Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 21:45 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1890 Michael Hanratty                     5212 Doug Engels                  
E4                   0.710  8.968 102.24     ****WINNER****  0.044  7.507 147.13
        K/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-):  0.928            D/DA Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.383
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Ratliff   ) 0.066  7.539 -0.581      (T Chomiski  ) 0.032  7.388 -0.582
E2    (J Coan      ) 0.124 13.623  5.503      (T Frantz    ) 0.021  7.515 -0.455
E1    (C Bourgeois ) 0.018  7.653 -0.467      (G Schenck   ) 0.082  7.475 -0.495
 Qualified:            #26  7.653 -0.467                        #7  7.425 -0.545

9:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,342 feet.

Engels gets the advantage off of the line and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  414 Mason McGaha                           46 Donald Thomas                
E4                  -0.009  7.339 152.19     ****WINNER****  0.073 22.203  26.68
         B/A Index: 7.49 (+/-): -0.151             C/D Index: 7.36 (+/-): 14.843
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Dupps     ) 0.036  6.998 -0.492      (P D`Agnolo  ) 0.039  6.851 -0.589
E2    (R Freeman   ) 0.082  6.986 -0.654      (G Treadwell ) 0.026  7.273 -0.167
E1    (D Robison   ) 0.038  7.577 -0.063      (A Wilson II ) 0.223  7.141 -0.299
 Qualified:             #3  7.055 -0.585                       #12  6.920 -0.520

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

Thomas will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jeff Taylor                          1937 Lee Zane                     
E4   ****WINNER****  0.042 15.681  52.19                    -0.007  8.662 106.53
        A/ED Index: 7.19 (+/-):  8.491             F/D Index: 8.58 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Stufflebea) 0.012  6.778 -0.412      (J Clegg     ) 0.015  8.076 -0.514
E2    (M Stephenson) 0.035  6.687 -0.513                     0.009  8.760  0.170
E1    (C Neff      ) 0.036  7.141 -0.059      (P Nahan     ) 0.007  8.962  0.372
 Qualified:            #11  6.674 -0.526                       #24  8.110 -0.480

Zane leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Taylor.

Taylor will take on Engels in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink