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Sat, 14 Oct 2023, 12:01 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4800 Keith Hall                            469 Clark Smiley                 
E2                   0.042  8.217 154.55     ****WINNER****  0.046  7.190 175.23
        C/SM Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.633            BB/A Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.680
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Neff      ) 0.027  8.474 -0.376      (K Hall      ) 0.017  7.457 -0.413
 Qualified:             #5  8.256 -0.594                       #29  7.371 -0.499

Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 30.18 inches, adjusted altitude 623 feet.
Hall gets the advantage off of the line but Smiley is able to reel him in and go around for the win. Smiley goes through the lights, the car makes a hard move to the left and he hits the wall. Hall is able to avoid Smiley when Smiley crosses over in front of him.

Smiley is out of the vehicle on his own.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Mike DePalma                           46 Craig Bourgeois              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.071  9.128 106.06                    -0.500  7.790 116.78
         G/A Index: 8.84 (+/-):  0.288            C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.190
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Eaton     ) 0.041  8.338 -0.632      (D Thomas    ) 0.027  7.607  0.007
 Qualified:             #3  8.332 -0.638                       #27  7.097 -0.503

Bourgeois is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to DePalma. DePalma backs off of the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4373 Ashton Hudson                          31 Scott Chamness               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.195 113.00                    -0.008  8.715 102.96
        H/AA Index: 9.20 (+/-): -0.005             B/D Index: 7.23 (+/-):  1.485
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Vincent   ) 0.091  9.214  0.014      (R Priddy    ) 0.010  7.805  0.575
 Qualified:            #16  8.643 -0.557                       #24  6.707 -0.523

Chamness is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Hudson. Hudson backs off of the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Ryan Priddy                          5248 Shaun Vincent                
E2                  -0.033  8.373 111.55     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.086 104.67
        A/AA Index: 7.06 (+/-):  1.313            C/TA Index: 8.93 (+/-):  0.156
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Dodd      ) 0.025  6.557 -0.553      (C Smiley    ) 0.036  8.423 -0.567
 Qualified:            #14  6.550 -0.560                        #6  8.396 -0.594

Priddy leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Vincent.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3662 Scott Libersher                      5622 Jim Greenheck                
E2                  -0.010  9.618 117.73     ****WINNER****  0.068  8.056 126.24
       FS/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-):  1.148            C/AA Index: 7.81 (+/-):  0.246
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Williams  ) -0.159  8.173 -0.297      (R Brown     ) 0.032  7.425 -0.385
 Qualified:            #23  7.940 -0.530                       #15  7.251 -0.559

Another pair, another red light. Libersher is too quick off of the line giving the win to Greenheck.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  704 Kayla Mozeris                          21 David Eaton                  
E2                   0.060  7.852 138.35     ****WINNER****  0.038  6.786 164.15
        K/AA Index: 8.06 (+/-): -0.208            A/AP Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.364
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Goodman   ) 0.031  7.551 -0.629      (A Laughlin  ) 0.025  6.643 -0.537
 Qualified:            #10  7.600 -0.580                        #2  6.527 -0.653

Eaton with the advantage off of the line and he goes around Mozeris for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Chase Williams                        220 Jeff Taylor                  
E2                   0.052  6.727 178.86     ****WINNER****  0.022  7.217 185.70
        B/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.573            B/AP Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.653
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Federkeil ) 0.020  6.799 -0.531      (M Depalma   ) 0.012  7.415 -0.455
 Qualified:            #12  6.759 -0.571                        #4  7.251 -0.619

Taylor gets the holeshot and holds off Williams for the win. He will take a CIC adjustment in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2400 Monty Bogan                           743 Andrew Moeck                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  8.877 151.96                     0.053  6.333 218.90
        H/SM Index: 9.57 (+/-): -0.693           AA/AM Index: 7.01 (+/-): -0.677
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Baxter    ) 0.023  9.439 -0.131      (K Mozeris   ) 0.027  6.515 -0.495
 Qualified:            #25  9.065 -0.505                       #17  6.454 -0.556

Bogan gets the advantage off of the line and he holds off Moeck for the win.

In the next round it will be Taylor vs. Hudson, Eaton vs. Vincent, and DePalma vs. Greenheck. Bogan is supposed to be taking on Smiley but it is doubtful Smiley can return.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink