Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 19:46 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  224 Brad Plourd                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER**** -0.045 17.522   NS       
       AA/AM Index: 7.00 (+/-): 10.522    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Coan      ) 0.031  6.494 -0.546   
E1    (T Gusso     ) 0.039  6.570 -0.470   
 Qualified:             #1  6.260 -0.780                     Bye

7:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.13 inches, adjusted altitude 3,133 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Number one qualifier, Plourd, gets the bye run. He takes the green and backs out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1937 Lee Zane                             5212 Doug Engels                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038  8.166 157.74                     0.030  7.426 161.05
        F/DA Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.574            D/DA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.484
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Smith     ) 0.000  8.840  0.100      (E Federkeil ) 0.018  7.523 -0.387
E1    (R Skillman  ) 0.067  8.837  0.097      (M Kirkman   ) 0.011  7.404 -0.606
 Qualified:             #9  8.131 -0.609                        #3  7.385 -0.625

They leave just 0.008 apart and Engels can't run the number to give the easy win to Zane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                    3864 Scott Chamness               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.350 133.55                    -0.016  8.031 117.79
        I/AA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.310             B/D Index: 7.24 (+/-):  0.791
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Williams  ) 0.058  8.286 -0.374      (S Ambrose   ) 0.138  6.740 -0.530
E1    (J Kimbrough ) 0.045  8.156 -0.504      (J Bailey    ) 0.006  7.974  0.704
 Qualified:            #12  8.066 -0.594                        #6  6.647 -0.623

Chamness is red by sixteen and Billingsley goes on to round four where he will meet Zane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                             427 Jarrod Granier               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.057  8.156 160.84                     0.094  8.572 157.28
        C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.544            E/SM Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.518
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.003  8.440 -0.260      (P Pawlak    ) 0.053  8.672 -0.418
E1    (B Seibenick ) 0.086  8.650 -0.050      (C Bourgeois ) 0.143  8.585 -0.515
 Qualified:            #23  8.137 -0.563                       #30  8.557 -0.543

Dodd has all of the better numbers to run down Granier and take the fifteen foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3363 Ronnie Bohn                          2112 Jenny Treadwell              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.062  8.193 121.86                    -0.003  9.373  98.98
        J/DA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.087            G/ED Index: 8.50 (+/-):  0.873
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Schonberge) 0.043  7.780 -0.550      (T Patterson ) 0.040  9.277  0.777
E1    (J Frech     ) 0.129  7.833 -0.497      (S Polhill   ) 4.052 38.468 29.968
 Qualified:            #20  7.761 -0.569                       #26  7.946 -0.554

Treadwell misses the green by just -0.003 and gives a free pass to round four to Bohn. He will face Dodd.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona                        3535 David Dupps                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.673 162.74                     0.027  8.308 161.44
        J/AA Index: 8.23 (+/-): -0.557            C/SM Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.532
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Tanksley  ) 0.020  7.725 -0.585      (J Marottek  ) 0.029  8.373 -0.467
E1    (G Coccaro   ) 0.112  7.880 -0.430      (F Cervelli  ) 0.018  8.816 -0.024
 Qualified:            #21  7.741 -0.569                       #15  8.252 -0.588

Frank Aragona' will get the bye next roundMOV: 0.0372 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Troy Galbraith                          5 Greg Kamplain                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.051  6.973 151.20                     0.000 14.744  54.07
        B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.327            C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-):  7.184
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Browell   ) -0.036  7.109 -0.191      (R Jones     ) 8.758 17.890 10.330
E1    (B Moscini   ) 0.059  7.175 -0.125      (G Treadwell ) 0.030  7.363 -0.197
 Qualified:            #18  6.725 -0.575                       #11  6.956 -0.604

Perfect light for Kamplain, but he shakes the tires loose and slows.

Galbraith will race Plourd next round.

7:41 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink