Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 14:50 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Reporter

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 44th annual NHRA Brainerd Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5810 Kelly Rutz                           5008 Travis Gusso                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.168  7.770 176.01                    -0.028  8.132 132.39
         C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.160             D/A Index: 8.27 (+/-): -0.138
 Qualified:            #13  7.752 -0.178                        #6  7.761 -0.509

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 2,458 feet.

Gusso goes red to give Rutz the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                          503 Joseph Arrowsmith            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  7.369 137.39                    -0.087 14.274  71.96
       CC/AT Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.191            F/AA Index: 8.44 (+/-):  5.834
 Qualified:             #5  7.036 -0.524                       #12  8.073 -0.367

Arrowsmith goes red to give Massel the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5292 Michael Foster                         55 Pat Nahan                    
E1                  -0.041  6.871 194.83     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.748 137.02
        B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.529            E/DA Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.232
 Qualified:             #9  6.926 -0.474                        #2  7.320 -0.660

Foster goes red to give Nahan the win. He will face Massel the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  704 Kayla Mozeris                         580 Brandi Parker                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047  8.527 134.73                     0.083  8.440 151.80
       E/SMA Index: 8.95 (+/-): -0.423             F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.150
 Qualified:             #7  8.444 -0.506                       #14  8.640  0.050

Mozeris with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5125 Bruce Schmiedl                       5212 Doug Engels                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.139  7.321 174.68                     0.047  7.654 157.08
        A/EA Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.529            D/DA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.316
 Qualified:             #8  7.344 -0.506                        #1  7.306 -0.664

Engels with the starting line advantage, but Schmiedl chased him down for the win. He will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 601C Cody Lane                            5248 Shaun Vincent                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.872 119.05                    -0.012  8.545 140.55
        A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.028            C/TA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.425
 Qualified:             #4  7.320 -0.580                       #11  8.553 -0.417

Vincent goes red to give Lane the win. He will face Mozeris in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5900 Cali Neff                              47 Shane Heckel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  8.517  99.07                           No Time      
        A/ED Index: 7.21 (+/-):  1.307            C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): 92.409
 Qualified:             #3  6.626 -0.584                       #10  7.127 -0.463

Heckel broke on Thursday and is a no-show here.

Neff with the single.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink