Fri, 30 Oct 2026, 15:02 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations (Revised) |
By Dave Rowe |
LAS VEGAS - (Revised) Results of round 2 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
3662 Scott Libersher Bye
E2 ****WINNER**** 1.327 No Time
FS/SM Index: 8.41 (+/-): 91.589
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Murphy ) 0.016 7.909 -0.581
Qualified: #1 7.793 -0.697 Bye
10:56 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 81 percent, barometer 29.83
inches, adjusted altitude 3,275 feet.Libersher takes the green and backs off of the line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Taylor Chomiski 68 Ralph Van Paepeghem
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.025 8.811 140.36 0.087 7.513 174.37
E/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.419 A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.427
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Kost ) 0.082 8.841 -0.389 (D Barton ) 0.155 7.497 -0.443
Qualified: #13 8.688 -0.542 #20 7.508 -0.432
Chomiski gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Van Paepeghem for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5008 Travis Gusso 46 Don Thomas
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.147 7.875 172.17 0.001 No Time
D/A Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.505 C/D Index: 7.52 (+/-): 92.479
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Rounds ) 0.069 7.929 -0.451 (K Carter ) 0.046 7.049 -0.471
Qualified: #12 7.834 -0.546 #6 6.920 -0.600
Thomas was disqualified, not sure why.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7348 Mike Dahl 799 Steve Graham
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.013 7.367 171.27 0.090 7.146 182.18
B/AP Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.473 B/A Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.474
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Kent ) 0.060 7.993 0.153 (C Neff ) 0.089 7.118 -0.562
Qualified: #8 7.244 -0.596 #2 7.038 -0.642
Dahl gets the holeshot and holds off Graham for the win.Dahl will have a bye in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Joe Carnasciale 7167 Ryan Priddy
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.009 10.459 95.55 -0.044 10.622 83.00
I/SM Index: 9.61 (+/-): 0.849 A/A Index: 7.15 (+/-): 3.472
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Warter ) 0.024 9.204 -0.406 (J Mozeris ) 0.038 8.148 0.998
Qualified: #23 9.301 -0.309 #4 6.526 -0.624
Priddy is a little too quick of of the line and goes red giving the win to Carnasciale.Carnasciale backs off of the throttle early.
Carnasciale will take on Chomiski in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7406 Eric Bell 1 Jeff Taylor
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.000 8.547 155.36 0.066 6.681 197.33
AH/SM Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.523 A/ED Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.589
Prior rounds:
E1 (W Allen ) 0.108 8.573 -0.497 (K Carter ) 0.025 7.171 -0.099
Qualified: #11 8.518 -0.552 #5 6.660 -0.610
Bell is perfect off of the line and needs every bit of the advantage. taylor reels him in and they cross
the finish line together with Bell just barely taking the win.Eric Bell's MOV: 0.0001 seconds (approximately 0 inches).
Bell will take on Libersher in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
601C Cody Lane 704 Kayla Mozeris
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.000 7.832 123.68 No Time
A/EA Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.148 E/SMA Index: 9.06 (+/-): 90.939
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Dahl ) 0.087 7.662 -0.318 (R Brown ) 0.024 8.558 -0.522
Qualified: #9 7.395 -0.585 #3 8.456 -0.624
Mozeris did not make a pass.Lane will take on Thomas in the next round.
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