Sat, 01 Oct 2022, 19:59 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 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
  332 Todd Frantz                            35 Allen Wilson                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.721 136.79                     0.110  7.288 173.34
       F/SMA Index: 9.25 (+/-): -0.529            C/ED Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.602
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Connelly  ) 0.096  8.939 -0.311      (T Gusso     ) 0.070  8.156  0.266
 Qualified:            #12  8.601 -0.649                       #18  7.280 -0.610

6:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 1,143 feet.

Frantz gets the advantage off of the line and he holds off Wilson to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                              46 Craig Bourgeois              
E2                   0.144  9.368  99.70     ****WINNER****  0.022  7.497 121.61
        C/EA Index: 8.55 (+/-):  0.818            A/ND Index: 7.34 (+/-):  0.157
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Greenheck ) 0.065  8.046 -0.654      (S Chamness  ) 0.020  6.833 -0.587
 Qualified:             #2  7.998 -0.702                       #20  6.828 -0.592

Dodd has trouble and is off of the throttle early. bourgeois gets the advantage off of the line, gets around Dodd, then backs off of the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3796 James Smith                           800 Jason Grima                  
E2                   0.110 15.887  53.87     ****WINNER****  0.152  7.141 157.58
        B/AP Index: 7.80 (+/-):  8.087             B/A Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.369
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Hall      ) 0.001  7.295 -0.575      (C Williams  ) 0.006  7.007 -0.633
 Qualified:            #22  7.291 -0.579                        #4  6.946 -0.694

Grima is driving the car that he races in pro Stock in Australia.

Smith gets the advantage off of the line but has problems and is off of the throttle early. Grima backs off of the throttle about 1000 feet out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3073 Jeremy Bailey                          43 Adam Hickey                  
E2                  -0.004 11.078  88.65     ****WINNER****  0.067  9.429  88.73
        C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-):  3.478            B/DA Index: 7.38 (+/-):  2.049
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Stufflebea) 0.076  7.483 -0.117      (D Robison   ) 0.018  8.819  1.439
 Qualified:             #3  6.899 -0.701                       #21  6.788 -0.592

Bailey misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Hickey. Hickey backs off of the throttle early.

Hickey will take on frantz in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 David Billingsley                    5212 Doug Engels                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.127  8.219 144.04                     0.110  7.352 179.23
        C/EA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.461            D/ED Index: 7.77 (+/-): -0.418
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Kamplain  ) 0.037  8.365 -0.315      (J Taylor    ) 0.032  7.264 -0.646
 Qualified:            #11  8.031 -0.649                       #17  7.289 -0.621

Engels gets the advantage off of the line but he can't reel in Billingsley.

Billingsley will take on Bourgeois in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3038 Andrew Holt                            33 Robert Bailey                
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.023  9.146  95.05
         I/D Index: 7.04 (+/-): 92.959            A/ED Index: 7.19 (+/-):  1.956
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Galbraith ) 0.109  6.537 -0.693      (C Neff      ) 0.075  8.765  1.575
 Qualified:             #7  6.563 -0.667                       #13  6.550 -0.640

Holt is a no-show.Bailey will take on Grima in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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