Sat, 05 Sep 2015, 12:04 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
210 Rodney Rosenstiel 2211 Van Puckett
E1 0.218 6.333 218.58 ****WINNER**** 0.028 8.281 160.38
AA/AM Index: 6.96 (+/-): -0.627 G/AA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.559
Qualified: #40 6.528 -0.432 #11 8.299 -0.541
11:02 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.21 inches, adjusted
altitude 3,330 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.Rosenstiel is dead late and gives the class a permanent CIC to boot. Puckett
will take a big CIC to round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5008 Travis Gusso 3796 James Smith
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.185 8.566 146.30 0.054 15.353 53.72
D/SM Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.374 D/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-): 7.183
Qualified: #24 8.437 -0.503 #53 8.417 0.247
Gusso wins with a 0.185 light, as Smith is coasting before the 330 lights.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
43 Keith Hall 557 Mark Kirkman
E1 -0.500 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.043 7.396 112.05
E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-): 90.999 A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-): 0.296
Qualified: #34 8.530 -0.470 #5 6.540 -0.560
Hall rolls out of the beams and gets a red light. easy win for Kirkman.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1160 Al Ackerman 35 Todd Frantz
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.075 7.999 165.36 0.053 8.412 153.61
F/D Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.571 D/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.468
Qualified: #26 8.072 -0.498 #55 9.347 0.467
11:09 a.m. Looks like Hall left a mess on the stating line. lots of scrubbing and mops.Frantz got a nice starting line
advantage and Ackerman catches him in the lights. A big CIC for next round for his efforts.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4025 Joey Tanksley 353 Bruno Massel
E1 0.082 6.428 209.04 ****WINNER**** 0.016 7.133 192.66
A/D Index: 6.94 (+/-): -0.512 DD/AT Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.487
Qualified: #7 6.393 -0.547 #36 7.166 -0.454
Nice light for Massel and the thirteen foot hole shot win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 David Rampy 104 Frank Affronti
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.069 7.392 156.52 0.054 8.282 163.14
A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.428 C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.318
Qualified: #18 7.301 -0.519 #47 8.261 -0.339
Rampy paces Affronti in the lights for the substantial win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
346 Mike Farrell 51 Todd Patterson
E1 0.069 8.532 157.76 ****WINNER**** 0.080 8.019 160.38
E/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.348 A/SMA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.421
Qualified: #51 8.874 -0.006 #22 7.935 -0.505
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
394 Greg Kamplain 5571 John Keilers
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.071 7.436 135.13 -0.029 6.713 204.70
B/ED Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.014 A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.387
Qualified: #13 6.914 -0.536 #42 6.679 -0.421
Keilers goes red and Kamplain gets the easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4165 Dick Maris 340 Terry Smith
E1 -0.010 7.196 156.99 ****WINNER**** 0.014 9.398 113.52
C/DA Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.334 A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-): 2.298
Qualified: #10 6.989 -0.541 #39 6.667 -0.433
Smith motors on down, after Maris misses the green by -0.010.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
590 Clint Neff 388 Brian Stufflebeam
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.005 7.701 165.29 0.004 7.346 180.33
K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.539 A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.474
Qualified: #12 7.700 -0.540 #41 7.388 -0.432
Just 0.001 difference in RT's and Neff dips into the CIC pool for the almost twenty foot win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
455 Kenneth Laughlin 331 Ed Bennett
E1 -0.062 6.963 193.79 ****WINNER**** 0.221 6.976 147.65
BB/AM Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.437 A/D Index: 6.94 (+/-): 0.036
Qualified: #49 7.244 -0.156 #20 6.428 -0.512
Laughlin goes red and then has the engine expire before the finish line. Double OUCH!Easy win for Bennett.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3068 Steve Ambrose 3520 Steve Polhill
E1 -0.018 10.901 80.79 ****WINNER**** 0.020 9.569 110.08
J/AA Index: 8.30 (+/-): 2.601 H/EA Index: 9.51 (+/-): 0.059
Qualified: #19 7.781 -0.519 #48 9.318 -0.192
Ambrose goes red and Polhill has smoke from the engine near the lights
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
356 Doug Warren 3276 Rudd Kelly
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.149 7.088 139.59 -0.232 7.578 184.83
A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.012 B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-): 0.018
Qualified: #29 6.610 -0.490 #58 16.078 8.518
Kelly runs a lot closer to his index, but the big red light light doesn't help.Warren takes a safe light and the easy
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5212 Doug Engels 3073 Jeremy Bailey
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.094 7.192 171.47 0.299 6.949 195.87
D/D Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.568 B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.411
Qualified: #16 7.229 -0.531 #45 6.967 -0.393
Bailey finds a lot more power, but is dead late on the light. Engles wasn't watching and take a big CIC into round two with a
over 100 foot MOV.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3304 Jim Primozic 54 Jim Greenheck
E1 0.001 7.467 180.69 ****WINNER**** 0.022 7.431 161.40
C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.403 C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.439
Qualified: #44 7.469 -0.401 #15 7.338 -0.532
Heads-up! Great light for Primozic, but he match Greenheck's power. Four foot win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3629 Jason Coan 38 Scott Chamness
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.023 8.203 153.23 0.104 6.635 202.76
G/EA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.527 B/D Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.545
Qualified: #4 8.169 -0.561 #33 6.704 -0.476
Chamness improves a bunch, but is way late to give the almost 20 foot win to Coan. He gets a little CIC for round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
211 Glen Treadwell 7000 Craig Schuck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.981 141.52 -0.033 6.767 174.35
J/DA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.279 I/D Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.463
Qualified: #37 7.817 -0.443 #8 6.684 -0.546
Glen Treadwell's MOV: opponent's red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4337 Craig Bourgeois 115 Joe Santangelo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.040 7.001 174.59 0.010 7.851 166.79
B/ND Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.549 B/SR Index: 8.35 (+/-): -0.499
Qualified: #1 6.975 -0.575 #30 7.861 -0.489
Craig Bourgeois gives up the starting line and will take some CIC to the next round in the close win. Great ten light for
Santangelo. No repeat win for him! MOV: 0.0207 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
41 Kevin Self 358 David Billingsley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.041 8.022 135.39 -0.032 8.799 152.28
F/EA Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.358 L/A Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.471
Qualified: #6 7.830 -0.550 #35 8.805 -0.465
Billingsley is red and Self dumps to save any CIC penality.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7063 Mark Lelchook 2067 Randy Daniels
E1 0.091 7.394 176.97 ****WINNER**** 0.009 9.030 140.02
D/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.526 H/SM Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.530
Qualified: #31 7.433 -0.487 #2 8.985 -0.575
Terrific nine light and an easy win for Daniels He nibbles at the CIC too.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3506 Troy Galbraith 1937 Lee Zane
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.070 6.889 181.91 0.035 9.090 143.16
B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.471 H/EA Index: 9.51 (+/-): -0.420
Qualified: #3 6.789 -0.571 #32 9.026 -0.484
Troy Galbraith gets the close win without a CIC hit. MOV: 0.0168 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1213 Jake Savani 3363 Ronnie Bohn
E1 -0.012 8.104 167.95 ****WINNER**** 0.137 8.120 135.73
D/A Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.146 J/D Index: 8.21 (+/-): -0.090
Qualified: #50 8.207 -0.043 #21 7.703 -0.507
Savani goes red. Bohn goes to round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Shaun Vincent 31 Chuck Haubiel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.085 8.554 136.97 0.196 14.349 64.11
C/TA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.386 CC/A Index: 7.45 (+/-): 6.899
Qualified: #28 8.450 -0.490 #57 10.756 3.306
Haubiel has issues and slows. Easy win for Vincent.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
37 Brian Browell 2112 Jenny Treadwell
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.002 7.607 140.65 -0.008 9.230 105.18
D/D Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.153 E/ED Index: 8.85 (+/-): 0.380
Qualified: #25 7.257 -0.503 #54 9.164 0.314
Browell gets a two light and Treadwell gets a minus eight.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
36 Robert Bailey 26 Lee Sharp
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.050 6.753 172.08 0.017 8.498 159.29
A/ED Index: 7.21 (+/-): -0.457 D/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.382
Qualified: #14 6.677 -0.533 #43 8.463 -0.417
Sharp is way off his qualifying times and gives an easy win to Bailey.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3354 Pete Pawlak 23 Jim Kimbrough
E1 1.070 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.038 7.821 140.44
C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): 92.129 C/DA Index: 7.53 (+/-): 0.291
Qualified: #52 7.892 0.022 #23 7.026 -0.504
Pawlak's just rolls through the lights at the green and stops. They have to push him away.Easy win for Kimbrough.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3038 Andrew Holt 390 Ray Skillman
E1 0.029 9.162 144.52 ****WINNER**** 0.041 8.067 131.59
F/D Index: 8.57 (+/-): 0.592 B/EA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.103
Qualified: #56 9.208 0.638 #27 7.673 -0.497
11:45 a.m. Brief delay to clean up a little "Stuff" in Pawlak's lane on the starting line and then the pair are told to shut the
engines off again, as there is sprinkles on the track.11:54 a.m. That didn't take long. Time to wrap up the round!
Holt has the
better RT and picks up some ET from his qualifying times, but Skillman gets an easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
327 Aaron Disinger 3996 Chad Voges
E1 0.032 8.322 161.09 ****WINNER**** 0.035 7.770 154.56
D/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.398 K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.470
Qualified: #38 8.284 -0.436 #9 7.697 -0.543
Just 0.003 difference in RT and Voges gets the sixteen foot win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2304 Danny Holt 1052 Arnie Martel
E1 0.122 8.303 163.65 ****WINNER**** 0.055 7.956 163.26
C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.297 E/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.284
Qualified: #46 8.247 -0.353 #17 7.711 -0.529
Holt is late and slows. Martel takes the thirteen foot win with ease.11:59 a.m.
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