LODRS 5-5 - Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

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Sat, 23 Aug 2008, 09:56 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, West Central Division, Heartland Championships presented by Aeromotive, at Heartland Park Topeka:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  737 Shelly Payne                          409 Leslie Carson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.496  8.355 108.91                    -0.017  7.535 144.10
      AA/PM Index: 6.85 (+/-):  1.505             B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.105
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Waddle    ) 0.490  8.834  1.984      (T Ticel     ) 0.407  9.238  1.598
 Qualified:             #3  6.305 -0.545                       #10  7.248 -0.392

8:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 28.95 inches, adjusted altitude 2,730 feet.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  469 Clark Smiley                         4251 Greg Porter                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.108  8.336 152.95                     0.194  9.056 150.56
       B/SM Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.344           G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.304
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Vettal    ) 0.074  8.791  0.111      (S Kalkowski ) 0.351  9.242 -0.118
 Qualified:            #15  8.368 -0.312                       #22  9.131 -0.229

There was a lot of smoke in Porter's lane after the finish. It looks like he left some oil in the shutdown area. 8:07 p.m.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                          564 Matthew Harris               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.095  7.495 158.19                     0.055  8.022 146.78
      DD/AT Index: 8.03 (+/-): -0.535             D/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.338
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.027  8.110  0.080      (C Johnson   ) 0.076  8.265 -0.095
 Qualified:             #1  7.249 -0.781                        #9  7.952 -0.408

8:37 p.m. Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.1571 seconds (approximately 34 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5296 Pat Nahan                             512 Bill Riemenapp               
E2                  -0.064  7.770 139.01     ****WINNER****  0.040  8.285 163.29
        E/D Index: 8.16 (+/-): -0.390            C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.415
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D West      ) -0.011  7.677 -0.483      (L Ficco     ) 0.086  8.322 -0.378
 Qualified:            #12  7.798 -0.362                       #19  8.414 -0.286

Riemenapp will face Massel in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  519 Scott Parks                           178 Dan Fletcher                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  6.858 188.54                     0.050  8.211 163.67
       A/ND Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.532            C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.489
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Vincent   ) 0.053  6.887 -0.613      (J Keilers   ) 0.020  8.725  0.025
 Qualified:             #4  7.000 -0.500                       #11  8.320 -0.380

Scott Parks' MOV: 0.0371 seconds (approximately 9 feet). He'll face Smiley in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5168 Randy Beyer                           562 Lucky Snyder                 
E2                  -0.053  8.752 152.69     ****WINNER****  0.171  8.234 140.14
       C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-):  0.052             E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.126
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Matusek   ) 0.374 10.361  1.661      (W Hatcher   ) 0.001  8.175 -0.185
 Qualified:            #28  8.872  0.172                       #21  8.110 -0.250

Snyder will face Shelly Payne in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   53 Tom Schmidt                          5776 Bub Miller                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.073  9.084 117.26                     0.798 26.426  35.80
        C/T Index: 8.94 (+/-):  0.144           I/SMA Index: 9.74 (+/-): 16.686
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Smiley    ) 0.023  8.432 -0.538      (R Kelly     ) 0.030  9.914  0.174
 Qualified:             #6  8.531 -0.439                       #13  9.409 -0.331

Miller didn't do a burnout. He crept off the line and slowly wandered down the track.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  51 Michael Johnson              
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.796 13.798  93.68
                                                G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-):  4.438
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (J Payne     ) 0.033  8.946 -0.414
 Qualified:                                                      #16  9.055 -0.305

Johnson took it easy on this one. He'll face Schmidt in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink