Sun, 27 Sep 2015, 13:47 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, Fourth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3553 Tony Pontillo                        3996 Chad Voges                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.845 193.54                     0.019  7.646 158.09
        B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.515            K/AA Index: 8.15 (+/-): -0.504
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Engels    ) 0.061  6.870 -0.490      (T Patterson ) 0.122  7.641 -0.599
E1    (R Bailey    ) 0.188  7.239 -0.121      (T Ticel     ) 0.035  7.824 -0.416
 Qualified:            #18  6.881 -0.479                       #10  7.627 -0.613

12:41 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,282 feet, track temperature 90 degrees.

Pontillo gets the advantage off the line and goes around Voges for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                         233 Art Hodges                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.060  6.931 187.00                     0.036  7.313 185.95
        B/ED Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.519             C/A Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.477
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Stufflebea) 0.085  7.075 -0.375      (J Bailey    ) 0.085  7.409 -0.381
E1    (S Chamness  ) 3.324 31.466 24.016      (J Greenheck ) 0.145  7.287 -0.573
 Qualified:             #6  6.802 -0.648                       #14  7.300 -0.560

Hodges took a big hit on his index yesterday. He gets off the line with the advantage here but can't hold off Kamplain.

Kamplain will take on Pontillo in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4337 Craig Bourgeois                      3506 Troy Galbraith               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  9.577  95.52                    -0.018  7.264 132.18
        B/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-):  2.057            B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.096
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Cervelli  ) 0.016  7.274 -0.246      (B Massel    ) 0.058  7.295 -0.065
E1    (D Warren    ) 0.055  7.415 -0.105      (P Ross      ) 0.098  7.046 -0.314
 Qualified:            #11  6.908 -0.612                        #8  6.716 -0.644

Galbraith leaves a little too soon and goes red giving Bourgeois the bye into the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink