Sat, 22 Oct 2005, 02:57 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, Fifth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt 76 Michael Stone
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.058 6.791 198.67 0.044 7.527 163.87
A/ED Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.599 C/ED Index: 8.08 (+/-): -0.553
Qualified: #26 6.820 -0.570 #10 7.472 -0.608
11:28 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent,
barometer 28.35 inches, adjusted altitude 2,902 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.This was
huge! Jacklyn Gebhardt's MOV: 0.0325 seconds (approximately 8 feet) and ends Stone's hopes of
winning the Lucas Oil championship. She took a huge event CIC to do so, 0.09 seconds off her
index for the rest of the event. That clinches the 2005 title for Jeff Taylor - congratulations
to the champ.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Tony Stephenson 64 Dave Barcelon
E1 0.011 8.069 166.35 ****WINNER**** 0.036 8.320 161.94
B/EA Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.511 F/A Index: 8.91 (+/-): -0.590
Qualified: #29 8.021 -0.559 #13 8.309 -0.601
Dave Barcelon's MOV: 0.0548 seconds (approximately 13 feet). The big hitters in the Lucas
Oil championship appear to be making early exits today!
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7737 Ken Justice Sr. 7767 Alan Ellis
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.163 7.389 186.72 0.085 7.081 172.08
B/AA Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.541 A/AA Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.459
Qualified: #20 7.341 -0.589 #4 6.903 -0.637
Ken Justice Sr.'s MOV: 0.0043 seconds (approximately 13 inches) and lops 0.04 off his index
for the event.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5250 Todd Patterson 220 Jeff Taylor
E1 0.063 8.146 160.42 ****WINNER**** 0.008 8.871 150.61
B/SR Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.604 E/SM Index: 9.43 (+/-): -0.559
Qualified: #6 8.128 -0.622 #22 8.852 -0.578
Taylor is the 2005 Lucas Oil champion, his fourth title, first in Competition Eliminator. He
sawed the tree down here and still had to take a 0.05 index adjustment to get the win. Jeff
Taylor's MOV: 0.0108 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
11 Al Ackerman 433 Bill Morse
E1 -0.007 8.287 159.91 ****WINNER**** 0.006 10.130 95.73
F/D Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.583 G/SM Index: 9.72 (+/-): 0.410
Qualified: #16 8.278 -0.592 #32 9.187 -0.533
Morse had an excellent light and Ackerman went red.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Vinnie Deceglie 13 Sal Biondo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.681 202.70 0.074 7.960 168.96
A/A Index: 7.31 (+/-): -0.629 E/AA Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.600
Qualified: #3 6.654 -0.656 #19 7.971 -0.589
So far, four upsets in five pairs...this wasn't an upset, but Deceglie gave up 0.12 for the
rest of the event to get the win. Vinnie Deceglie's MOV: 0.0935 seconds (approximately 23
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
596 Paul Anderson 600 Jeff Lane
E1 0.086 7.495 175.46 ****WINNER**** 0.030 8.180 153.40
A/EA Index: 8.09 (+/-): -0.595 B/SR Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.570
Qualified: #21 7.507 -0.583 #5 8.116 -0.634
Jeff Lane's MOV: 0.0318 seconds (approximately 8 feet) and another index adjustment for the
winner.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
751 Tom Huggins 7098 Tom Mettler
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.001 7.318 169.19 0.036 7.664 176.70
B/A Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.552 PST Index: 8.21 (+/-): -0.546
Qualified: #8 7.261 -0.609 #24 7.633 -0.577
Huggins was almost perfect on the tree. Tom Huggins' MOV: 0.0412 seconds (approximately 11
feet) and a 0.05 index adjustment for the rest of the weekend.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
55 Richard Freeman 6660 Adam Bowdish
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.010 8.812 148.64 0.136 8.832 151.75
D/SMA Index: 9.25 (+/-): -0.438 D/SM Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.528
Qualified: #11 8.643 -0.607 #27 8.790 -0.570
Richard Freeman's MOV: 0.0363 seconds (approximately 8 feet), Freeman saving his index for
later rounds.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7298 Scott Hedlund 7 Brian Browell
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.136 8.511 161.81 0.034 8.066 151.78
B/SM Index: 8.92 (+/-): -0.409 D/D Index: 7.97 (+/-): 0.096
Qualified: #31 8.385 -0.535 #15 7.376 -0.594
Browell slowed past half track, giving Hedlund an easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7771 Ed Sigmon 53 Clint Sallee
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.058 9.534 131.29 -0.018 7.116 155.24
C/SR Index: 9.39 (+/-): 0.144 B/D Index: 7.43 (+/-): -0.314
Qualified: #30 8.843 -0.547 #14 6.830 -0.600
Sigmon's roadster made a hard right turn on the launch and he did a good job of getting it
back to the groove without losing momentum - by then, the win light was on in his lane.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
411 Colt Mikel 717 Mike DePalma
E1 0.086 8.486 158.43 ****WINNER**** 0.003 7.326 185.36
B/TA Index: 9.10 (+/-): -0.614 B/A Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.544
Qualified: #12 8.497 -0.603 #28 7.300 -0.570
Nice light by DePalma to set up the win. Mike DePalma's MOV: 0.0133 seconds (approximately 3
feet). He will give up 0.04 on his index for the event, however.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Dean Carter 464 Daniel Mikel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.000 7.080 177.63 0.026 8.517 158.30
A/ND Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.590 B/TA Index: 9.10 (+/-): -0.583
Qualified: #7 7.056 -0.614 #23 8.523 -0.577
Carter notched a perfect light and still had to dig deep into his index to insure the win.
Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0331 seconds (approximately 8 feet). He will lose 0.09 on his index for the
rest of the event.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
707M John Mihovetz 10 Bo Butner III
E1 0.120 6.852 211.93 ****WINNER**** 0.024 8.761 143.38
AA/AT Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.388 D/SM Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.599
Qualified: #18 6.650 -0.590 #2 8.703 -0.657
Mihovetz' Cougar made a hard right turn on the launch and he lost a lot of time
black-tracking over next to the centerline. Butner gave up 0.09 in a winning cause. Bo Butner
III's MOV: 0.3076 seconds (approximately 96 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4025 Joey Tanksley 3112 Mike Smith
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 7.262 148.59 -0.027 8.644 143.03
B/ED Index: 7.61 (+/-): -0.348 G/AA Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.526
Qualified: #25 7.037 -0.573 #9 8.561 -0.609
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
45 Craig Bourgeois 8 David Rampy
E1 -0.006 7.617 132.63 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.829 134.56
A/ND Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.053 A/EA Index: 8.09 (+/-): -0.261
Qualified: #17 7.079 -0.591 #1 7.432 -0.658
Last pair. Rampy got a gift and saved his index for later rounds - not good news for the
rest of the competitors.In round two Rampy races Tanksley, Lane faces Barcelon, Deceglie
takes on Freeman, Carter tries Hedlund, Butner tests Gebhardt, Taylor meets Sigmon, Justice
tackles DePalma, and Huggins challenges Morse.
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