Sat, 3 May 2008, 01:08 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
12th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
51 Michael Johnson 4682 Jody Holland
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.053 8.887 131.33 0.487 9.287 128.90
F/SMA Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.383 L/AA Index: 9.55 (+/-): -0.263
Qualified: #9 8.727 -0.543 #20 9.250 -0.300
Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.39
inches, adjusted altitude 1,063 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.After brief delay for a
couple rain drops.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5250 Todd Patterson 55 Cordis Johnson
E1 0.018 9.608 91.40 ****WINNER**** 0.030 9.045 127.52
B/SR Index: 8.53 (+/-): 1.078 H/SMA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.515
Qualified: #5 7.934 -0.596 #16 9.071 -0.489
Didn't see what happened to Patterson, but he slowed and Johnson takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3015 Bill Yates 358 David Billingsley
E1 -0.033 14.797 49.91 ****WINNER**** 0.029 22.977 31.81
A/ED Index: 7.22 (+/-): 7.577 A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): 15.077
Qualified: #21 7.053 -0.167 #10 7.357 -0.543
Billingsley made a quick move toward the centerline and then Yates went red. He will face
Cordis Johnson in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
512 Bill Riemenapp 2000 Lee Sharp
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.107 8.283 141.70 -0.152 10.862 77.20
C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.437 B/EA Index: 8.34 (+/-): 2.522
Qualified: #15 8.224 -0.496 #4 7.741 -0.599
Sharp goes red...Riemenapp will face Michael Johnson in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
353 Bruno Massel 394 Greg Kamplain
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 7.489 151.22 0.015 21.876 29.42
DD/AT Index: 8.05 (+/-): -0.561 C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): 14.006
Qualified: #3 7.391 -0.659 #14 7.354 -0.516
Kamplain launched and then had problems and coasted on through the 1320.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
31 Robert Bailey 3505 Mike Graves
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.005 8.357 112.21 -0.090 8.004 172.67
A/ED Index: 7.22 (+/-): 1.137 D/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.356
Qualified: #6 6.640 -0.580 #17 7.899 -0.461
Graves goes red.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4011 Royce Freeman 5450 Steve Matusek
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.121 9.384 101.02 -0.408 9.684 104.08
B/SMA Index: 8.70 (+/-): 0.684 BB/AT Index: 7.37 (+/-): 2.314
Qualified: #12 8.163 -0.537 #1 6.649 -0.721
Matusek goes red. Freeman will have the bye in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
16 Arnie Martel 5 Jason Coan
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.050 7.466 173.99 0.015 8.390 149.38
C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.554 G/EA Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.510
Qualified: #13 7.492 -0.528 #2 8.236 -0.664
Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0095 seconds (approximately 2 feet). Coan with the starting line
advantage and Martel was able to chase him down.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt 3310 Jim Winje
E1 0.292 6.909 202.06 ****WINNER**** 0.118 9.033 149.20
A/DA Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.271 E/SM Index: 9.16 (+/-): -0.127
Qualified: #11 6.638 -0.542 #22 9.104 -0.056
Jim Winje's MOV: 0.0301 seconds (approximately 9 feet). He will face Winje in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5210 Duane Robison 7474 Justin Lamb
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.347 7.476 180.50 No Time
C/A Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.504 D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): 90.979
Qualified: #18 7.592 -0.388 #7 8.446 -0.574
Lamb's crew saw a leak and he didn't even make the burnout. Robinson will face Martel in the
next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
346 Mike Farrell 2885 David Rampy
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.080 7.923 121.51
A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): 92.099 A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): 0.023
Qualified: #19 7.520 -0.380 #8 7.328 -0.572
Farrell will not make the call...Rampy will face Massel in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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