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Sat, 01 Oct 2022, 13:49 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3038 Andrew Holt                          3506 Troy Galbraith               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.109  6.537 200.68                     0.046  6.672 194.72
         I/D Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.693            B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.628
 Qualified:             #7  6.563 -0.667                       #19  6.703 -0.597

12:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 30.15 inches, adjusted altitude 1,005 feet.
Holt is behind off of the line but he is able to run down Galbraith and take the win but he will take a big bite out of his index.

Andrew Holt's MOV: 0.0026 seconds (approximately 9 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Adam Hickey                          5210 Duane Robison                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.819 102.42                           No Time      
        B/DA Index: 7.38 (+/-):  1.439             C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): 92.069
 Qualified:            #21  6.788 -0.592                        #9  7.275 -0.655

Robison has problems and doesn't make a pass. Hickey backs off of the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                           35 Allen Wilson                 
E1                  -0.005 10.878  84.69     ****WINNER****  0.070  8.156 112.12
         G/A Index: 8.94 (+/-):  1.938            C/ED Index: 7.89 (+/-):  0.266
 Qualified:             #6  8.272 -0.668                       #18  7.280 -0.610

Gusso is a little too quick off of the line and goes red. Wilson backs off of the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4800 Keith Hall                           3796 James Smith                  
E1                   0.079  8.491 161.57     ****WINNER****  0.001  7.295 189.60
        E/SM Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.579            B/AP Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.575
 Qualified:            #10  8.420 -0.650                       #22  7.291 -0.579

Smith is almost perfect off of the line and he is able to run down Hall and take the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Greg Kamplain                           2 David Billingsley            
E1                  -0.014 16.528  51.21     ****WINNER****  0.037  8.365 125.95
        B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-):  9.168            C/EA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.315
 Qualified:            #23  6.803 -0.557                       #11  8.031 -0.649

Kamplain is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Billingsley.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5212 Doug Engels                           220 Jeff Taylor                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  7.264 180.84                     0.048  6.969 189.50
        D/ED Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.646            B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.651
 Qualified:            #17  7.289 -0.621                        #5  6.936 -0.684

Engels gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Taylor for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4065 Chase Williams                        800 Jason Grima                  
E1                   0.023  6.877 189.66     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.007 177.28
        B/ED Index: 7.46 (+/-): -0.583             B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.633
 Qualified:            #16  6.835 -0.625                        #4  6.946 -0.694

Grima gets the holeshot and is able to hold off Williams to take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3864 Scott Chamness                         46 Craig Bourgeois              
E1                   0.149  6.688 203.61     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.833 176.03
         B/D Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.572            A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.587
 Qualified:             #8  6.605 -0.655                       #20  6.828 -0.592

Bourgeois gets a big holeshot and holds off Chamness for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                              54 Jim Greenheck                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.065  8.046 157.54                     0.049  7.643 174.82
        C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.654            E/AA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.617
 Qualified:             #2  7.998 -0.702                       #14  7.626 -0.634

Greenheck gets the advantage off of the line but he can't run down Dodd. Dodd takes the win and will take a big index adjustment in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                             33 Robert Bailey                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.075  8.765 111.80
        A/ED Index: 7.28 (+/-): 92.719            A/ED Index: 7.19 (+/-):  1.575
 Qualified:             #1  6.545 -0.735                       #13  6.550 -0.640

Neff stages and the car doesn't hold on the starting line. Bailey clicks it off early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  332 Todd Frantz                          7152 Jeff Connelly                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.096  8.939 122.41                     0.234  6.428 228.89
       F/SMA Index: 9.25 (+/-): -0.311           AA/PM Index: 6.63 (+/-): -0.202
 Qualified:            #12  8.601 -0.649                       #24  6.390 -0.240

Frantz gets the holeshot and holds off Connelly for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3073 Jeremy Bailey                         388 Brian Stufflebeam            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.076  7.483 125.80                           No Time      
        C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.117            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): 92.159
 Qualified:             #3  6.899 -0.701                       #15  7.211 -0.629

Stufflebeam does not make the call to the line. Bailey clicks it off about 1000 feet out.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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