Sun, 3 Oct 2004, 01:57 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  252 Jerry Hemmingson                       16 Don Eckel III
E3   ****WINNER****  0.060  7.132 -0.518                     0.052  7.006 -0.504
        B/A Index: 7.65                           C/D Index: 7.51
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Vincent   ) 0.054  7.168 -0.482      (P Anderson  ) 0.109  7.002 -0.518
E1    (S Eckard    ) 0.149  7.150 -0.630      (A Wilson    ) 0.078  7.014 -0.596
 Qualified:            #17  7.185 -0.595                       #29  7.064 -0.546

12:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.45 inches, adjusted altitude 1,407 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Jerry Hemmingson's MOV: 0.0061 seconds (approximately 20 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4171 Rodger Brogdon                          1 Dean Carter
E3                   0.011  8.004 -0.446     ****WINNER****  0.051  7.040 -0.540
      A/SMA Index: 8.45                          A/ND Index: 7.58
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Trumble Jr) 0.012  7.995 -0.665      (M Hazlett   ) 0.136  7.244 -0.336
E1    (F Aragona Jr) 0.122  7.946 -0.714      (J Frech     ) 0.144  7.074 -0.556
 Qualified:            #12  8.036 -0.624                        #8  6.991 -0.639

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  464 Daniel Mikel                           24 Larry Pritchett
E3                  -0.019  8.835 -0.185     ****WINNER****  0.151  8.996  0.526
       B/TA Index: 9.02                          A/SM Index: 8.47
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Riemenapp ) 0.058  8.891 -0.129      (D Rampy     ) 0.016  7.968 -0.502
E1    (D Billingsle) 0.019  8.918 -0.102      (G Supinski J) 0.159  7.965 -0.575
 Qualified:            #11  8.395 -0.625                        #7  7.899 -0.641

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  220 Jeff Taylor                          4037 Robert Freeman
E3                   0.054  9.414 -0.066     ****WINNER****  0.005  8.742 -0.428
      G/SMA Index: 9.48                         D/SMA Index: 9.17
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Jondahl   ) 0.050  9.066 -0.414      (T Schmidt   ) 0.077  9.017 -0.153
E1    (J Gebhardt  ) 0.077  8.974 -0.636      (B Self      ) 0.005  8.663 -0.537
 Qualified:            #14  9.000 -0.610                       #18  8.606 -0.594

Freeman gets a big hole-shot, gets about 1200 feet down and backs off the throttle.

In round four, it will be Freeman vs. Carter and Pritchett vs. Hemmingson.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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