Sat, 24 Oct 2026, 09:56 AM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Rockingham Dragway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Stephen Szupka                       2455 Jason Line                   
E1                  -0.026  7.226 149.35     ****WINNER****  0.000  8.448 132.51
        C/DA Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.324           AH/SM Index: 8.95 (+/-): -0.502
 Qualified:             #8  6.928 -0.622                        #2  8.217 -0.733

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2261 Joel Moreland                          52 Brian Stufflebeam            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.135  8.985 137.49                     0.075  7.350 175.44
        H/SM Index: 9.57 (+/-): -0.585            A/EA Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.500
 Qualified:             #6  8.908 -0.662                       #12  7.788 -0.062

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3308 John Frech                           2304 Danny Holt                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  7.993 144.83                     0.096  8.410 129.05
         F/D Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.547            C/EA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.270
 Qualified:             #5  7.855 -0.685                       #11  8.149 -0.531

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2917 Robbie Draughon                        26 Steve Johnson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.610 126.37                    -0.004  9.843 103.26
        A/MP Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.090            H/SM Index: 9.52 (+/-):  0.323
 Qualified:            #10  8.146 -0.554                        #4  8.811 -0.709

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  277 Larry Pritchett                        21 Monty Bogan                  
E1                  -0.003  8.221 125.87     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.179 101.08
        A/SM Index: 8.42 (+/-): -0.199           D/SMA Index: 8.96 (+/-):  0.219
 Qualified:             #9  7.818 -0.602                        #3  8.234 -0.726

Heads-up!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2211 Van Puckett                          1235 Peter D`Agnolo               
E1                  -0.500 No Time           ****WINNER****  1.047 No Time      
        F/AA Index: 8.53 (+/-): 91.469           E/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): 91.059
 Qualified:             #7  7.906 -0.624                        #1  8.198 -0.742