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Sun, 04 Oct 2020, 11:14 AM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, ninth annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058  7.727 132.56     
       CC/AT Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.103    
 Qualified:             #1  7.072 -0.758                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 56 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 30.18 inches.

Massel on the bye and he clicks it off early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                              36 Scott Chamness               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  8.054 151.02                     0.061  6.698 202.91
        C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.646             B/D Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.572
 Qualified:             #3  7.972 -0.728                       #12  6.653 -0.617

Dodd with a great light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5212 Doug Engels                           358 David Billingsley            
E1                   0.033  7.375 168.87     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.036 157.83
        D/DA Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.625            D/EA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.634
 Qualified:            #14  7.444 -0.556                        #5  7.980 -0.690

Billingsley with the starting line advantage and the win. David Billingsley's MOV: 0.0254 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

Engels after the finish line there is a lot smoke and the car darts across the track and spins back across the lane. The word is he is out of the car and is okay.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   26 John Frech                            388 Brian Stufflebeam            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.224 10.447  85.15                    -0.500 No Time      
         F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-):  1.857           F/SMA Index: 9.26 (+/-): 90.739
 Qualified:             #6  7.907 -0.683                       #15  8.720 -0.540

Stufflebeam rolled the beams to give Frech the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                          340 Terry Smith                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.102  8.331 148.23                     0.027  6.523 208.42
         G/A Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.609            A/DA Index: 7.05 (+/-): -0.527
 Qualified:             #4  8.241 -0.699                       #13  6.484 -0.566

Smith with the starting line advantage, but Gusso holds on for the win. Travis Gusso's MOV: 0.0078 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058  7.727 132.56     
       CC/AT Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.103    
 Qualified:             #1  7.072 -0.758                     Bye

Massel with the bye.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                              36 Scott Chamness               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  8.054 151.02                     0.061  6.698 202.91
        C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.646             B/D Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.572
 Qualified:             #3  7.972 -0.728                       #12  6.653 -0.617

Dodd with a great light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5212 Doug Engels                           358 David Billingsley            
E1                   0.033  7.375 168.87     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.036 157.83
        D/DA Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.625            D/EA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.634
 Qualified:            #14  7.444 -0.556                        #5  7.980 -0.690

Billingsley with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   26 John Frech                            388 Brian Stufflebeam            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.224 10.447  85.15                    -0.500 No Time      
         F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-):  1.857           F/SMA Index: 9.26 (+/-): 90.739
 Qualified:             #6  7.907 -0.683                       #15  8.720 -0.540

Stufflebeam rolled the beam to give Frech the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                          340 Terry Smith                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.102  8.331 148.23                     0.027  6.523 208.42
         G/A Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.609            A/DA Index: 7.05 (+/-): -0.527
 Qualified:             #4  8.241 -0.699                       #13  6.484 -0.566

Smith with the starting line advantage, but Gusso held on for the win. Travis Gusso's MOV: 0.0078 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Chad Voges                              7 Troy Galbraith               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  8.085 127.10                     0.055 No Time      
        K/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.085            B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): 92.699
 Qualified:            #10  7.539 -0.631                       #19 24.041 16.741

Voges with the starting line advantage for the win as Galbraith broke on the line.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3354 Pete Pawlak                            45 Chase Williams               
E1                   0.075  7.321 181.79     ****WINNER****  0.050  6.744 185.79
        C/AA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.599            B/DA Index: 7.34 (+/-): -0.596
 Qualified:            #16  7.431 -0.489                        #7  6.680 -0.660

Williams with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                              2 Craig Bourgeois              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.079  7.564 171.14                     0.130  6.888 186.07
        K/AA Index: 8.14 (+/-): -0.576            A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.532
 Qualified:             #2  7.403 -0.737                       #11  6.791 -0.629

Neff with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  379 Allen Wilson                           38 Todd Frantz                  
E1                   0.102 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.089  7.828 123.10
        C/ED Index: 7.91 (+/-): 92.089            A/EA Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.062
 Qualified:            #18  9.641  1.731                        #9  7.251 -0.639

Frantz with the starting line advantage and the win as Wilson broke on the line.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  431 Greg Schenck                            9 Jim Greenheck                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.035  7.654 135.77
        H/EA Index: 9.56 (+/-): 90.439            C/AA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.166
 Qualified:            #17  9.902  0.342                        #8  7.161 -0.659

Schenck is a no-show to give Greenheck the win.

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