Sat, 15 Oct 2016, 19:11 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4254 Scott Benham 409 Leslie Carson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 8.637 124.44 -0.086 8.003 182.48
B/T Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.123 B/A Index: 7.66 (+/-): 0.343
Qualified: #11 8.154 -0.646 #23 7.945 0.285
5:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent,
barometer 29.31 inches, adjusted altitude 3,174 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.Carson
leaves too soon and turns on the red light. Benham backs off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4676 Kenneth Hawkins 23 David Rampy
E1 0.048 7.069 186.69 ****WINNER**** 0.053 7.375 166.91
B/ND Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.491 A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.535
Qualified: #17 7.090 -0.470 #5 7.231 -0.679
Hawkins gets a small advantage off the line but Rampy is able to hold him off and take the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Craig Bourgeois 42 Kevin Self
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.087 6.889 188.10 0.030 7.849 168.16
B/ND Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.651 F/EA Index: 8.42 (+/-): -0.571
Qualified: #18 7.106 -0.454 #6 7.808 -0.672
Bourgeois gives up a lot off the line and has to chew up some of his index to run down
Self.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
461C Charlie Stewart 429 Raymond Martin
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.034 7.949 165.78 0.226 7.711 161.61
J/DA Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.411 K/AA Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.589
Qualified: #25 9.286 0.926 #13 7.673 -0.627
Stewart gets a big holeshot and holds off Martin to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
104 Frank Affronti 4548 Keith Mawhee
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.004 8.929 115.75 -0.028 13.942 61.77
C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): 0.229 D/A Index: 8.33 (+/-): 5.612
Qualified: #22 8.424 -0.276 #10 7.702 -0.648
Mawhee leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Affronti.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4650 Dennis Smiley 469 Clark Smiley
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.062 7.881 137.65
B/ED Index: 7.55 (+/-): 92.449 BB/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.049
Qualified: #21 7.254 -0.296 #9 7.308 -0.652
Dennis Smiley is a no-show. Clark backs off the throttle about 1000 feet out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
356 Doug Warren 514 Clint Sallee
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.066 6.833 162.96 0.043 8.383 115.63
A/DA Index: 7.17 (+/-): -0.337 B/D Index: 7.27 (+/-): 1.113
Qualified: #12 6.528 -0.642 #24 7.576 0.306
Sallee gets the advantage off the line but has problems and is off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
330 Brian Browell 4995 Ray Goodman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.106 7.692 131.59 0.076 9.382 93.29
D/D Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.148 A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): 1.472
Qualified: #7 7.192 -0.668 #19 7.491 -0.419
Goodman gets the holeshot but has problems late in the run and backs off the throttle.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4127 Don Alexander 4799 Bill Kent
E1 0.047 7.565 174.91 ****WINNER**** 0.130 6.751 187.86
C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.365 B/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.489
Qualified: #20 7.600 -0.330 #8 6.613 -0.657
Alexander gets the advantage off the line but Kent is able to reel him in and go around for the
win without damaging his index.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
357 Rick Brown 5622 Jim Greenheck
E1 0.078 8.286 162.59 ****WINNER**** 0.018 7.282 185.59
B/TA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.594 C/AA Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.568
Qualified: #15 8.265 -0.615 #3 7.257 -0.683
Greenheck gets the advantage off the line and is able to go around Brown for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
590 Clint Neff 2617 Russell Joly
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.659 163.45 0.022 7.409 183.62
K/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.621 C/AA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.531
Qualified: #4 7.617 -0.683 #16 7.423 -0.517
Neff is a little behind off the line but is able to hold off Joly for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4165 Dick Maris 51 Todd Patterson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.194 7.426 143.52 -0.008 11.672 73.30
C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.174 A/SMA Index: 8.47 (+/-): 3.202
Qualified: #14 6.984 -0.616 #2 7.842 -0.698
Patterson leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to maris.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
45 Keith Hall Bye
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.007 8.627 133.96
D/SM Index: 9.04 (+/-): -0.413
Qualified: #1 8.319 -0.721 Bye
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