Fri, 13 Nov 2026, 07:46 AM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  704 Kayla Mozeris                         701 Kimberly Carter              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039  9.109 102.80                    -0.247 16.097  46.41
       E/SMA Index: 8.89 (+/-):  0.219            C/DA Index: 7.50 (+/-):  8.597
 Qualified:             #5  8.333 -0.557                       #11  7.001 -0.499

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 3,587 feet.

Carter goes red to give Mozeris the win,

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jeff Taylor                           703 Joe Mozeris                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.063  6.783 168.24                     0.089  7.122 174.50
        A/ED Index: 7.20 (+/-): -0.417            C/DA Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.408
 Qualified:            #13  7.382  0.182                        #7  6.978 -0.552

Taylor with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   68 Ralph Van Paepeghem                  6088 Ryan Warter                  
E1                   0.008  7.421 172.41     ****WINNER****  0.063  8.572 151.89
        A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.419            E/SM Index: 9.10 (+/-): -0.528
 Qualified:             #9  7.319 -0.521                        #3  8.537 -0.563

Van Paepeghem with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                           72 Dean Carter                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.804 154.65                     0.112 11.514  65.94
         D/A Index: 8.27 (+/-): -0.466            A/ND Index: 7.40 (+/-):  4.114
 Qualified:            #10  7.765 -0.505                        #4  6.837 -0.563

Gusso with the starting line advantage for the win.. Carter spun and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7348 Mike Dahl                               3 Joe Carnasciale              
E1                  -0.001  7.691 121.39     ****WINNER****  0.018 10.259  98.14
        B/AP Index: 7.73 (+/-): -0.039            I/SM Index: 9.46 (+/-):  0.799
 Qualified:             #6  7.177 -0.553                       #12  9.000 -0.460

Dahl is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Carnasciale 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
        Bye                                7167 Ryan Priddy                  
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.085  6.950 148.40
                                                   A/A Index: 7.08 (+/-): -0.130
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.468 -0.612

Priddy with the bye and he will face Kayla Mozeris in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 601C Cody Lane                             727 Alan Freese                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066  8.166 119.01                    -0.030 10.798  89.48
        A/EA Index: 7.85 (+/-):  0.316            F/AA Index: 8.52 (+/-):  2.278
 Qualified:             #2  7.242 -0.608                        #8  7.997 -0.523

Freese goes red to give Lane the win. Lane will have a bye in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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