Sat, 29 Oct 2022, 23:03 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                            35 Allen Wilson                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  8.358 157.14                     0.073  7.422 149.75
         C/T Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.582            C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.508
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Mandella  ) -0.003 14.940  6.000      (L Azcuenaga ) 0.022  7.408 -0.562
 Qualified:            #12  8.345 -0.595                        #6  7.332 -0.638

7:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 9 percent, barometer 30.06 inches, adjusted altitude 2,552 feet.

Randy Jones gets the in ith all of the numbers. MOV: 0.0971 seconds (approximately 21 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Dean Carter                           427 Jarrod Granier               
E2                   0.205  7.056 185.95     ****WINNER****  0.112  8.525 156.34
        A/ND Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.474            D/SM Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.505
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Federkeil ) 0.107  7.117 -0.413      (R VanPaepegh) 0.035  8.527 -0.643
 Qualified:            #13  6.946 -0.584                        #7  8.549 -0.621

Carter is late and then has his dragster move hard towards the center line.

Jarrod Granier gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Ryan Warter                             6 Joe Mozeris                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  8.668 156.35                     0.168  7.045 186.02
        D/SM Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.412            B/ED Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.465
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Hickey    ) 0.013  8.579 -0.591      (J Clegg     ) 0.019  7.005 -0.505
 Qualified:             #4  8.508 -0.662                       #22  8.635  1.125

Warter goes dead right at the gree and he gathers it back to take the win, as Mozeris is ay late and doesn't run the number

He will face Granier next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  220 Jeff Taylor                            41 Cody Lane                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.065  7.097 171.05                     0.015  8.519 140.36
        B/AA Index: 7.71 (+/-): -0.613           E/SMA Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.511
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Bevers    ) 0.053  7.203 -0.507      (C Bourgeois ) 0.043  8.528 -0.562
 Qualified:             #5  7.051 -0.659                       #11  8.480 -0.610

Lane gets the better light, but Taylor nibbles at his CIC for the eleven foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 John Edwards                          104 Frank Affronti               
E2                  -0.023  8.737 113.29     ****WINNER****  0.085  9.092 115.43
        C/AA Index: 7.97 (+/-):  0.767           D/SMA Index: 9.04 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Greenheck ) 0.098  7.991  0.021      (K Mozeris   ) 0.076  8.536 -0.554
 Qualified:            #14  7.401 -0.569                        #8  8.475 -0.615

Edwards goes red and Affronti doesn't.

He races Taylor tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Doug Lambeck                         7152 Jeff Connelly                
E2                   0.063  8.730 151.68     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.208 203.19
       D/SMA Index: 9.06 (+/-): -0.330           AA/PM Index: 6.65 (+/-): -0.442
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Schmiedl  ) 0.063  9.256  0.196      (R Priddy    ) 0.015  6.260 -0.390
 Qualified:            #21  9.390  0.330                       #15  6.090 -0.560

Jeff Connelly gets the decisive win. He races Jones in round three. 8:00 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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