Sat, 20 Sep 2014, 21:35 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Tenth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                    3308 John Frech                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.722 147.36                     0.119  8.107 161.25
        L/AA Index: 9.24 (+/-): -0.518             F/D Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.463
 Qualified:             #2  8.660 -0.580                        #8  8.077 -0.513

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Billingsley had a nice edge at the green, took a small CIC to make sure he got the win light. David Billingsley's MOV: 0.1490 seconds (approximately 35 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                           3455 Greg Tabler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  8.462 134.75                     0.043  7.952 163.28
        B/TA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.328            C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-):  0.122
 Qualified:             #7  8.274 -0.516                       #13  9.654  1.824

Table had a bad weekend and this was actually his best run of the event.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Chuck Haubiel                        3909 Drew Skillman                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  8.239 159.89                     0.019  8.435 160.19
        C/SM Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.511           E/SMA Index: 8.91 (+/-): -0.475
 Qualified:             #4  8.180 -0.570                       #10  8.500 -0.410

This was out-of-character for Skillman. He had the advantage at the tree and could not hold off Haubiel. Chuck Haubiel's MOV: 0.0090 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Greg Kamplain                        3304 Jim Primozic Jr.             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066  7.262 147.07                     0.115  8.886 127.52
        B/ED Index: 7.47 (+/-): -0.208           B/SMA Index: 8.56 (+/-):  0.326
 Qualified:             #6  6.949 -0.521                       #12  8.846  0.286

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3068 Steve Ambrose                        3363 Ron Bohn                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.101  8.086 127.09                    -0.004  7.841 167.20
        J/AA Index: 8.33 (+/-): -0.244             J/D Index: 8.21 (+/-): -0.369
 Qualified:             #5  7.794 -0.556                       #11  7.832 -0.378

Bohn's red light sealed the deal for Ambrose here.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   35 Terry Smith                           390 Ray Skillman                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.097 11.036  70.92                    -0.500 12.317  72.62
        D/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-):  3.116            C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-):  4.447
 Qualified:             #9  7.444 -0.476                        #3  7.300 -0.570

Skillman went red by more than a full bulb.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  332 Todd Frantz                                Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  1.347 No Time           
       D/SMA Index: 8.92 (+/-): 91.079    
 Qualified:             #1  8.325 -0.615                     Bye

Frantz took the green.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink