Sat, 29 Jul 2006, 06:43 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 3 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
  353 Bruno Massel                           15 Vinny Barone                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.702 158.32                     0.149  8.280 148.97
      DD/AT Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.598            A/SR Index: 8.48 (+/-): -0.200
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.716 16.134  7.834      (J Frech     ) 0.024  8.420 -0.050
E1    (C Bozic     ) 0.034  8.108 -0.192      (F Affronti  ) 0.132  7.996 -0.484
 Qualified:             #2  7.637 -0.663                        #5  7.930 -0.550

6:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 29.30 inches, adjusted altitude 2,775 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Barone was late and Massel took a temporary 0.09 CIC. Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.5091 seconds (more than 100 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Brian Browell                        1937 Lee Zane                     
E3   ****WINNER****  0.003  7.306 182.30                     0.024  9.195 141.82
        D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.514            L/AA Index: 9.71 (+/-): -0.515
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Spencer   ) 0.007  7.370 -0.450      (D Rampy     ) 0.048  9.217 -0.493
E1    (R Hope      ) 0.009  7.563 -0.257      (S Eckard    ) 0.038  9.307 -0.403
 Qualified:             #6  7.296 -0.524                        #3  9.134 -0.576

Browell beat Zane at the tree. Brian Browell's MOV: 0.0204 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He earns a bye to the finals and only took a 0.01 CIC penalty to get it.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Bo Butner                            3068 Steve Ambrose                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.111  7.803 128.49                    -0.019  9.635  94.73
      AA/SM Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.097            J/AA Index: 8.44 (+/-):  1.195
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Kamplain  ) 0.061  7.697 -0.203      (T Smith     ) 0.003  7.966 -0.474
E1                   0.008  8.181  0.281      (M Rose      ) 0.181  8.782  0.342
 Qualified:             #1  7.180 -0.720                        #4  7.881 -0.559

Butner got a gift and will race Massel in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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