Sat, 02 Nov 2019, 14:58 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 601C Cody Lane                            6990 Howie Stevens                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  8.194 139.59                     0.136  7.915 129.28
       B/SMA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.446             C/A Index: 7.91 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lee       ) 0.077  8.131 -0.589      (J Edwards   ) 0.125  7.407 -0.643
 Qualified:             #1  7.985 -0.735                        #7  7.394 -0.656

11:48 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 28.11 inches, adjusted altitude 2,663 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Lane gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Stevens for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  800 Jason Grima                          6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E2                   0.024  7.203 180.55     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.377 178.17
         B/A Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.397            A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.533
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Lambeck   ) 0.147  7.095 -0.655      (A Hodges    ) 0.059  7.806 -0.104
 Qualified:            #12  7.106 -0.644                       #18  7.347 -0.563

Grima gets the holeshot but Van Paepeghem is able to hold him off and take the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  705 Tony Mandella                        7879 Don Bevers                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.033  8.011 153.09                     0.051  8.024 168.70
       A/SMA Index: 8.48 (+/-): -0.469           A/SMA Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.496
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Warter    ) 0.066  7.980 -0.600      (J Alexandra ) 0.062  8.018 -0.632
 Qualified:             #2  7.897 -0.683                        #8  8.000 -0.650

Mandella gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Bevers for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                            8 Jim Greenheck                
E2                   0.013  7.312 180.33     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.535 177.63
        C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.518            D/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.635
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Schmiedl  ) 0.121  7.328 -0.592      (P Mitsos    ) 0.008  7.669 -0.561
 Qualified:            #15  7.335 -0.585                        #9  7.581 -0.649

McClay gets the holeshot but he can't reel in Greenheck.

Greenheck will take on Van Paepeghem in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona                           3 David Rampy                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.043  7.489 173.54                     0.004  7.343 156.99
        J/AA Index: 8.09 (+/-): -0.601            A/EA Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.457
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.036  7.586 -0.574      (R Priddy    ) 0.053  7.298 -0.622
 Qualified:            #11  7.515 -0.645                        #5  7.248 -0.672

Rampy gets the advantage off of the line but he can't run down Aragona. Aragona will take another CIC adjustment in the next round.

Aragona will take on Mandella in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                          7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2                   0.091  8.473 127.61     ****WINNER****  0.040  7.466 165.78
         C/T Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.457             PST Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.574
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Federkeil ) 0.099  8.423 -0.517      (R Mace      ) 0.019  7.539 -0.531
 Qualified:            #16  8.358 -0.582                       #10  7.424 -0.646

Mettler gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Jones for the win.

Mettler will take on Lane in the next round.

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