Sat, 17 Oct 2020, 22:36 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 35th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   49 Ashton Hudson                           1 Frank Aragona                
E3                   0.031  8.618 156.03     ****WINNER****  0.049  7.405 166.44
        H/AA Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.602            J/AA Index: 8.03 (+/-): -0.625
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Mawhee    ) 0.108  9.177 -0.043      (J Kimbrough ) 0.036  7.935 -0.095
E1    (D Nickens   ) 0.070  8.807 -0.413                     -0.003  7.835 -0.195
 Qualified:             #5  8.536 -0.684                        #1  7.264 -0.766

Hudson with the starting line advantage, but Aragon chased him down for the win in a close one. Frank Aragona's MOV: 0.0051 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                   3 Brad Plourd                  
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.009  6.953 134.74
                                                 AA/AM Index: 6.84 (+/-):  0.113
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (J Clegg     ) 0.063  6.900  0.060
E1                                           (S Dodd      ) 0.023  6.333 -0.607
 Qualified:                                                       #3  6.225 -0.715

Plourd with a great light on the bye. He will face Aragona in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Chase Williams                         48 Keith Hall                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  7.052 184.95                     0.048  8.411 163.71
        C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.508             G/A Index: 8.92 (+/-): -0.509
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Smiley    ) 0.016  7.927  0.367                     0.096  9.034  0.114
E1    (J Tanksley  ) 0.069  7.209 -0.351      (J Granier   ) 0.008  8.415 -0.585
 Qualified:            #24  7.771  0.211                        #2  8.278 -0.722

Williams with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5212 Doug Engels                            46 Don Thomas                   
E3                  -0.361 10.351  81.59     ****WINNER**** -0.012  7.547 123.33
         D/D Index: 7.78 (+/-):  2.571            B/ED Index: 7.30 (+/-):  0.247
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Chomiski  ) 0.030  7.277 -0.523      (C Neff      ) 0.053  6.796 -0.634
E1    (A Hickey    ) 0.015  7.294 -0.546      (D Smiley    ) 0.019  7.441  0.011
 Qualified:             #4  7.144 -0.696                        #7  6.753 -0.677

Engels goes red to give Thomas the win. He will face Williams in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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