Sun, 23 Oct 2005, 04:17 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 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
433 Bill Morse 717 Mike DePalma
E3 -0.033 9.191 147.09 ****WINNER**** 0.055 7.465 155.52
G/SM Index: 9.72 (+/-): -0.529 B/A Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.365
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Huggins ) 0.074 11.173 1.453 (K Justice ) 0.083 8.192 0.362
E1 (A Ackerman ) 0.006 10.130 0.410 (C Mikel ) 0.003 7.326 -0.544
Qualified: #32 9.187 -0.533 #28 7.300 -0.570
12:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent,
barometer 28.34 inches, adjusted altitude 2,847 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.Bill Morse
has no CIC penalty; Mike DePalma has a 0.04 CIC penalty. Morse went red and DePalma got a free
pass to the final four.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Vinnie Deceglie 1 Dean Carter
E3 -0.007 6.653 208.49 ****WINNER**** 0.043 7.314 142.52
A/A Index: 7.16 (+/-): -0.507 A/ND Index: 7.58 (+/-): -0.266
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Freeman ) 0.057 6.656 -0.534 (S Hedlund ) 0.064 7.284 -0.296
E1 (S Biondo ) 0.010 6.681 -0.629 (D Mikel ) 0.000 7.080 -0.590
Qualified: #3 6.654 -0.656 #7 7.056 -0.614
Vinnie Deceglie has a 0.15 CIC penalty; Dean Carter has a 0.09 CIC penalty. Another red
light, Carter backed off and saved his index.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
8 David Rampy 600 Jeff Lane
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.077 7.521 154.07 -0.002 8.130 161.46
A/EA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.449 B/SR Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.550
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Tanksley ) 0.093 7.469 -0.621 (D Barcelon ) 0.036 8.204 -0.476
E1 (C Bourgeois ) 0.027 7.829 -0.261 (P Anderson ) 0.030 8.180 -0.570
Qualified: #1 7.432 -0.658 #5 8.116 -0.634
David Rampy has a 0.12 CIC penalty; Jeff Lane has a 0.07 CIC penalty. lane goes red - three
reds in a row this round. Rampy will face Carter next round - that ought to be worth
watching.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
10 Bo Butner III 220 Jeff Taylor
E3 ****WINNER**** -0.019 8.910 130.44 No Time
D/SM Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.360 E/SM Index: 9.38 (+/-): 90.619
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Gebhardt ) 0.052 8.780 -0.490 (E Sigmon ) 0.031 8.931 -0.449
E1 (J Mihovetz ) 0.024 8.761 -0.599 (T Patterson ) 0.008 8.871 -0.559
Qualified: #2 8.703 -0.657 #22 8.852 -0.578
Taylor put his car in the trailer and was a no-show. Butner will race DePalma in the
semifinals.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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