Sun, 20 Mar 2005, 01:59 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, 36th annual MAC Tools NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  299 Gary Wisecarver                        17 Pat Ross Sr.                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.376 112.41                    -0.032  8.272 149.30
       H/SM Index: 9.69 (+/-): -0.314             F/A Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.478
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Schaefer  ) 0.055  9.183 -0.597      (P Hanratty  ) 0.018  8.247 -0.533
 Qualified:             #2  9.056 -0.724                       #10  8.120 -0.660

1:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,098 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Wisecarver had a psychic light and Ross went red.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  211 Glen Treadwell                       3522 Gary Merrick                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.001  8.484 142.54                     0.062  7.443 175.74
       E/ED Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.536            D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.497
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mischuch  ) 0.044 10.746  1.726      (B Zaskowski ) 0.054  7.433 -0.567
 Qualified:            #11  8.372 -0.648                       #19  7.425 -0.575

Treadwell was almost perfect on the tree and turned it into a win, but he paid 0.03 in CIC penalty for the win. Glen Treadwell's MOV: 0.1001 seconds (approximately 26 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3651 Charlie Westcott Jr                   394 Greg Kamplain                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.145  9.481 116.38                    -0.011 10.041  87.06
      H/SMA Index: 9.69 (+/-): -0.209            C/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-):  2.101
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Kropfeld  ) 0.016  9.188 -0.592      (R Bailey    ) 0.049  7.501 -0.439
 Qualified:            #13  9.151 -0.629                       #21  7.368 -0.572

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1484 Allen Stanfield                        36 Terry Smith                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.596 110.74                    -0.020  9.850  96.65
       H/SM Index: 9.78 (+/-): -0.184            D/EA Index: 8.93 (+/-):  0.920
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Dawson    ) 0.116  9.534 -0.246      (G Supinski J) 0.103  8.423 -0.567
 Qualified:            #14  9.158 -0.622                        #6  8.325 -0.665

There's a whole bunch of red going around this round...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  193 Frank Aragona Jr                        4 Larry Pritchett              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004  9.047 145.04                     0.036  8.195 146.74
      G/SMA Index: 9.58 (+/-): -0.533            B/SM Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.475
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Eaton     ) 0.033  9.610  0.030      (D Rampy     ) 0.094  8.164 -0.606
 Qualified:            #12  8.939 -0.641                        #4  8.064 -0.706

Frank Aragona Jr's MOV: 0.0907 seconds (approximately 20 feet).Aragona was almost perfect on the tree, but paid a small CIC fee for the win. Frank Aragona Jr's MOV: 0.0907 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3380 David Allen                          1210 Jonathan Aloisio             
E2                   0.125  8.252 164.32     ****WINNER****  0.121  8.235 167.00
        F/A Index: 8.78 (+/-): -0.528            B/SM Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.535
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Dorsey    ) 0.321  8.397 -0.383      (C Agar      ) 0.179  8.262 -0.508
 Qualified:            #23  8.215 -0.565                       #15  8.149 -0.621

Jonathan Aloisio's MOV: 0.0117 seconds (approximately 3 feet). It will cost him 0.03 in CIC penalties.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Tony Stephenson                      2126 Michael Hardee               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.143  7.972 144.32                    -0.008  9.594 105.73
       B/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.558           E/SMA Index: 9.23 (+/-):  0.364
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Ambrose   ) 0.048  8.435 -0.095      (M Saye      ) 0.043  8.726 -0.514
 Qualified:            #16  7.934 -0.596                       #24  8.690 -0.550

More of that red stuff...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Donald Eberly                        4030 Bo Nickens                   
E2                   0.118  8.248 164.50     ****WINNER****  0.086  7.400 173.61
       C/EA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.502            B/AP Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.520
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Timmerman ) 0.048  8.298 -0.452      (J Gebhardt  ) 0.001  7.417 -0.603
 Qualified:             #9  8.089 -0.661                        #1  7.285 -0.735

Last pair. Bo gave up another 0.02 in CIC, event and permament, for the win. Bo Nickens' MOV: 0.0506 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

In the quarterfinals it's Aragona vs Stephenson, Wisecarver vs Stanfield, Treadwell vs Aloisio, and Nickens vs Westcott.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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