Sat, 28 Sep 2019, 20:14 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                              53 Terry Ticel                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.074  8.710 120.25                    -0.023  8.656 128.46
        C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-):  0.010            G/AA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.074
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Schenck   ) 0.023  8.220 -0.480      (G Coccaro   ) 0.007  8.226 -0.634
 Qualified:            #10  8.088 -0.612                        #4  8.188 -0.672

7:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.52 inches, adjusted altitude 2,902 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Ticel is a little too quick off the line and goes red giving the win to Dodd.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                            8 Jim Greenheck                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.075 10.267  93.46                    -0.438 12.512  95.27
         G/A Index: 8.90 (+/-):  1.367            D/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-):  4.492
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Engels    ) 0.003  8.395 -0.585      (B Moscini   ) 0.128  7.514 -0.616
 Qualified:            #13  8.391 -0.589                        #8  7.513 -0.617

Greenheck leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Gusso. Gusso backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Troy Galbraith                          5 Greg Kamplain                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.060  6.790 178.05                     0.038  7.219 157.85
        B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.510            C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.341
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Voges     ) -0.010  7.163 -0.137      (A Hudson    ) 0.002  7.069 -0.491
 Qualified:            #16  6.716 -0.584                       #11  6.962 -0.598

Kamplain gets then advantage off the line but he can't hold off Galbraith.

Galbraith will take on Gusso in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4254 Scott Benham                            4 Craig Bourgeois              
E2                  -0.026  8.512 125.83     ****WINNER****  0.077 12.961  85.35
         D/A Index: 8.35 (+/-):  0.162            A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-):  5.541
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Clegg     ) 0.033  8.222 -0.128      (J Arrowsmith) 0.032  9.987  2.567
 Qualified:            #12  7.756 -0.594                       #17  6.841 -0.579

Benham goes red giving the win to Bourgeois. Bourgeois backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4065 Chase Williams                        358 David Billingsley            
E2                   0.048  7.007 157.28     ****WINNER****  0.069  8.101 153.96
        B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.353            I/AA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.559
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Robison   ) 0.033 12.248  4.888      (R Skillman  ) 0.004  8.266 -0.394
 Qualified:            #14  6.773 -0.587                        #9  8.044 -0.616

Billingsley is a little behind off the line and has to take a bite out of his index to hold off Williams.

Billingsley will take on Bourgeois in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                           44 Keith Hall                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  6.799 165.99                     0.097  8.446 165.07
         I/D Index: 7.28 (+/-): -0.481             G/A Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.514
 Prior rounds:
E1                         No Time            (D Rampy     ) 0.024  8.453 -0.547
 Qualified:             #1  6.551 -0.729                       #18  8.437 -0.563

Massel gets the advantage off the line and goes around Hall for the win.

Massel will take on Dodd in the next round.

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