Sat, 29 Jul 2006, 04:27 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Second annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
309 Ralph Hope 34 Brian Browell
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.009 7.563 147.05
J/A Index: 8.49 (+/-): 91.509 D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.257
Qualified: #16 8.197 -0.293 #6 7.296 -0.524
4:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,836 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.Hope's car creeped forward when he tried to bring the RPMs up and he got a red
bulb for his efforts.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1550 Skip Gladstone 3718 Terry Smith
E1 -0.500 9.452 155.87 ****WINNER**** 0.017 8.676 131.60
F/ED Index: 8.96 (+/-): 0.492 D/EA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.304
Qualified: #19 8.799 -0.161 #9 8.514 -0.466
Gladstone was more than one bulb early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3451 Steve Eckard 1937 Lee Zane
E1 0.065 7.357 180.12 ****WINNER**** 0.038 9.307 131.72
B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-): -0.373 L/AA Index: 9.71 (+/-): -0.403
Qualified: #13 7.365 -0.365 #3 9.134 -0.576
32 Bantams, "side by each." Zane's has the rear slicks tucked way up under the body, Eckard's has them outside the
fenders.NARROW WINS. Lee Zane's MOV: 0.0576 seconds (approximately 15 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1230 Glenn Bourke 33 Greg Kamplain
E1 0.008 8.667 154.58 ****WINNER**** 0.068 7.489 176.58
F/ED Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.293 C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.441
Qualified: #17 8.716 -0.244 #7 7.438 -0.492
Bourke did his job, but could not run with Kamplain.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1495 Dominic Surace 2885 David Rampy
E1 0.015 7.950 171.03 ****WINNER**** 0.035 7.519 158.67
PST Index: 8.07 (+/-): -0.120 A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.391
Qualified: #18 7.881 -0.189 #8 7.428 -0.482
Rampy faces Zane next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1892 Chris Bozic 353 Bruno Massel
E1 -0.071 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.034 8.108 124.90
C/D Index: 7.60 (+/-): 92.399 DD/AT Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.192
Qualified: #12 7.205 -0.395 #2 7.637 -0.663
Bozic left early, two-stepped it, and shook the chute out. The timing system timed out before he slowly rolled across the line.
Massel gets a bye next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
300 Mauri Rose 3068 Steve Ambrose
E1 -0.054 7.317 183.72 ****WINNER**** 0.181 8.782 110.20
C/D Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.283 J/AA Index: 8.44 (+/-): 0.342
Qualified: #14 7.249 -0.351 #4 7.881 -0.559
Ambrose races Smith next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
15 Vinny Barone 104 Frank Affronti
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.132 7.996 169.61 0.019 7.687 176.70
A/SR Index: 8.48 (+/-): -0.484 C/A Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.313
Qualified: #5 7.930 -0.550 #15 7.660 -0.340
Vinny Barone's MOV: 0.0480 seconds (approximately 12 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
390 Dale Spencer 3606 John Peto
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.085 8.767 128.44 No Time
F/ED Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.193 J/AA Index: 8.44 (+/-): 91.559
Qualified: #11 8.551 -0.409 #21 8.396 -0.044
Peto was unable to answer the call, so Spencer got a freebie and will face Browell next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
308R Jeff Wright 3308 John Frech
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.025 8.912 111.85
B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-): 92.269 F/D Index: 8.72 (+/-): 0.192
Qualified: #20 7.669 -0.061 #10 8.267 -0.453
Wright was unable to answer the call, so Frech got a free pass and will race Barone next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
36 Bo Butner Bye
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.008 8.181 130.62
AA/SM Index: 7.90 (+/-): 0.281
Qualified: #1 7.180 -0.720 Bye
Butner gets the low-qualifier bye run and will race Kamplain next round.Butner clicked it off around the 1,000-foot
mark.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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