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Sat, 04 Nov 2023, 18:14 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                                 Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.137 10.849 102.33     
        A/ED Index: 7.33 (+/-):  3.519    
 Qualified:             #1  6.615 -0.715                     Bye

2:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,672 feet.

Neff gets out of shape off of the line and backs off of the throttle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5125 Bruce Schmiedl                        618 Dino Kost                    
E1                   0.269  7.451 172.85     ****WINNER****  0.026  7.705 170.58
        A/EA Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.539            C/ED Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.305
 Qualified:             #8  7.360 -0.630                       #18  7.622 -0.388

Kost gets the advantage off of the line and backs off of the throttle a little early in the win.

Dino Kost's MOV: 0.0095 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7879 Don Bevers                            211 Glen Treadwell               
E1                   0.071  8.186 165.70     ****WINNER****  0.076  7.885 163.33
       A/SMA Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.464            J/DA Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.515
 Qualified:            #15  8.144 -0.506                        #5  7.746 -0.654

A coin flip off of the line, Treadwell goes around Bevers and takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4104 Candido Mesa                         4171 Rodger Brogdon               
E1                  -0.017  8.201 165.68     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.351 162.49
       A/SMA Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.449            B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.289
 Qualified:            #16  8.164 -0.486                        #6  6.993 -0.647

Mesa is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Brogdon.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5622 Jim Greenheck                        769Y Joshua Lee                   
E1                  -0.008  7.318 176.33     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.466 113.58
        C/AA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.522            H/EA Index: 9.67 (+/-): -0.204
 Qualified:            #13  7.267 -0.573                        #3  8.985 -0.685

Greenheck is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to lee.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Ralph VanPaepeghem                    800 Jason Grima                  
E1                  -0.003  7.534 175.00     ****WINNER****  0.233  7.134 171.97
        A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.406             B/A Index: 7.72 (+/-): -0.586
 Qualified:            #17  7.474 -0.466                        #7  7.074 -0.646

VanPaepeghem leaves too quickly and goes red giving the win to Grima.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7668 Brad Rounds                             1 Ryan Priddy                  
E1                   0.030  8.748 153.56     ****WINNER****  0.039  6.728 172.76
       E/SMA Index: 9.11 (+/-): -0.362            A/AA Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.452
 Qualified:            #19  8.746 -0.364                        #9  6.561 -0.619

Priddy is a little behind off of the line but he is able to reel in Rounds and take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7116 Larry Azcuenaga                        33 Allen Wilson                 
E1                   0.046  8.563 157.04     ****WINNER****  0.074  6.432 197.33
       D/SMA Index: 9.11 (+/-): -0.547           AA/AM Index: 7.06 (+/-): -0.628
 Qualified:            #12  8.535 -0.575                        #2  6.347 -0.713

Wilson gives up a little off of the line but is able to get around Azcuenaga and take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                             9 Joe Mozeris                  
E1                   0.035  9.212 141.46     ****WINNER****  0.161  7.652 144.26
        G/EA Index: 8.95 (+/-):  0.262            C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-):  0.022
 Qualified:            #21  8.983  0.033                       #11  7.049 -0.581

Carter gets the advantage off of the line but he has problems and is off the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  704 Kayla Mozeris                         353 Bruno Massel                 
E1                  -0.006  7.705 147.99     ****WINNER****  0.000  7.640 131.04
        C/ED Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.305           CC/AT Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:            #20  7.667 -0.343                       #10  7.002 -0.598

Mozeris is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Massel. Massel gets a perfect light and is able to back off of the throttle a little early to save his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Scott Linder                         7155 Jeff Connelly                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  6.911 150.56                    -0.026  6.211 234.82
         A/A Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.319           AA/PM Index: 6.65 (+/-): -0.439
 Qualified:             #4  6.560 -0.670                       #14  6.092 -0.558

Connelly goes red giving the win to Linder. Linder backs off of the throttle about 1000 feet out.

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