Sat, 31 May 2003, 07:33 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Bob Orme
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JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
33 David Billingsley 3099 James Stewart
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.120 7.559 -0.491 0.090 7.900 -0.400
C/AA Index: 8.05 PSTA Index: 8.30
Qualified: #15 7.498 -0.552 #31 7.910 -0.390
6:02 PM David Billingsley's MOV: 0.0613 seconds (approximately 15 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
3363 Ron Bohn 3316 Michael Hazlett
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 8.649 -0.571 0.144 7.341 -0.459
G/AA Index: 9.22 B/A Index: 7.80
Qualified: #24 8.734 -0.486 #8 7.217 -0.583
Hazlett was late on the tree and couldn't chase Bohn down.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
9 Doug Engels 5248 Shaun Vincent
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.090 7.447 -0.563 0.030 8.688 -0.482
D/ED Index: 8.01 C/TA Index: 9.17
Qualified: #10 7.430 -0.580 #26 8.737 -0.433
Doug Engels' MOV: 0.0216 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
3651 Charlie Westcott Jr 58 Jeff Perrella
E1 0.069 8.929 -0.571 ****WINNER**** 0.011 7.421 -0.609
F/SM Index: 9.50 A/EA Index: 8.03
Qualified: #19 8.963 -0.537 #3 7.397 -0.633
Perrella will take a 0.100 CIC in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
2885 David Rampy 252 Jerry Hemmingson
E1 0.048 7.475 -0.555 ****WINNER**** 0.003 7.233 -0.567
A/EA Index: 8.03 B/A Index: 7.80
Qualified: #4 7.405 -0.625 #20 7.264 -0.536
Rampy doesn't lose in the first round very often....
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
3997 Bill Zaskowski 388 Brian Stufflebeam
E1 -0.007 9.116 -0.384 ****WINNER**** 0.047 7.833 0.033
F/SM Index: 9.50 B/AA Index: 7.80
Qualified: #30 9.105 -0.395 #14 7.247 -0.553
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
34 Robert Bailey 3098 Douglas Stewart
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.044 7.988 0.688 -0.015 8.536 -0.464
A/ED Index: 7.30 C/SMA Index: 9.00
Qualified: #16 6.752 -0.548 #32 8.622 -0.378
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
4937 Buddy Nickens 5764 Brian Antony
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.080 9.102 0.082 -0.080 7.548 -0.472
B/TA Index: 9.02 B/AP Index: 8.02
Qualified: #11 8.444 -0.576 #27 7.589 -0.431
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
3304 Wayne Henderson 4006 Mike Trumble
E1 0.272 6.742 -0.558 ****WINNER**** 0.026 8.310 -0.420
A/ED Index: 7.30 A/SMA Index: 8.73
Qualified: #22 6.769 -0.531 #6 8.133 -0.597
Henderson left very late, handing Trumble the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
5019 Paul Pittman 5731 Tom Schmidt
E1 0.061 7.291 -0.509 ****WINNER**** 0.023 8.695 -0.575
B/AA Index: 7.80 C/SR Index: 9.27
Qualified: #29 7.377 -0.423 #13 8.705 -0.565
Tom Schmidt's MOV: 0.1042 seconds (approximately 29 feet). He will take a 0.07 CIC into the
second round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6 Mike Farrell 512 Bill Riemenapp
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.050 7.407 -0.623 0.037 8.236 -0.604
A/EA Index: 8.03 C/EA Index: 8.84
Qualified: #9 7.447 -0.583 #25 8.394 -0.446
Farrell gets the win and the index takes a permanent hit. It was a close race, Mike Farrell's
MOV: 0.0065 seconds (approximately 18 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
3151 Ian Landies Jr 3451 Steve Eckard
E1 0.075 8.398 -0.442 ****WINNER**** 0.022 7.394 -0.406
F/A Index: 8.84 B/AA Index: 7.80
Qualified: #7 8.244 -0.596 #23 7.284 -0.516
Steve Eckard's MOV: 0.0178 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
4683 Brian Self 302 Mike Lund
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 8.101 -0.629 0.032 8.083 -0.607
B/T Index: 8.73 A/SR Index: 8.69
Qualified: #21 8.198 -0.532 #5 8.089 -0.601
Self gets the win and the B/T index takes a permanent CIC. Brian Self's MOV: 0.0257 seconds
(approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
706 Art Hodges 373 Ray Vierheller III
E1 -0.009 7.714 -0.286 ****WINNER**** 0.056 8.642 -0.258
C/A Index: 8.00 I/AA Index: 8.90
Qualified: #12 7.428 -0.572 #28 8.476 -0.424
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
31 Steve Ambrose 1498 Santo Volpe
E1 0.055 7.941 -0.519 ****WINNER**** 0.054 8.087 -0.603
J/AA Index: 8.46 A/SR Index: 8.69
Qualified: #17 7.916 -0.544 #1 7.992 -0.698
Santo Volpe's MOV: 0.0857 seconds (approximately 18 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
5601 Mike Nahan 41 Robert Freeman
E1 0.149 7.551 -0.649 ****WINNER**** 0.014 7.419 -0.581
E/D Index: 8.20 C/A Index: 8.00
Qualified: #2 7.558 -0.642 #18 7.463 -0.537
If you get a chance, take an up-close look at Nahan's dragster next time you are at the
races. It is a very interesting machine. Freeman left him at the tree and it was all but over.
Nahan tried to catch him, missed by less than a car length. Robert Freeman's MOV: 0.0677 seconds
(approximately 17 feet).
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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