Sat, 18 Sep 2021, 16:38 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 13th annual DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  211 Glen Treadwell                         26 Wes Leopold                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  8.458 145.13                     0.162  8.025 170.84
        E/ED Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.412           A/SMA Index: 8.47 (+/-): -0.445
 Qualified:             #8  8.497 -0.373                        #3  7.931 -0.539

4:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 30.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,118 feet.

Treadwell gets the holeshot and holds off Leopold for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1235 Peter D'Agnolo                         21 Jenny Treadwell              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  8.493 148.80                     0.033  8.527 150.70
       D/SMA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.437            E/EA Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.373
 Qualified:             #4  8.400 -0.530                        #9  8.617 -0.283

D'Agnolo gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Treadwell for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  213 David Eaton                            17 Michelle Costa               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.124  6.655 178.59                     0.121  8.340 156.57
        A/AP Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.575            G/EA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.480
 Qualified:             #7  6.757 -0.473                        #2  8.269 -0.551

A coin flip off of the line, Eaton chews up a little bit of index to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 John Frech                           2211 Van Puckett                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.101 157.21                     0.061  8.101 168.26
         F/D Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.439            F/AA Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.419
 Qualified:            #11  8.686  0.146                        #6  8.015 -0.505

Frech gets the holeshot and pulls away from Puckett to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Randy Daniels                         277 Larry Pritchett              
E1                   0.128  8.423 160.48     ****WINNER****  0.079  7.897 165.70
        D/SM Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.557            A/SM Index: 8.42 (+/-): -0.523
 Qualified:            #10  8.764 -0.216                        #5  7.896 -0.524

Pritchett gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Daniels for the win.

Larry Pritchett's MOV: 0.0154 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                   4 Frank Aragona                
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.012  7.790 135.36
                                                  J/AA Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.210
 Qualified:                                                       #1  7.366 -0.634

In the next round it will be Aragona taking on D'Agnolo, Treadwell vs. Frech, and Eaton vs. Pritchett.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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