Sat, 09 Mar 2024, 09:18 AM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 3 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
   21 David Eaton                           358 David Billingsley            
E3                   0.018  6.786 195.05     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.145 162.43
        A/AP Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.394            D/EA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.495
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Greenheck ) 0.040  6.745 -0.435      (P D`Agnolo  ) 0.127  8.136 -0.564
E1    (P Hanratty  ) 0.055  7.598  0.418      (S Libersher ) 0.019  8.225 -0.475
 Qualified:            #12  6.603 -0.577                        #9  8.076 -0.624

9:09 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 86 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 1,929 feet.

A coin flip off of the line, Billingsley holds off Eaton and takes the win.

Billingsley will have a bye run into the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  427 Jarrod Granier                         35 Robert Bailey                
E3                   0.104  8.205 164.39     ****WINNER****  0.072  6.597 194.32
        C/SM Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.615            A/ED Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.583
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Belles    )       No Time            (T Frantz    ) 0.033  9.792  2.612
E1    (P Ross      )       No Time            (M Hanratty  ) 0.073  9.500  2.320
 Qualified:             #3  8.142 -0.678                       #10  6.569 -0.611

Bailey gets the advantage off of the line and gets around Granier for the win.

Robert Bailey's MOV: 0.0004 seconds (approximately 1 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  25 John Frech                   
E3                                            ****WINNER****  2.499 No Time      
                                                   F/D Index: 8.56 (+/-): 91.439
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (M Bogan     ) 0.099  8.833  0.273
E1                                           (S Linder    ) 0.013  8.056 -0.504
 Qualified:                                                      #16  8.012 -0.548

Frech with bye and he will take on Bailey in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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