Sat, 27 Sep 2014, 14:06 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Third annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Bruno Massel 58 Terry Ticel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.660 193.27 0.058 8.265 165.33
I/D Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.570 G/AA Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.585
Qualified: #2 6.570 -0.660 #15 8.249 -0.601
12:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent,
barometer 29.73 inches, adjusted altitude 2,558 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.Massel gets
out of the gate with the advantage and drives around Ticel for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5008 Travis Gusso 390 Ray Skillman
E1 -0.001 8.711 126.66 ****WINNER**** 0.108 7.824 133.63
D/SM Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.229 C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.046
Qualified: #17 8.349 -0.591 #4 7.224 -0.646
Gusso leaves just a little too soon and goes red. Skillman was leaking some sort of fluid at
the hit, was smoking all the way through the run and was off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 David Rampy 3002 Patrick Ross Sr.
E1 -0.016 7.815 126.59 ****WINNER**** 0.037 7.933 146.97
A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.025 D/A Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.317
Qualified: #7 7.206 -0.634 #20 7.690 -0.560
Rampy leaves a little too soon and turns on the red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
357 Rick Brown 346 Mike Farrell
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 8.171 156.99 0.050 7.341 181.11
B/TA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.619 A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.499
Qualified: #6 8.156 -0.634 #19 7.272 -0.568
Brown takes the win but will take a hit on his index.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5464 Michael Compton 54 Jim Greenheck
E1 -0.019 8.549 162.47 ****WINNER**** 0.029 7.322 174.48
E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.451 C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.548
Qualified: #26 8.562 -0.438 #13 7.265 -0.605
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
358 David Billingsley 3909 Drew Skillman
E1 0.080 8.652 154.16 ****WINNER**** 0.049 8.349 154.21
L/AA Index: 9.24 (+/-): -0.588 E/SMA Index: 8.91 (+/-): -0.561
Qualified: #18 8.656 -0.584 #5 8.275 -0.635
Drew Skillman's MOV: 0.0047 seconds (approximately 13 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3506 Troy Galbraith 2304 Danny Holt
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.034 6.982 147.60 0.121 19.083 35.87
B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.408 C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): 10.483
Qualified: #9 6.781 -0.609 #22 8.077 -0.523
Holt has problems early and clicks it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
31 Greg Kamplain 3505 Mike Graves
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.058 7.042 172.41 0.109 7.835 170.43
B/ED Index: 7.47 (+/-): -0.428 D/A Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.415
Qualified: #11 6.862 -0.608 #24 7.765 -0.485
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5212 Doug Engels 5250 Todd Patterson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 8.186 118.29 -0.005 8.418 128.49
D/D Index: 7.79 (+/-): 0.396 A/SMA Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.072
Qualified: #16 7.197 -0.593 #3 7.843 -0.647
Patterson goes red and gives the win to Engels.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
277 Larry Pritchett 3553 Tony Pontillo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 8.044 160.27 0.249 10.753 74.29
B/SM Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.556 B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): 3.363
Qualified: #12 7.993 -0.607 #25 6.916 -0.474
Pontillo has problems early in the run and clicks it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
39 Robert Bailey 332 Todd Frantz
E1 0.032 6.720 207.50 ****WINNER**** 0.040 8.367 150.97
A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.380 D/SMA Index: 8.92 (+/-): -0.553
Qualified: #23 6.578 -0.522 #10 8.312 -0.608
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5210 Duane Robison 32 Brian Browell
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** -0.015 8.233 106.63
C/A Index: 7.87 (+/-): 92.129 D/D Index: 7.79 (+/-): 0.443
Qualified: #21 7.342 -0.528 #8 7.167 -0.623
Robison is a no-show.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
115 Joe Santangelo 1052 Arnie Martel
E1 -0.500 11.436 82.03 ****WINNER**** -0.044 8.611 108.41
B/SR Index: 8.36 (+/-): 3.076 E/AA Index: 8.30 (+/-): 0.311
Qualified: #14 7.757 -0.603 #1 7.606 -0.694
Santangelo left way too soon and went red.
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