Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 21:30 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1737 Don Belles                            427 Jarrod Granier               
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  4.531 No Time      
       FS/SM Index: 8.49 (+/-): 91.509            C/SM Index: 8.82 (+/-): 91.179
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Grima     ) 0.054  8.798  0.308      (P Ross      )       No Time      
 Qualified:            #18  8.010 -0.480                        #3  8.142 -0.678

9:20 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 82 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 1,671 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.

Belles was a no-show. Granier took the green and backed off of the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   25 John Frech                           2400 Monty Bogan                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.099  8.833 110.86                    -0.050 14.691  73.46
         F/D Index: 8.56 (+/-):  0.273            H/AA Index: 9.10 (+/-):  5.591
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Linder    ) 0.013  8.056 -0.504      (J Kimbrough ) 0.035  8.592 -0.628
 Qualified:            #16  8.012 -0.548                        #1  8.458 -0.762

Bogan was a little too quick off of the line and went red giving the win to Frech. Frech will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1235 Peter D`agnolo                        358 David Billingsley            
E2                   0.013  8.472 148.76     ****WINNER****  0.127  8.136 163.37
       E/SMA Index: 8.91 (+/-): -0.438            D/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.564
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Heckel    ) 0.001  8.409 -0.571      (S Libersher ) 0.019  8.225 -0.475
 Qualified:             #4  8.317 -0.663                        #9  8.076 -0.624

D'agnolo gets the holeshot but he can't hold off Billingsley.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   21 David Eaton                             2 Jim Greenheck                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  6.745 196.19                     0.150  7.757 154.74
        A/AP Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.435            E/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.483
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Hanratty  ) 0.055  7.598  0.418      (S Volpe     ) 0.047  7.733 -0.527
 Qualified:            #12  6.603 -0.577                        #7  7.632 -0.628

Eaton gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Greenheck for the win.

Eaton will take on Billingsley in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  332 Todd Frantz                            35 Robert Bailey                
E2                  -0.001  9.868 100.49     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.792  86.67
        H/AA Index: 9.22 (+/-):  0.648            A/ED Index: 7.18 (+/-):  2.612
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Affronti  ) 0.056 10.537  1.317      (M Hanratty  ) 0.073  9.500  2.320
 Qualified:             #5  8.582 -0.638                       #10  6.569 -0.611

Frantz just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to bailey. Bailey was off of the throttle early.

Bailey will take on Granier in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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