Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 16:29 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 2 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                          4799 Bill Kent                    
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.008  8.486 105.04
       AA/AM Index: 7.56 (+/-): 92.439             B/D Index: 7.24 (+/-):  1.246
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Carter    ) -0.023  7.679  0.689      (E Federkeil ) -0.023  7.226 -0.014
 Qualified:             #2  6.492 -0.498                       #12 23.188 15.948

Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.81 inches, adjusted altitude 2,016 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Miller is a no show and Kent gets the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7879 Don Bevers                             62 Ryan Warter                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  7.953 173.21                     0.067  8.738 154.09
       A/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.577            F/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.542
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Granier   ) 0.040  8.021 -0.509      (R Jones     ) 0.067  9.521  0.241
 Qualified:            #10  9.088  0.558                       #13 No Time      

Bevers with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  705 Tony Mandella                        7406 Eric Bell                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  9.549 133.05                    -0.019  8.748 150.80
       A/SMA Index: 8.49 (+/-):  1.059           AH/SM Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cowan     ) 0.063  9.188  0.698      (D Lambeck   ) -0.110  8.744 -0.006
 Qualified:             #4  8.046 -0.444                        #7  8.756  0.006

Bell goes red to give Mandella the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                        Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.883 No Time           
        A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): 92.189    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.027  7.347 -0.463   
 Qualified:             #1  7.286 -0.524                     Bye

Van Paepeghem with the bye and he takes the green light.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink