Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 01:52 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4487 Sean Dodd 4171 Rodger Brogdon
E3 -0.037 8.179 121.31 ****WINNER**** 0.055 8.917 110.38
B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): 0.539 D/SM Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.093
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Self ) 0.023 7.790 0.150 (A Hickey ) 0.064 8.538 -0.472
E1 (C Watson ) 0.017 7.139 -0.511 (B Klein ) 0.035 8.876 -0.134
Qualified: #12 7.126 -0.524 #8 8.455 -0.555
12:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent,
barometer 29.40 inches, adjusted altitude 2,389 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.Dodd leaves
a little too early and gives the win to Brogdon.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3098 Douglas Stewart 213 David Eaton
E3 0.068 8.228 164.07 ****WINNER**** 0.041 6.768 195.45
B/SMA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.522 A/AP Index: 7.28 (+/-): -0.512
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Patterson ) 0.077 8.249 -0.521 (B Massel ) 0.108 6.771 -0.559
E1 (K Self ) 0.046 8.261 -0.509 (M Johnson ) 0.040 6.824 -0.536
Qualified: #11 8.230 -0.540 #7 6.802 -0.558
Douglas Stewart has a 0.02 CIC penalty; David Eaton has a 0.08 CIC penalty.
Eaton gets a hole-shot and is able to run down Stewart to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5266 Danny Gruninger 4165 Dick Maris
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.173 171.29 0.060 8.442 111.56
B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.467 C/D Index: 7.52 (+/-): 0.922
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Freeman ) 0.082 7.140 -0.550 (B Kent ) 0.051 7.012 -0.528
E1 (D Fletcher ) 0.031 7.533 -0.157 (G Lockman ) 0.125 7.414 -0.126
Qualified: #1 7.066 -0.624 #13 7.016 -0.524
Maris was moving around in the middle of the run, makes a move toward the center-line, then
wisely backs off the throttle.
Gruninger will take on Eaton in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
357 Rick Brown 4 David Rampy
E3 0.135 8.353 160.02 ****WINNER**** 0.045 7.335 166.15
B/TA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.577 A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.505
Prior rounds:
E2 (A White ) 0.270 8.590 -0.340 (P Carbery ) 0.009 7.338 -0.572
E1 (J Tanksley ) 0.055 8.449 -0.481 (L Sharp ) 0.030 7.472 -0.438
Qualified: #22 8.447 -0.483 #2 7.318 -0.592
Rick Brown has no CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.07 CIC penalty. Rampy gets the big
hole-shot, gets the win and saves his index.
Rampy will take on Brogdon in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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