Sun, 5 Nov 2006, 04:25 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Shortline Express Markets Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  600 Jeff Lane                             610 John Edwards                 
E3                   0.046  8.095 161.59     ****WINNER****  0.054  7.617 178.42
       B/SR Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.465            C/AA Index: 8.14 (+/-): -0.523
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Beckley   ) 0.052  8.052 -0.688      (M DePalma   ) 0.086  7.634 -0.556
E1    (D Raybourn  ) 0.046  8.313 -0.427      (B Plourd    ) 0.050  7.718 -0.472
 Qualified:            #10  8.079 -0.661                       #22  7.600 -0.590

Edwards moves way out of the groove for the first third of the track but still manages to pull off the win.

John Edwards' MOV: 0.0502 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4025 Joey Tanksley                        3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt             
E3                   0.019  7.166 175.52     ****WINNER****  0.073  6.723 183.32
        C/D Index: 7.70 (+/-): -0.534            A/ED Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.637
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Mikel     ) 0.042  7.230 -0.470      (T Patterson ) 0.396  8.797  1.437
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.054  7.077 -0.623      (D Barcelon  ) -0.011  8.049  0.689
 Qualified:            #16  7.077 -0.623                        #4  6.661 -0.699

Gephardt gets a good run off after some bad ones and knocks off Tanksley

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jeff Taylor                           750 Jim Cowan                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.034  9.134 119.06                    -0.005  8.470 145.89
       E/SM Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.036            D/EA Index: 8.91 (+/-): -0.440
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Huggins   ) 0.004  8.662 -0.688      (K Smith     ) 0.075  8.817 -0.093
E1    (J Allen Sher) 0.035  8.847 -0.523      (D Lambeck   ) 0.054  8.409 -0.671
 Qualified:             #5  8.686 -0.684                        #1  8.350 -0.730

Taylor takes one more step to the Championship.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Craig Bourgeois                        72 Vinnie Deceglie              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.032  7.000 187.23                    -0.021  6.716 189.55
       A/ND Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.480             A/A Index: 7.09 (+/-): -0.374
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Sharp     ) 0.009  6.973 -0.647      (B Fitzgerald) 0.026  6.587 -0.553
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.032  7.117 -0.533      (A Bowdish   ) 0.015  6.633 -0.647
 Qualified:            #15  7.015 -0.635                       #11  6.630 -0.650

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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