Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 15:29 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   69 Todd Miller                           718 Kevin Carter                 
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.023  7.679 118.54                     0.108  7.632 133.18
       AA/AM Index: 6.99 (+/-):  0.689            B/ND Index: 7.56 (+/-):  0.072
 Qualified:             #2  6.492 -0.498                        #9  8.023  0.463

Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 28.86 inches, adjusted altitude 1,867 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Miller goes red and then shakes to give Carter the win. Carter has a lot of smoke right in the lights, but gets the win. Carter then drove by the scales to give the win back to Miller.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  750 Jim Cowan                             705 Tony Mandella                
E1                  -0.013  8.342 135.50     ****WINNER****  0.063  9.188 106.56
        D/EA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.428           A/SMA Index: 8.49 (+/-):  0.698
 Qualified:            #11  9.517  0.747                        #4  8.046 -0.444

Cowan goes red to give Mandella the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  703 Joe Mozeris                          6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E1                   0.043  7.072 188.62     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.347 177.37
        B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.408            A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.463
 Qualified:             #8  7.645  0.165                        #1  7.286 -0.524

Van Paepeghem with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

He will get a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7879 Don Bevers                            427 Jarrod Granier               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  8.021 153.70                     0.037  8.627 156.05
       A/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.509            E/SM Index: 9.10 (+/-): -0.473
 Qualified:            #10  9.088  0.558                        #3  8.651 -0.449

Grainer with a few ticks advantage on the tree, but Bevers gets the win. Don Bevers' MOV: 0.0337 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4799 Bill Kent                             205 Ed Federkeil Jr              
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.023  7.226 135.84                    -0.016  7.085 170.08
         B/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.014            B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.535
 Qualified:            #12 23.188 15.948                        #5  7.201 -0.419

Federkeil Jr. goes red to give Kent the win. He will face Carter in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Ryan Warter                          7230 Randy Jones                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.067  9.521 104.82                    -0.009  8.746 128.49
        F/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-):  0.241             C/T Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.064
 Qualified:            #13 No Time                              #6  8.757 -0.053

Jones is a little too quick and turns on the red light to give Warter the win. He will face Bevers in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                         7406 Eric Bell                    
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.110  8.744 151.12
       D/SMA Index: 8.93 (+/-): 91.069           AH/SM Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.006
 Qualified:            #14 No Time                              #7  8.756  0.006

Lambeck is a no show and Bell gets the freebie. He will face Mandella in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink