Sun, 9 Nov 2003, 06:29 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7406 Vinnie Deceglie                       706 Art Hodges
E4   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.639 -0.451                     0.159  7.453 -0.487
        A/A Index: 7.09                           C/A Index: 7.94
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Lambeck   ) 0.036  6.590 -0.570      (W Ramay     ) 0.088  7.583 -0.357
E2    (R Braun     ) 0.015  6.651 -0.579      (A Bowdish   ) 0.118  7.432 -0.558
E1    (B Self      ) 0.192  7.205 -0.025      (J Kaplan    ) 0.102  7.485 -0.515
 Qualified:            #28  6.717 -0.513                       #26  7.478 -0.522

3:20 PM Deceglie has given up .14 to Hodges .05 in CIC so far. It's over as Hodges' late lights catch up with him. The purple Corvette is able to duck the CIC this time.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   53 Clint Sallee                         7189 Dean Carter
E4                   0.055  6.797 -0.513     ****WINNER****  0.049  7.071 -0.559
        B/D Index: 7.31                          A/ND Index: 7.63
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Nickens   ) 0.080  6.804 -0.586      (S Tidwell   ) 0.047  7.123 -0.567
E2    (D Engels    ) 0.068  6.886 -0.514      (G Anderson  ) 0.109  7.187 -0.513
E1    (J Lane      ) 0.177  7.251 -0.149      (D Myers     ) 0.071  7.571 -0.129
 Qualified:            #15  6.812 -0.588                        #5  7.055 -0.645

Close start for both cars and it doesn't look too many games were played at the finish line as Sallee runs 194.72 and Carter runs 183.47. Carter will meet Deceglie in the finals. 3:25 PM

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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