Sun, 29 Sep 2019, 15:42 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 4 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
  353 Bruno Massel                          358 David Billingsley            
E4                   0.042  7.576 168.22     ****WINNER****  0.070  8.187 144.52
         I/D Index: 7.17 (+/-):  0.406            I/AA Index: 8.61 (+/-): -0.423
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Dodd      ) 0.021  6.662 -0.618      (C Bourgeois ) 0.108  8.535 -0.075
E2    (K Hall      ) 0.046  6.799 -0.481      (C Williams  ) 0.069  8.101 -0.559
E1                         No Time            (R Skillman  ) 0.004  8.266 -0.394
 Qualified:             #1  6.551 -0.729                        #9  8.044 -0.616

2:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 95 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 3,685 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Massel gets the advantage off the line but the dragster nosed over about 1000 feet out, not sure why. Billingsley takes the win and goes to 2th final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                               Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.055  8.972 120.67     
         G/A Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.072    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Galbraith ) 0.141  8.519 -0.381   
E2    (J Greenheck ) 0.075 10.267  1.367   
E1    (D Engels    ) 0.003  8.395 -0.585   
 Qualified:            #13  8.391 -0.589                     Bye

Gusso gets the bye and will take on Billingsley in the final round.

This is Gusso's first career final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink