Sat, 24 May 2003, 09:41 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  527 Brad Klein                           4006 Mike Trumble
E2                  -0.053  7.252 -0.548     ****WINNER****  0.030  8.584 -0.166
        B/A Index: 7.80                         A/SMA Index: 8.75
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Porter    ) 0.170  7.352 -0.448                     0.019  8.548 -0.202
 Qualified:             #9  7.266 -0.534                        #1  8.135 -0.615

8:25 PM Current weather conditions: 60 degrees, 90 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.95 inches under the lights.

We open with the traditional red light...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  462 Al Weiss                             4937 Buddy Nickens
E2   ****WINNER****  0.033  8.707 -0.373                    -0.027  8.812 -0.208
       E/EA Index: 9.08                          B/TA Index: 9.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Yonke     ) 0.038  8.654 -0.426      (M Johnson   ) 0.009  8.672 -0.348
 Qualified:             #3  8.477 -0.603                       #10  8.487 -0.533

And another

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4683 Brian Self                           5158 Steve Kalkowski
E2                   0.083  8.198 -0.532     ****WINNER****  0.039  7.285 -0.515
        B/T Index: 8.73                           B/A Index: 7.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Baldwin   ) 0.083  8.284 -0.446      (B Dennis    ) 0.051  7.339 -0.461
 Qualified:             #7  8.163 -0.567                       #14  7.289 -0.511

Steve Kalkowski's MOV: 0.0277 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  567 Scott Brown                             3 Larry Pritchett
E2   ****WINNER****  0.066  8.073 -0.537                     0.127  7.971 -0.569
       B/SR Index: 8.61                          A/SM Index: 8.54
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Schmidt   ) 0.000  8.156 -0.454      (S Vincent   ) 0.075  8.167 -0.373
 Qualified:             #5  8.038 -0.572                       #12  8.021 -0.519

Brown took a 0.03 CIC for the event to hold off a rapidly-closing Pritchett. Scott Brown's MOV: 0.0292 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   58 Jeff Perrella                        3361 Bo Butner
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  8.546  0.516                    -0.017  9.907  1.607
       A/EA Index: 8.03                          PSTA Index: 8.30
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Larson    ) 0.119  7.539 -0.491      (B Antony    ) 0.031  7.931 -0.369
 Qualified:             #4  7.427 -0.603                       #11  7.773 -0.527

Another red bulb.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4097 Pete Carbery                         4446 Gary Wise
E2                   0.180 10.373  2.573     ****WINNER****  0.167  8.525 -0.495
        B/A Index: 7.80                          D/EA Index: 9.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Hatcher   ) 0.152  7.568 -0.232      (C Sallee    ) 0.025  8.745 -0.275
 Qualified:            #13  7.288 -0.512                       #20  8.570 -0.450

Carbery was all over the lane on the launch and lifted.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    9 Doug Engels                            49 Mike Johnson
E2   ****WINNER****  0.072  7.441 -0.569                     0.063  7.418 -0.542
       D/ED Index: 8.01                          C/ED Index: 7.96
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Robison   ) 0.107  7.533 -0.477      (B Morse     ) 0.064  7.609 -0.351
 Qualified:             #8  7.470 -0.540                       #15  7.461 -0.499

Doug Engels' MOV: 0.0183 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He will lose 0.06 seconds for the rest of the event.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
        Bye                                2885 David Rampy
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.035  7.943 -0.087
                                                 A/EA Index: 8.03
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (L Snyder    ) 0.035  7.609 -0.421
 Qualified:                                                       #2  7.421 -0.609

In the quarterfinals it ill be Trumble vs Brown, Weiss vs Kalkowski, Rampy vs Wise, and Perrella vs Engels.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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