Sun, 16 Mar 2003, 03:07 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 34th annual MAC Tools NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3002 Patrick Ross Sr                       170 Douglas Harris
E3                  -0.046 11.236  2.436     ****WINNER****  0.073  8.435  0.135
        F/A Index: 8.80                          PSTA Index: 8.30
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hardee    ) -0.005  8.440 -0.360      (R Hope      ) 0.152  8.325  0.025
E1    (K Horne     ) 0.103  8.295 -0.575      (S Ambrose   ) 0.074  7.867 -0.433
 Qualified:            #11  8.315 -0.555                       #30  8.299 -0.001

2:56 PM Big red light to start the round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   34 Robert Bailey                        1160 Al Ackerman
E3   ****WINNER****  0.240  7.715  0.455                    -0.005  8.939  0.259
       A/ED Index: 7.26                           F/D Index: 8.68
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Treadwell ) 0.014  7.003 -0.257      (V Puckett   ) 0.033  8.179 -0.621
E1    (K Houghtalin) 0.041  6.751 -0.549      (R Matheney  ) 0.033  8.372 -0.428
 Qualified:            #21  6.883 -0.417                       #10  8.239 -0.561

Ackerman took a 0.12 CIC in round two, Bailey a 0.04 penalty in round one. Ackerman tried to get too much of it back at the start and went red.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3651 Charlie Westcott Jr                  3185 Bert Dawson
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.103 -0.447                     9.999 No Time
       F/SM Index: 9.55                         F/SMA Index: 9.60
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Eberly    ) 0.079  9.107 -0.443      (D Maris     ) 0.218  9.190 -0.410
E1    (D Allen     ) 0.056  9.100 -0.450      (R Larsen    ) 0.173  9.174 -0.426
 Qualified:             #4  8.926 -0.624                       #23  9.195 -0.405

Dawson was unable to make the call for this round and Westcott got a freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2885 David Rampy                           252 Jerry Hemmingson
E3                   0.032  7.672 -0.288     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.262 -0.518
       A/EA Index: 7.96                           B/A Index: 7.78
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Saye      ) 0.050  7.459 -0.571      (A Hodges    ) 0.035  7.375 -0.405
E1                   0.122  7.796 -0.234      (F Aragona Jr) 0.105  7.274 -0.526
 Qualified:             #1  7.365 -0.665                        #5  7.212 -0.588

Rampy took a 0.07 second CIC in round two, Hemmingson a 0.02 penalty in round one. Rampy was running Hemmingson down, but abandoned the run, clocked at 145.25 mph at half track and just 136.81 at the finish line.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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