Sat, 13 Oct 2018, 18:09 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by WIX Filters:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1931 Ronald Proctor Sr.                   2211 Van Puckett                  
E2                   0.085  7.084 189.39     ****WINNER****  0.054  8.301 155.22
        C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.516            G/AA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.519
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Mace      ) 0.158  7.429 -0.171      (L Johnson   ) 0.070  8.318 -0.512
 Qualified:             #9  7.041 -0.559                        #5  8.177 -0.653

5:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.27 inches, adjusted altitude 1,959 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Puckett has the better light and he gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 David Rampy                           277 Larry Pritchett              
E2                   0.173  7.354 148.40     ****WINNER****  0.070  7.837 156.88
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.466            A/SM Index: 8.42 (+/-): -0.583
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Scott     ) 0.013  7.496 -0.324      (M Moreland  ) 0.060  8.002 -0.418
 Qualified:             #3  7.153 -0.667                        #7  7.770 -0.650

Pritchett has the much better light and he gets the win. He'll have a bye run in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2467 Jim Kimbrough                          23 Randy Daniels                
E2                  -0.023  7.985 124.19     ****WINNER****  0.072  8.189 165.25
        C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-):  0.055            C/SM Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.601
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Frech     ) 0.067  8.063  0.133      (M Welker    ) 0.052  8.503 -0.287
 Qualified:             #4  7.265 -0.665                        #8  8.171 -0.619

Kimbrough goes red, giving the win to Daniels.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 107M Wes Leopold                           233 Art Hodges                   
E2                  -0.024  8.185 137.47     ****WINNER****  0.150  8.101 118.09
       A/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.345             C/A Index: 7.83 (+/-):  0.271
 Prior rounds:
E1                         No Time            (J Warren    ) 0.076  7.330 -0.570
 Qualified:             #1  7.843 -0.687                        #6  7.247 -0.653

Hodges was close to the centerline in the middle section of the track and he backed off the throttle. Leopold went red, so Hodges still got the win. He'll face Daniels in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2304 Danny Holt                                 Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.093  8.787 111.29     
        C/EA Index: 8.62 (+/-):  0.167    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Aragona Jr) 0.029  8.111 -0.589   
 Qualified:            #10  8.188 -0.512                     Bye

Holt has the bye run. He'll face Puckett in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink