Fri, 30 Oct 2026, 12:28 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
68 Ralph Van Paepeghem 1990 David Barton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.155 7.497 174.59 0.028 8.083 161.79
A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.443 FS/SM Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.307
Qualified: #20 7.508 -0.432 #7 7.793 -0.597
Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.83
inches, adjusted altitude 3,131 feet. Barton with the starting line advantage, but Van Paepeghem
chased him down for the win. Ralph Van Paepeghem's MOV: 0.0096 seconds (approximately 2
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7668 Brad Rounds 5008 Travis Gusso
E1 0.053 8.872 150.25 ****WINNER**** 0.069 7.929 165.50
E/SMA Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.208 D/A Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.451
Qualified: #25 8.905 -0.175 #12 7.834 -0.546
Rounds with the starting line advantage, but Gusso chased him down for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
601C Cody Lane 7342 Matthew Dahl
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.087 7.662 151.04 0.097 8.306 157.21
A/EA Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.318 A/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.314
Qualified: #9 7.395 -0.585 #22 8.289 -0.331
Lane with the starting line advantage for the win. Cody Lane's MOV: 0.0142 seconds
(approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
704 Kayla Mozeris 357 Rick Brown
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 8.558 154.12 0.027 8.372 159.83
E/SMA Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.522 G/AA Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.518
Qualified: #3 8.456 -0.624 #16 8.376 -0.514
Mozeris with the starting line advantage for the win in a close one. Kayla Mozeris' MOV: 0.0074
seconds (approximately 21 inches). She will face Lane in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
701 Kimberly Carter 46 Don Thomas
E1 0.068 7.713 169.66 ****WINNER**** 0.046 7.049 158.93
D/DA Index: 8.11 (+/-): -0.397 C/D Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.471
Qualified: #19 7.630 -0.480 #6 6.920 -0.600
Thomas with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Gusso in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3662 Scott Libersher 63 Melissa Murphy
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.016 7.909 151.49 0.063 6.943 184.12
FS/SM Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.581 B/DA Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.507
Qualified: #1 7.793 -0.697 #14 6.917 -0.533
Libersher with the starting line advantage 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
5900 Cali Neff 799 Steve Graham
E1 0.092 7.820 169.10 ****WINNER**** 0.089 7.118 179.88
J/DA Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.520 B/A Index: 7.68 (+/-): -0.562
Qualified: #15 7.819 -0.521 #2 7.038 -0.642
Graham with s slight starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
452 Steven Kent 7348 Mike Dahl
E1 -0.016 7.589 167.45 ****WINNER**** 0.060 7.993 125.03
C/DA Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.081 B/AP Index: 7.84 (+/-): 0.153
Qualified: #21 7.261 -0.409 #8 7.244 -0.596
Kent goes red to give Dahl the win. He will face Neff in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6088 Ryan Warter 3 Joe Carnasciale
E1 0.033 8.834 136.22 ****WINNER**** 0.024 9.204 132.67
E/SM Index: 9.24 (+/-): -0.406 I/SM Index: 9.61 (+/-): -0.406
Qualified: #10 8.659 -0.581 #23 9.301 -0.309
Carnasciale with the starting line advantage for the win in a close one. Joe Carnasciale's MOV:
0.0093 seconds (approximately 22 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
618 Dino Kost 5 Taylor Chomiski
E1 0.011 7.380 178.71 ****WINNER**** 0.082 8.841 137.47
B/DA Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.100 E/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.389
Qualified: #26 7.920 0.440 #13 8.688 -0.542
Kost with the starting line advantage, but Chomiski holds on for the win. He will face Van
Paepeghem in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
703 Joe Mozeris 7167 Ryan Priddy
E1 0.051 34.508 34.38 ****WINNER**** 0.038 8.148 119.98
C/DA Index: 7.61 (+/-): 26.898 A/A Index: 7.15 (+/-): 0.998
Qualified: #17 7.097 -0.513 #4 6.526 -0.624
Priddy with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Carnasciale in the next
round.Mozeris broke right off the line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Jeff Taylor 71 Kevin Carter
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 7.171 140.66 0.070 8.460 119.31
A/ED Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.099 B/DA Index: 7.48 (+/-): 0.980
Qualified: #5 6.660 -0.610 #18 6.969 -0.511
Taylor with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7406 Eric Bell 804 Warren Allen
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.108 8.573 142.46 No Time
AH/SM Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.497 C/DA Index: 7.67 (+/-): 92.329
Qualified: #11 8.518 -0.552 #24 7.430 -0.240
allen is a no-show to give Bell the freebie. He will face Taylor in the next round.
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