Sat, 26 Sep 2015, 19:46 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5212 Doug Engels                          3553 Tony Pontillo                
E2                   0.050  7.314 142.04     ****WINNER****  0.061  6.870 191.84
         D/D Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.446            B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.490
 Prior rounds:
E1                         No Time            (R Bailey    ) 0.188  7.239 -0.121
 Qualified:             #1  7.045 -0.715                       #18  6.881 -0.479

6:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,237 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Engels gets out of the gate with the advantage but can't run down Pontillo.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4337 Craig Bourgeois                      7910 Frank Cervelli               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  7.274 138.97                     0.013  8.139 107.73
        B/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.246            B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-):  0.839
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Warren    ) 0.055  7.415 -0.105      (R Skillman  ) 0.012  6.791 -0.569
 Qualified:            #11  6.908 -0.612                       #16  6.825 -0.535

Cervelli has problems and is off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  233 Art Hodges                           3073 Jeremy Bailey                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.085  7.409 164.87                    -0.033  7.412 134.50
         C/A Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.381            B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Greenheck ) 0.145  7.287 -0.573      (M Kirkman   ) 0.099  6.995 -0.365
 Qualified:            #14  7.300 -0.560                       #20  6.910 -0.450

Bailey leaves a little too quick and goes red. Hodges backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  388 Brian Stufflebeam                     394 Greg Kamplain                
E2                   0.056  7.813 135.58     ****WINNER****  0.085  7.075 164.25
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.007            B/ED Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.375
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Billingsle) 0.019  7.400 -0.420      (S Chamness  ) 3.324 31.466 24.016
 Qualified:            #23  7.484 -0.336                        #6  6.802 -0.648

Kamplain is a little behind off the line but is able to run down Stufflebeam for the win.

Kamplain will take on Hodges in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3996 Chad Voges                             51 Todd Patterson               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.122  7.641 166.74                     0.093  7.913 158.99
        K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.599           A/SMA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.527
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Ticel     ) 0.035  7.824 -0.416      (T Gusso     ) 0.010  7.968 -0.472
 Qualified:            #10  7.627 -0.613                        #4  7.790 -0.650

Voges gives up a little off the line and has to take a bite out of his index to take the win. he will take on Pontillo in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                         3506 Troy Galbraith               
E2                  -0.018  8.841 107.67     ****WINNER****  0.058  7.295 128.98
       DD/AT Index: 7.62 (+/-):  1.221            B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.065
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Mawhee    ) 0.025  7.404 -0.216      (P Ross      ) 0.098  7.046 -0.314
 Qualified:             #2  6.936 -0.684                        #8  6.716 -0.644

Massel leaves a little too soon and gives the win to Galbraith.

Galbraith will take on Bourgeois in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink