Sun, 23 Oct 2005, 05:27 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 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
  717 Mike DePalma                           10 Bo Butner III                
E4                   0.036  7.344 184.85     ****WINNER****  0.029  8.769 153.13
        B/A Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.486            D/SM Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.501
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Morse     ) 0.055  7.465 -0.365      (J Taylor    ) -0.019  8.910 -0.360
E2    (K Justice   ) 0.083  8.192  0.362      (J Gebhardt  ) 0.052  8.780 -0.490
E1    (C Mikel     ) 0.003  7.326 -0.544      (J Mihovetz  ) 0.024  8.761 -0.599
 Qualified:            #28  7.300 -0.570                        #2  8.703 -0.657

2:20 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 28.28 inches, adjusted altitude 3,350 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Time for semifinals action! Mike DePalma has a 0.04 CIC penalty; Bo Butner III has a 0.09 CIC penalty. This was a good drag race, Bo Butner III's MOV: 0.0224 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Dean Carter                             8 David Rampy                  
E4                   0.012  7.051 186.51     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.433 177.42
       A/ND Index: 7.58 (+/-): -0.529            A/EA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.537
 Prior rounds:
E3    (V Deceglie  ) 0.043  7.314 -0.266      (J Lane      ) 0.077  7.521 -0.449
E2    (S Hedlund   ) 0.064  7.284 -0.296      (J Tanksley  ) 0.093  7.469 -0.621
E1    (D Mikel     ) 0.000  7.080 -0.590      (C Bourgeois ) 0.027  7.829 -0.261
 Qualified:             #7  7.056 -0.614                        #1  7.432 -0.658

Dean Carter has a 0.09 CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.12 CIC penalty. Both had very good lights and both made nice runs. David Rampy's MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 4 inches) and he will race Butner for the Comp title, but he picked up another 0.03 seconds in CIC penalty getting to the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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