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Fri, 31 May 2019, 18:10 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual Route 66 NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   19 Al Ackerman                            11 Doug Doll                    
E1                   0.059  8.465 118.21     ****WINNER****  0.076  8.496 115.07
         F/D Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.025            F/DA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.144
 Qualified:            #27  8.032 -0.458                       #11  8.035 -0.605

4:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.14 inches, adjusted altitude 3,415 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Ackerman gets the holeshot but has problems and is off the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Clint Neff                           3535 David Dupps                  
E1                   0.059  8.191 162.80     ****WINNER****  0.042  8.258 159.95
        F/ED Index: 8.71 (+/-): -0.519            C/SM Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.582
 Qualified:            #18  8.142 -0.568                        #2  8.186 -0.654

Dupps gets the advantage off the line and pulls away for the win. he will take a hit to his index in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Christine Harris                     4487 Sean Dodd                    
E1                  -0.021 11.700  76.12     ****WINNER****  0.074  8.631 118.76
         F/A Index: 8.64 (+/-):  3.060            C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.069
 Qualified:            #24  8.125 -0.515                        #8  8.084 -0.616

Harris leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Dodd. Dodd backs off the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  330 Brian Browell                         353 Bruno Massel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  7.234 172.25                     0.095  6.708 185.82
         D/D Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.606             I/D Index: 7.28 (+/-): -0.572
 Qualified:             #6  7.218 -0.622                       #22  6.743 -0.537

Browell gets the holeshot and holds off Massel for the win. Browell will take a CIC adjustment in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona                         705 Tony Mandella                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  7.843 127.63                    -0.005  8.212 135.13
        E/DA Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.047           A/SMA Index: 8.48 (+/-): -0.268
 Qualified:             #7  7.273 -0.617                       #23  7.958 -0.522

Mandella misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving Aragona the win. Aragona backs off the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Craig Bourgeois                      3553 Tony Pontillo                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  6.840 181.03                     0.044  6.835 194.02
        A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.580            B/DA Index: 7.38 (+/-): -0.545
 Qualified:             #5  6.798 -0.622                       #21  6.830 -0.550

Pontillo gets a small holeshot but Bourgeois takes the stripe for the win. Bourgeois will lose a little on his index in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  431 Greg Schenck                         3073 Jeremy Bailey                
E1                   0.087  9.211 139.99     ****WINNER****  0.024  7.163 158.73
        H/EA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.349            C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.437
 Qualified:            #31  9.157 -0.403                       #15  7.024 -0.576

Bailey gets the advantage off the line and goes around Schenck for the win without hurting his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  597 David Kramer                         6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E1                   0.118 10.659  92.24     ****WINNER****  0.176  7.980 119.20
       FS/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-):  2.189            A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-):  0.170
 Qualified:            #33  8.514  0.044                       #28  7.353 -0.457

Kramer is in as an alternate for harris.

Kramer has problems off the line and is off the throttle early. Van Paepeghem backs off the throttle to save his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                          5212 Doug Engels                  
E1                   0.069  8.450 142.78     ****WINNER****  0.013  7.513 153.11
         C/T Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.360            D/ED Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.397
 Qualified:            #17  8.239 -0.571                        #1  7.239 -0.671

Engels gets the holeshot and goes around Jones for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Troy Galbraith                       3363 Ronnie Bohn                  
E1                   0.039  6.719 190.86     ****WINNER****  0.053  7.738 164.09
        B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.581            J/DA Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.622
 Qualified:            #20  6.738 -0.562                        #4  7.737 -0.623

Galbraith gets the advantage off the line but he can't run down Bohn. Bohn will take a big hit to his index in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Greg Kamplain                        5008 Travis Gusso                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  7.074 159.89                     0.109  8.463 160.58
        C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.486             G/A Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.517
 Qualified:             #3  6.927 -0.633                       #19  8.413 -0.567

Kamplain gets a big holeshot and runs down Gusso to take the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4165 Dick Maris                           3796 James Smith                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  9.048  99.80                    -0.197  7.722 137.81
        C/DA Index: 7.53 (+/-):  1.518            B/AP Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.148
 Qualified:            #13  6.944 -0.586                       #29  7.443 -0.427

Smith misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Maris. Maris backs off the throttle about 1000 feet out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 David Rampy                           203 Gary Coccaro                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.056  7.281 168.39                     0.004  8.753 157.50
        A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.529            H/AA Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.467
 Qualified:            #10  7.203 -0.607                       #26  8.733 -0.487

Rampy is a little behind off the line and has to take a small hit to his index to take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  346 Mike Farrell                          358 David Billingsley            
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.045  8.446 131.70
        B/SR Index: 8.40 (+/-): 91.599            I/AA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.254
 Qualified:            #25  7.909 -0.491                        #9  8.091 -0.609

Farrell is a no-show. Billingsley backs off the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5125 Bruce Schmiedl                          9 Van Puckett                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.078  8.359 133.92
        A/EA Index: 7.88 (+/-): 92.119            F/AA Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.181
 Qualified:            #30  7.471 -0.409                       #14  7.961 -0.579

Schmiedl is a no-show. Puckett backs off the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  366 Brad Allen                              8 Jim Greenheck                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.000  7.635 144.61
        B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): 92.599            C/AA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.205
 Qualified:            #32  7.086 -0.314                       #16  7.264 -0.576

Allen is a no-show. Greenheck backs off the throttle about 1000 feet out.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink