Sun, 28 Sep 2014, 14:09 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 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
  390 Ray Skillman                           54 Jim Greenheck                
E3                   0.194  7.261 187.94     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.321 175.09
        C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.609            C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.549
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Frantz    ) 0.104  7.274 -0.596      (P Ross      ) 0.073  8.032  0.202
E1    (T Gusso     ) 0.108  7.824 -0.046      (M Compton   ) 0.029  7.322 -0.548
 Qualified:             #4  7.224 -0.646                       #13  7.265 -0.605

1:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 2,820 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Greenheck gets a huge holeshot and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Greg Kamplain                        1052 Arnie Martel                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044  7.451 130.99                    -0.005  9.643  87.78
        B/ED Index: 7.40 (+/-):  0.051            E/AA Index: 8.30 (+/-):  1.343
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Skillman  ) 0.005  6.900 -0.570                     0.147  7.972 -0.328
E1    (M Graves    ) 0.058  7.042 -0.428      (J Santangelo) -0.044  8.611  0.311
 Qualified:            #11  6.862 -0.608                        #1  7.606 -0.694

Martel just misses the tree and gives the win to Kamplain.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  277 Larry Pritchett                      5212 Doug Engels                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.070  7.987 167.03                     0.013  7.291 182.08
        B/SM Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.533             D/D Index: 7.69 (+/-): -0.399
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Brown     ) 0.061  8.011 -0.539      (T Galbraith ) 0.016  7.186 -0.604
E1    (T Pontillo  ) 0.056  8.044 -0.556      (T Patterson ) 0.038  8.186  0.396
 Qualified:            #12  7.993 -0.607                       #16  7.197 -0.593

Engels gets the advantage off the line but can't run down Pritchett.

Pritchett will take on Kamplain in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  32 Brian Browell                
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.074  7.971 109.17
                                                   D/D Index: 7.66 (+/-):  0.311
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (B Massel    ) 0.008  7.158 -0.632
E1                                           (D Robison   ) -0.015  8.233  0.443
 Qualified:                                                       #8  7.167 -0.623

Browell gets the bye and clicks it off early. He will take on Greenheck in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink