Sun, 20 Mar 2005, 04:43 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 4 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                         2 Tony Stephenson              
E4                   0.052  9.216 131.63     ****WINNER****  0.032  7.965 151.77
       H/SM Index: 9.69 (+/-): -0.474            B/EA Index: 8.48 (+/-): -0.515
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Stanfield ) 0.066  9.224 -0.556      (F Aragona Jr) 0.075 11.417  2.937
E2    (P Ross      ) 0.005  9.376 -0.314      (M Hardee    ) 0.143  7.972 -0.558
E1    (M Schaefer  ) 0.055  9.183 -0.597      (S Ambrose   ) 0.048  8.435 -0.095
 Qualified:             #2  9.056 -0.724                       #16  7.934 -0.596

4:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.87 inches, adjusted altitude 1,171 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Wisecarver has given up 0.14 to CIC penalties, Stephenson 0.05. Stephenson's Cavalier was loos early in the run and he still managed to take the win, earning another 0.01 in CIC penalty. Tony Stephenson's MOV: 0.0613 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4030 Bo Nickens                            211 Glen Treadwell               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.002  7.377 188.04                     0.032  8.423 155.46
       B/AP Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.523            E/ED Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.537
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Westcott J) 0.011  7.595 -0.305      (J Aloisio   ) 0.024  8.459 -0.531
E2    (D Eberly    ) 0.086  7.400 -0.520      (G Merrick   ) 0.001  8.484 -0.536
E1    (J Gebhardt  ) 0.001  7.417 -0.603      (J Mischuch  ) 0.044 10.746  1.726
 Qualified:             #1  7.285 -0.735                       #11  8.372 -0.648

Nickens came in with 0.12 in CIC penalties, Treadwell with 0.06. Bo has been unbelievable on the tree today, only one bad light in four rounds. He gave up another 0.02 seconds to CIC to get the win here, Treadwell just missing a permanent index adjustment. It will be Nickens and Stephenson in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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