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Sun, 16 Mar 2003, 01:31 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 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-- (+/-)
 3651 Charlie Westcott Jr                   282 Don Eberly
E2   ****WINNER****  0.079  9.107 -0.443                    -0.027  9.226 -0.304
       F/SM Index: 9.55                         F/SMA Index: 9.53
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Allen     ) 0.056  9.100 -0.450      (G Vignogna  ) 0.128  9.025 -0.575
 Qualified:             #4  8.926 -0.624                       #12  9.095 -0.505

12:09 PM Current weather conditions: 67 degrees, 80 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.93 inches, with a track temperature of 105 degrees under light clouds.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  170 Douglas Harris                        309 Ralph Hope
E2   ****WINNER****  0.152  8.325  0.025                    -0.046  8.073 -0.487
       PSTA Index: 8.30                           J/A Index: 8.56
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Ambrose   ) 0.074  7.867 -0.433      (D Eaton     ) 0.016  8.127 -0.433
 Qualified:            #30  8.299 -0.001                       #22  8.146 -0.414


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   34 Robert Bailey                         211 Glen Treadwell
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.003 -0.257                     0.022  9.998  0.908
       A/ED Index: 7.26                          E/EA Index: 9.09
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Houghtalin) 0.041  6.751 -0.549      (R Kropfeld  ) 0.006  8.624 -0.466
 Qualified:            #21  6.883 -0.417                       #14  8.594 -0.496

Treadwell slowly left the line, his car apparently not healthy.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3002 Patrick Ross Sr                      2126 Michael Hardee
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.005  8.440 -0.360                    -0.016  9.503  0.083
        F/A Index: 8.80                         E/SMA Index: 9.42
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Horne     ) 0.103  8.295 -0.575      (G Russo     ) 0.071  8.911 -0.509
 Qualified:            #11  8.315 -0.555                        #3  8.785 -0.635


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2211 Van Puckett                          1160 Al Ackerman
E2                   0.059  9.075 -0.515     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.179 -0.621
       H/AA Index: 9.59                           F/D Index: 8.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Yannetti  ) 0.115  9.622  0.032      (R Matheney  ) 0.033  8.372 -0.428
 Qualified:             #2  8.935 -0.655                       #10  8.239 -0.561

Ackerman took the win light, but hammered his index. That will cost him 0.12 for the rest of the event and 0.02 on Monday.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  252 Jerry Hemmingson                      706 Art Hodges
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  7.375 -0.405                     0.043  7.648 -0.372
        B/A Index: 7.78                           C/A Index: 8.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Aragona Jr) 0.105  7.274 -0.526      (M Hanratty  ) 0.159  7.686 -0.334
 Qualified:             #5  7.212 -0.588                       #28  7.698 -0.322

Jerry Hemmingson's MOV: 0.0411 seconds (approximately 11 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3185 Bert Dawson                          2165 Dick Maris
E2   ****WINNER****  0.218  9.190 -0.410                     0.196  7.235 -0.375
      F/SMA Index: 9.60                           C/D Index: 7.61
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Larsen    ) 0.173  9.174 -0.426      (D Connolly  ) 0.011  7.181 -0.429
 Qualified:            #23  9.195 -0.405                       #31  7.872  0.262

Dawson won, but it appeared that he toasted the engine in the lights, a big cloud of smoke following him into the shutdown area. Bert Dawson's MOV: 0.0133 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    1 Mike Saye                            2885 David Rampy
E2                   0.042  8.704 -0.476     ****WINNER****  0.050  7.459 -0.571
        G/A Index: 9.18                          A/EA Index: 8.03
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Linebarrie) 0.044  8.881 -0.299                     0.122  7.796 -0.234
 Qualified:             #9  8.614 -0.566                        #1  7.365 -0.665

Rampy ran Saye down, but took a 0.07 temporary CIC to get the win. David Rampy's MOV: 0.0873 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

Next round it's Ross vs Harris, Ackerman vs Bailey, Westcott vs Dawson, and Rampy vs Hemmingson.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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