.02
        B/DA Index: 7.38 (+/-): -0.578           F/SMA Index: 9.26 (+/-): -0.599
 Qualified:            #13  6.799 -0.581                       #26  8.942 -0.318

Pontillo with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1058 James Daniels                          21 Van Puckett                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.043  9.132 115.43                           No Time      
       AH/SM Index: 8.95 (+/-):  0.182            F/AA Index: 8.52 (+/-): 91.479
 Qualified:            #19  8.397 -0.553                        #6  7.884 -0.636

Puckett is a no-show to give Daniels the freebie. He will face Pontillo in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5233 Taylor Chomiski                      2304 Danny Holt                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  8.874 110.06                           No Time      
         D/A Index: 8.32 (+/-):  0.554            C/EA Index: 8.69 (+/-): 91.309
 Qualified:            #10  7.698 -0.622                       #23  8.207 -0.483

Holt is a no-show to give Chomiski the freebie. He will face Kimbrough in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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