Sun, 28 Oct 2001, 03:40 PM LAS VEGAS 2 - Comp Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the Inaugural AC Delco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Adam Bowdish        9.175 -0.605 Q    1 David Rampy         7.272 -0.738
      C/SM Index: 9.78                        B/AA Index: 8.01
   (J Gillette  ) 0.560  9.538 -0.242 E1   (C Lane      ) 0.576  7.972 -0.038
   (R Baldwin   ) 0.576  9.296 -0.484 E2   (C Sallee    ) 0.536  8.119  0.109
                  0.505  9.188 -0.592 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.525  7.385 -0.625

12:32 PM Both came in with their indexes intact, but Rampy will take a 0.12 CIC penalty into the remaining rounds of this event and will lose 0.02 on Monday. Margin of victory = 0.013 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Scott Hedlund       8.592 -0.628 Q    3 Bo Butner           7.957 -0.653
      A/SM Index: 9.09                        D/AA Index: 8.61
   (T Schmidt   ) 0.507  8.591 -0.629 E1   (C Thomas    ) 0.562  8.382 -0.228
   (F Gross     ) 0.525  8.581 -0.519 E2   (T Movius    ) 0.535  8.178 -0.432
                  0.614  8.575 -0.515 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.637  8.061 -0.549

Butner came in with his index intact, Hedlund had an accumulated 0.13 CIC burden. Butner took a relatively mild 0.04 CIC hit for the win here. Margin of victory = 0.011 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 Edward Joe Shalkow  8.567 -0.603 Q   31 Dean Carter         7.577 -0.433
      F/ED Index: 9.05                        A/ND Index: 8.01
   (B Brown     ) 0.579  8.542 -0.628 E1   (J Taylor    ) 0.509  7.604 -0.406
   (W Ramay     ) 0.531  8.612 -0.438 E2   (B Kent      ) 0.679  7.561 -0.449
                  0.530  8.662 -0.388 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.589  7.541 -0.469

Shalkowski gave up 0.12 in round one, Carter was untouched through the first two. Carter managed to take the win here and keep his index untouched. Margin of victory = 0.022 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  20 Tom Huggins         7.404 -0.546 Q    5 Doug Engels         7.514 -0.636
       B/A Index: 7.93                        D/ED Index: 8.15
   (S Kalkowski ) 0.514  7.424 -0.526 E1   (S Wilmoth   ) 0.549  7.664 -0.486
   (R Kelly     ) 0.504  7.450 -0.480 E2   (C Stewart   ) 0.612  7.668 -0.482
                  0.587  7.452 -0.478 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.572  7.579 -0.571

Huggins lost 0.02 to CIC in round one, Engels' index was intact. Engels dipped into CIC territory here, losing 0.07 for the rest of the event. Margin of victory = 0.108 seconds (approximately 29 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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