Sat, 03 Oct 2026, 12:17 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Reporter

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4615 Christopher Dodd                     5292 Michael Foster               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047  8.543 119.52                    -0.049  6.852 194.13
        C/EA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.137            B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.548
 Qualified:             #2  8.013 -0.667                        #7  6.846 -0.554

Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 30.21 inches, adjusted altitude 878 feet.

Foster goes red to give Dodd the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                    5008 Travis Gusso                 
E1                  -0.026  8.088 164.01     ****WINNER****  0.053  9.131 107.50
        D/EA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.582             D/A Index: 8.27 (+/-):  0.861
 Qualified:             #9  8.142 -0.528                        #4  7.648 -0.622

Billingsley goes red to give Gusso the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4011 Royce Freeman                        510U Scott Linder                 
E1                   0.106  6.923 176.24     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.529 203.71
        B/AA Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.597             A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.581
 Qualified:            #11  7.737  0.217                        #6  6.547 -0.563

Linder with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5010 Michael Compton                      3864 Scott Chamness               
E1                  -0.026  8.528 137.05     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.528 106.27
       D/SMA Index: 8.92 (+/-): -0.392             B/D Index: 7.23 (+/-):  1.298
 Qualified:            #10  8.400 -0.520                        #5  6.630 -0.600

Compton goes red to give Chamness the win. He will face Dodd in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Patrick Ross                           52 Brian Stufflebeam            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  7.678 168.98                     0.090  7.243 177.11
         D/A Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.582            A/EA Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.607
 Qualified:             #8  7.711 -0.549                        #3  7.218 -0.632

Ross with the starting line advantage for the win in a close one. Patrick Ross' MOV: 0.0055 seconds (approximately 17 inches). He will face Linder in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Greg Kamplain                              Bye
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.066 10.186  78.20     
         H/D Index: 7.03 (+/-):  3.156    
 Qualified:             #1  6.331 -0.699                     Bye

Kamplain with the bye run and he will face Gusso in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink