Sun, 4 May 2008, 02:08 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 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
   31 Robert Bailey                         353 Bruno Massel                 
E3                   0.122  6.627 177.09     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.457 164.01
       A/ED Index: 7.16 (+/-): -0.533           DD/AT Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.533
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Winje     ) 0.298  6.657 -0.563      (D Rampy     ) 0.023  7.603 -0.387
E1    (M Graves    ) 0.005  8.357  1.137      (G Kamplain  ) 0.029  7.489 -0.561
 Qualified:             #6  6.640 -0.580                        #3  7.391 -0.659

Massel with a great light and the win by about 28 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Cordis Johnson                         16 Arnie Martel                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.104  8.975 148.79                     0.186  7.541 169.32
      H/SMA Index: 9.55 (+/-): -0.575            C/AA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.429
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Billingsle) 0.050  9.188 -0.362      (D Robison   )       No Time      
E1    (T Patterson ) 0.030  9.045 -0.515      (J Coan      ) 0.050  7.466 -0.554
 Qualified:            #16  9.071 -0.489                       #13  7.492 -0.528

Johnson will have a bye into the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Michael Johnson                      4011 Royce Freeman                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.039  8.811 123.67                     0.224 12.433  67.31
      F/SMA Index: 9.19 (+/-): -0.379           B/SMA Index: 8.70 (+/-):  3.733
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Riemenapp ) 0.050  8.681 -0.589                     0.008 10.322  1.622
E1    (J Holland   ) 0.053  8.887 -0.383      (S Matusek   ) 0.121  9.384  0.684
 Qualified:             #9  8.727 -0.543                       #12  8.163 -0.537

Freeman's car with a lot of smoke right before the light turned green. Johnson takes the win and will face Massel in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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