Sat, 17 Oct 2015, 20:13 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations (Revised)

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - (Revised) Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 406D Donald Thomas                          43 Keith Hall                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.293 133.17                    -0.027  9.505 104.97
        B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.067            E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-):  0.505
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Rampy     ) 0.046  7.111 -0.249      (G Porter    ) 0.092  8.529 -0.471
 Qualified:             #5  6.748 -0.612                       #11  8.487 -0.513

6:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.67 inches, adjusted altitude 1,933 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Hall leaves a little too soon and goes red. Thomas backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  356 Doug Warren                            41 Kevin Self                   
E2                   0.071  6.806 206.92     ****WINNER****  0.034  7.805 148.48
        A/DA Index: 7.07 (+/-): -0.264            F/EA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.505
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Alexander ) 0.060  7.088  0.018      (C Williams  ) 0.048  7.805 -0.575
 Qualified:            #12  6.565 -0.505                        #6  7.771 -0.609

Self gets the advantage off the line and holds off Warren for the win.

Self will take on Joly in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4548 Keith Mawhee                         4165 Dick Maris                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.077  7.667 174.17                     0.010  6.895 182.40
         D/A Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.583            C/DA Index: 7.41 (+/-): -0.515
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Benham    ) 0.073  8.162 -0.088      (D Robison   ) 0.085  6.910 -0.620
 Qualified:            #10  7.714 -0.536                        #4  6.909 -0.621

Maris took a big CIC adjustment to his index in the first round.

Maris gets the holeshot but can't run down Mawhee.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  514 Clint Sallee                          590 Clint Neff                   
E2                   0.109  6.713 171.97     ****WINNER****  0.017  7.730 158.28
         B/D Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.467            K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.510
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Withers   ) 0.017 18.947 11.767                     0.041  8.041 -0.199
 Qualified:             #7  6.582 -0.598                        #1  7.573 -0.667

Neff gets a big holeshot and is able to back off the throttle a little early.

Neff will take on Mawhee in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4995 Ray Goodman                          4337 Craig Bourgeois              
E2                   0.039  7.452 175.16     ****WINNER****  0.104  7.052 175.25
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.368            B/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.468
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Smiley    ) 0.095  7.779 -0.041      (B Forrester ) 0.066  7.088 -0.432
 Qualified:            #19  7.491 -0.329                        #2  6.855 -0.665

Bourgeois is late off the line but is able to rundown Goodman and drive by for the win.

Bourgeois will take on thomas in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2617 Russell Joly                         5464 Michael Compton              
E2                   0.046 No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.079  8.480 160.52
        C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): 92.129            E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.520
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Smiley    ) 0.051  7.433 -0.437      (B Massel    ) 0.032  8.975 -0.025
 Qualified:             #9  7.309 -0.561                       #14  8.528 -0.472

Joly was DQ'ed for fuel after the run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink