Sat, 01 Oct 2022, 21:43 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 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                            43 Adam Hickey                  
E3                   0.108  8.640 145.53     ****WINNER****  0.071  6.794 193.74
       F/SMA Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.590            B/DA Index: 7.38 (+/-): -0.586
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Wilson    ) 0.025  8.721 -0.529      (J Bailey    ) 0.067  9.429  2.049
E1    (J Connelly  ) 0.096  8.939 -0.311      (D Robison   ) 0.018  8.819  1.439
 Qualified:            #12  8.601 -0.649                       #21  6.788 -0.592

8:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 793 feet.

Hickey gets the advantage off of the line and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   46 Craig Bourgeois                         2 David Billingsley            
E3                   0.031  6.821 190.54     ****WINNER****  0.077  8.022 159.87
        A/ND Index: 7.34 (+/-): -0.519            C/EA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.658
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Dodd      ) 0.022  7.497  0.157      (D Engels    ) 0.127  8.219 -0.461
E1    (S Chamness  ) 0.020  6.833 -0.587      (G Kamplain  ) 0.037  8.365 -0.315
 Qualified:            #20  6.828 -0.592                       #11  8.031 -0.649

Bourgeois gets the holeshot but he can't run down Billingsley. Billingsley will take on Hickey in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   33 Robert Bailey                         800 Jason Grima                  
E3                   0.167  9.326  92.18     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.954 188.86
        A/ED Index: 7.19 (+/-):  2.136             B/A Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.556
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Holt      ) 0.023  9.146  1.956      (J Smith     ) 0.152  7.141 -0.369
E1    (C Neff      ) 0.075  8.765  1.575      (C Williams  ) 0.006  7.007 -0.633
 Qualified:            #13  6.550 -0.640                        #4  6.946 -0.694

The winner of this race will get a bye into the final round.

Grima gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Bailey for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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