Sat, 11 Oct 2025, 11:51 AM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  503 Joseph Arrowsmith                    7879 Don Bevers                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.105  8.842 116.40                    -0.012 18.298  43.69
        F/AA Index: 8.44 (+/-):  0.402           A/SMA Index: 8.47 (+/-):  9.828
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Neff      ) 0.032  7.937 -0.533      (D Vang      ) 0.084  7.968 -0.532
 Qualified:            #23  8.017 -0.453                       #16  7.962 -0.538

10:42 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 30.04 inches, adjusted altitude 1,960 feet.

Bevers leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Arrowsmith.

Arrowsmith backs off of the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4995 Ray Goodman                          4483 John Clegg                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.272  7.668 140.54                    -0.003 16.825  48.51
        A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.242            CC/A Index: 7.37 (+/-):  9.455
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Williams  ) 0.018  7.404 -0.506      (S Dodd      ) 0.023  6.867 -0.613
 Qualified:            #26  7.595 -0.315                        #3  6.786 -0.694

Clegg just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Goodman.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4011 Royce Freeman                        5210 Duane Robison                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.176  7.885 119.47                    -0.149  8.217 120.58
        B/AA Index: 7.55 (+/-):  0.335             C/A Index: 7.81 (+/-):  0.407
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Bogan     ) 0.178  8.078  0.528      (R Brown     ) 0.086  7.306 -0.614
 Qualified:            #14  6.990 -0.560                       #21  7.424 -0.496

Robison is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Freeman.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                               3 Rodger Brogdon               
E2                   0.063  8.154 142.43     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.841 147.94
        C/EA Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.496            B/SR Index: 8.37 (+/-): -0.529
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Szupka    ) 0.012  8.144 -0.526      (M McGaha    ) 0.035  7.864 -0.516
 Qualified:            #19  8.155 -0.515                       #12  7.812 -0.568

Brogdon gets a great light and goes around Dodd for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Don Thomas                           3530 Dave Dupps Jr.               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.066  6.853 164.82                     0.035  8.331 162.44
         C/D Index: 7.41 (+/-): -0.557           E/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.509
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Freeman   ) 0.082  6.905 -0.575      (K Hall      ) 0.070  8.333 -0.617
 Qualified:             #7  6.856 -0.624                       #15  8.391 -0.559

Dupps gets the holeshot but he can't hold off Thomas.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Joe Carnasciale                       590 Clint Neff                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  9.147 132.13                     0.046  6.967 147.16
       I/SMA Index: 9.52 (+/-): -0.373            A/ED Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.183
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Taylor    ) 0.036  9.562  0.042      (C Hall      ) 0.020  6.642 -0.548
 Qualified:            #10  8.912 -0.608                        #2  6.482 -0.708

Carnasciale gets the advantage off of the line and he holds off Neff for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  414 Mason McGaha                          427 Jarrod Granier               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  7.303 150.17                    -0.004  8.713 130.13
         B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.347            D/SM Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.137
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.073  7.242 -0.408      (J Ochoa     ) 0.050  8.350 -0.670
 Qualified:             #1  6.919 -0.731                        #9  8.400 -0.620

Granier just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to McGaha.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   71 Joshua Lee                             46 Jeff Taylor                  
E2                   0.023  9.024 124.62     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.667 189.91
        H/EA Index: 9.40 (+/-): -0.376            A/ED Index: 7.17 (+/-): -0.503
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lane      ) 0.023  9.530  0.130      (J Arrowsmith) 0.031  6.661 -0.619
 Qualified:            #20  8.889 -0.511                       #13  6.716 -0.564

Lee gets the holeshot but he can't hold off Taylor.

In the next round it will be McGaha vs. Taylor, Goodman vs. Thomas, Carnasciale vs. Freeman, and Brogdon vs. Arrowsmith.