Sat, 28 Sep 2019, 21:16 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 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
    7 Troy Galbraith                       5008 Travis Gusso                 
E3                   0.047  7.109 178.59     ****WINNER****  0.141  8.519 156.15
        B/DA Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.181             G/A Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.381
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Kamplain  ) 0.060  6.790 -0.510      (J Greenheck ) 0.075 10.267  1.367
E1    (C Voges     ) -0.010  7.163 -0.137      (D Engels    ) 0.003  8.395 -0.585
 Qualified:            #16  6.716 -0.584                       #13  8.391 -0.589

8:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.53 inches, adjusted altitude 2,734 feet.

Galbraith gets the advantage off the line but was skating around near the end of the run.

Gusso will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Craig Bourgeois                       358 David Billingsley            
E3                  -0.191  7.262 133.75     ****WINNER****  0.108  8.535 126.66
        A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.158            I/AA Index: 8.61 (+/-): -0.075
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Benham    ) 0.077 12.961  5.541      (C Williams  ) 0.069  8.101 -0.559
E1    (J Arrowsmith) 0.032  9.987  2.567      (R Skillman  ) 0.004  8.266 -0.394
 Qualified:            #17  6.841 -0.579                        #9  8.044 -0.616

Bourgeois leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Billingsley. Billingsley is off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                         4487 Sean Dodd                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  6.662 181.52                     0.008  8.100 165.76
         I/D Index: 7.28 (+/-): -0.618            C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.600
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Hall      ) 0.046  6.799 -0.481      (T Ticel     ) 0.074  8.710  0.010
E1                         No Time            (G Schenck   ) 0.023  8.220 -0.480
 Qualified:             #1  6.551 -0.729                       #10  8.088 -0.612

Dodd gets the holeshot but he can't hold off Massel.

Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.0057 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

Massel will take a CIC adjustment in the next round against Billingsley.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink