Sun, 02 Oct 2022, 15:54 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Adam Hickey                             2 David Billingsley            
E4   ****WINNER****  0.045  6.794 191.54                     0.051  8.045 166.93
        B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.506            C/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.485
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Frantz    ) 0.071  6.794 -0.586      (C Bourgeois ) 0.077  8.022 -0.658
E2    (J Bailey    ) 0.067  9.429  2.049      (D Engels    ) 0.127  8.219 -0.461
E1    (D Robison   ) 0.018  8.819  1.439      (G Kamplain  ) 0.037  8.365 -0.315
 Qualified:            #21  6.788 -0.592                       #11  8.031 -0.649

2:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 30.23 inches, adjusted altitude 1,456 feet.

Hickey gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Billingsley for the win.

Hickey is going to his third final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  800 Jason Grima                                Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.011 No Time           
         B/A Index: 7.46 (+/-): 92.539    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Bailey    ) 0.027  6.954 -0.556   
E2    (J Smith     ) 0.152  7.141 -0.369   
E1    (C Williams  ) 0.006  7.007 -0.633   
 Qualified:             #4  6.946 -0.694                     Bye

Grima doesn't take it easy on the bye run. He comes off the line and drifts a little to the left. he stays on the throttle, the car makes a hard move to the right, flips on to the left side and slams head first into the wall just past the finish line. The car bounces off of the wall, flips over on it's roof and catches fire. Grima gets out and is pulled away from the vehicle.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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