Sun, 23 May 2021, 10:22 AM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Don Thomas                           5233 Taylor Chomiski              
E1                   0.120  7.357 152.66     ****WINNER****  0.021  7.699 166.68
        C/ED Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.453             D/A Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.601
 Qualified:             #5  7.260 -0.550                        #2  7.685 -0.615

Chomiski with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Chase Williams                          1 Craig Bourgeois              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039  7.471 123.78                    -0.002  7.411 128.10
        B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-):  0.171            A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.009
 Qualified:             #7  7.487  0.187                        #4  6.833 -0.587

Bourgeois is a couple ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Williams the win. He will face Chomiski in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4171 Rodger Brogdon                         43 Sean Dodd                    
E1                   0.015  8.286 156.57     ****WINNER****  0.103  8.095 162.49
        C/SM Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.484            C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.605
 Qualified:             #6  8.232 -0.538                        #3  8.096 -0.604

Brogdon with the starting line advantage, but dodd chases him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  45 Keith Hall                   
E1                                            ****WINNER**** -0.033  8.662 129.23
                                                  E/SM Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.418
 Qualified:                                                       #1  8.421 -0.659

Hall with the bye and he will face Dodd in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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