Sat, 27 Oct 2007, 02:36 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
Seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7 Dean Carter 140X Brian Darcy
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.013 7.420 137.34 -0.031 7.880 118.52
A/ND Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.210 A/ND Index: 7.63 (+/-): 0.250
Qualified: #7 6.996 -0.634 #23 7.049 -0.581
11:07 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent,
barometer 28.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,578 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.Darcy leaves
a little too soon, Carter clicks it off at 1000 feet.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt 73 Tom Mettler
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 7.050 145.53 0.114 8.051 133.87
A/ED Index: 7.34 (+/-): -0.290 PST Index: 8.15 (+/-): -0.099
Qualified: #22 6.759 -0.581 #6 7.515 -0.635
Gebhardt gets a little out of shape early in the run but is able to hang on for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6180 Jirka Kaplan 5250 Todd Patterson
E1 -0.041 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.031 7.572 172.10
AA/AM Index: 7.17 (+/-): 92.829 C/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.598
Qualified: #3 6.485 -0.685 #19 7.575 -0.595
Kaplan leaves early then clicks it off about 60 feet out, then rolls to a stop before the
finish line. Patterson stays on the throttle all the way through the run and will take a CIC into
the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
550 Will Hatcher 75 Alan Ellis
E1 0.109 6.706 196.27 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.845 190.57
A/DA Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.594 A/AP Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.635
Qualified: #14 6.694 -0.606 #30 6.941 -0.539
Ellis gets the hole-shot, stays on the throttle and will take a permanent CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
529Y Steve Holloway 76 Vinnie Deceglie
E1 0.052 6.728 181.40 ****WINNER**** 0.071 6.627 209.98
A/AA Index: 7.31 (+/-): -0.582 A/A Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.603
Qualified: #12 6.701 -0.609 #28 6.666 -0.564
Holloway gets the hole-shot but can't hold off Deceglie. Vinnie Deceglie's incremental margins
MOV: 0.0023 seconds (approximately 7 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4025 Joey Tanksley 720 J.D. Zink
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.067 7.134 165.50 -0.016 7.394 137.76
C/D Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.536 A/ND Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.236
Qualified: #32 7.141 -0.529 #16 7.029 -0.601
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
72 Jim Cowan 7771 Ed Sigmon
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.046 8.796 121.28 -0.116 8.858 120.89
D/EA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.134 C/SR Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.422
Qualified: #8 8.296 -0.634 #24 8.701 -0.579
Sigmon leaves way too early and gives Cowan the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5793 Gery Lockman 2 Sal Biondo
E1 -0.043 7.347 167.49 ****WINNER**** 0.034 8.451 136.04
B/A Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.453 C/EA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.419
Qualified: #11 7.187 -0.613 #27 8.298 -0.572
Another red light, Biondo moves on.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
751 Tom Huggins 718 Alan Freese
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.044 7.171 178.59 0.048 7.552 176.63
B/A Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.629 C/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.618
Qualified: #4 7.161 -0.639 #20 7.584 -0.586
Huggins runs down Freese but will take a permanent CIC hit.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1902 Robbie Hudlow 6660 Adam Bowdish
E1 0.242 7.305 186.23 ****WINNER**** 0.035 9.228 138.93
CC/AT Index: 8.07 (+/-): -0.765 H/SM Index: 9.84 (+/-): -0.612
Qualified: #1 7.368 -0.702 #17 9.239 -0.601
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 David Rampy 2000 Lee Sharp
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.010 7.512 153.14 0.043 7.978 142.58
A/EA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.528 D/AA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.462
Qualified: #13 7.432 -0.608 #33 7.912 -0.528
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1160 Al Ackerman 500 Lou Ficco
E1 -0.024 8.388 131.02 ****WINNER**** -0.017 8.930 107.23
F/D Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.452 B/AP Index: 8.12 (+/-): 0.810
Qualified: #18 8.240 -0.600 #2 7.423 -0.697
Ackerman leaves too soon and gives Ficco the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Jeff Taylor 610 John Edwards
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.048 9.401 103.09 -0.041 7.594 168.60
E/SM Index: 9.32 (+/-): 0.081 C/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.576
Qualified: #10 8.687 -0.633 #26 7.597 -0.573
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Bo Butner 4487 Sean Dodd
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.069 8.278 119.65 0.122 15.945 84.58
CC/A Index: 7.70 (+/-): 0.578 B/AA Index: 7.78 (+/-): 8.165
Qualified: #5 7.062 -0.638 #21 7.196 -0.584
Dodd has problems off the line, Butner drives away for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4138 Michael Johnson 710 Doug Lambeck
E1 0.037 8.905 146.40 ****WINNER**** 0.042 8.617 153.93
F/SMA Index: 9.44 (+/-): -0.535 D/SMA Index: 9.18 (+/-): -0.563
Qualified: #31 8.909 -0.531 #15 8.575 -0.605
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Lee Zane 5266 Danny Gruninger
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 10.084 89.36 -0.002 8.478 114.80
L/AA Index: 9.72 (+/-): 0.364 B/A Index: 7.80 (+/-): 0.678
Qualified: #25 9.143 -0.577 #9 7.167 -0.633
Gruninger leaves a bit too quickly and gives Zane the win.
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