Sat, 31 May 2008, 02:46 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Bob Orme
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TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5764 Brian Antony 5248 Shaun Vincent
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.031 7.503 183.34 0.069 8.769 151.19
B/AP Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.477 C/TA Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.401
Qualified: #10 7.443 -0.537 #26 8.810 -0.360
1:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent,
barometer 28.81 inches, adjusted altitude 3,766 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.Brian
Antony's MOV: 0.1148 seconds (approximately 25 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
357 Rick Brown 469 Clark Smiley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.108 8.522 140.30 -0.013 8.502 141.71
B/TA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.408 B/SM Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.178
Qualified: #3 8.336 -0.594 #19 8.262 -0.418
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5250 Todd Patterson 16 Arnie Martel
E1 0.046 8.017 145.00 ****WINNER**** 0.042 8.044 154.30
B/EA Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.323 B/SR Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.476
Qualified: #18 7.901 -0.439 #2 7.925 -0.595
Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.1577 seconds (approximately 34 feet). He'll face Antony in round
two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
514 Clint Sallee 353 Bruno Massel
E1 1.004 20.796 58.78 ****WINNER**** 0.031 7.466 165.27
B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): 13.406 DD/AT Index: 8.05 (+/-): -0.584
Qualified: #23 7.018 -0.372 #7 7.494 -0.556
Sallee was very late, then he just stuttered off the line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
550 Will Hatcher 5158 Steve Kalkowski
E1 -0.048 6.754 201.01 ****WINNER**** 0.071 7.180 189.82
A/DA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.396 B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.470
Qualified: #27 6.793 -0.357 #11 7.122 -0.528
Kalkowski will face Brown in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4254 Scott Benham 5210 Duane Robison
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.035 9.296 112.83 -0.007 7.752 156.70
E/SM Index: 9.14 (+/-): 0.156 C/A Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.228
Qualified: #16 8.640 -0.500 #33 7.666 -0.314
Robison is in as an alternate replacing Miller.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Craig Bourgeois 55 Cordis Johnson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.048 7.293 148.71 0.002 9.294 145.00
B/ND Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.377 H/SMA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.266
Qualified: #8 7.117 -0.553 #24 9.190 -0.370
Craig Bourgeois' MOV: 0.0656 seconds (approximately 14 feet). He'll face Benham in round
two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
51 Michael Johnson 330 Brian Browell
E1 0.036 7.782 136.52 ****WINNER**** 0.038 7.443 161.15
A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.118 D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.377
Qualified: #22 7.525 -0.375 #6 7.260 -0.560
Brian Browell's MOV: 0.2579 seconds (approximately 52 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
43 Joey Tanksley 5793 Gery Lockman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.048 7.169 161.42 0.050 12.830 68.33
C/D Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.341 B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): 5.180
Qualified: #14 7.004 -0.506 #34 7.338 -0.312
Lockman is in as an alternate replacing Waddle. He was loose on the launch and off the throttle
before the 330-foot mark. Tanksley will face Browell in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4171 Rodger Brogdon 4097 Pete Carbery
E1 -0.002 8.129 167.76 ****WINNER**** 0.059 7.366 161.11
A/SM Index: 8.43 (+/-): -0.301 B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.284
Qualified: #31 8.097 -0.333 #15 7.150 -0.500
Carbery will face Massel in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
564 Matt Harris 5450 Steve Matusek
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 8.278 134.56 -0.067 7.234 153.09
E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.082 BB/AT Index: 7.37 (+/-): -0.136
Qualified: #17 7.875 -0.485 #1 6.682 -0.688
Matusek was off the throttle with the chutes out at 1200 feet.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
452 Steven Kent 4487 Sean Dodd
E1 -0.086 8.274 135.77 ****WINNER**** 0.069 7.668 134.02
E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.086 B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): 0.028
Qualified: #25 7.993 -0.367 #9 7.098 -0.542
Dodd will face Harris in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4264 Chris McGaha 178 Dan Fletcher
E1 0.096 8.085 167.51 ****WINNER**** 0.083 8.399 143.84
D/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.275 C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.321
Qualified: #29 8.020 -0.340 #13 8.211 -0.509
Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0596 seconds (approximately 15 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2885 David Rampy 4650 Dennis Smiley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 7.501 161.23 0.015 6.755 197.19
A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.399 A/DA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.395
Qualified: #4 7.324 -0.576 #20 6.734 -0.416
David Rampy's MOV: 0.0077 seconds (approximately 2 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4011 Royce Freeman 500 Lou Ficco Jr.
E1 0.141 8.329 167.49 ****WINNER**** 0.045 7.695 154.03
A/SMA Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.231 B/AP Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.285
Qualified: #21 8.168 -0.392 #5 7.407 -0.573
Freeman was skating around early in this pass. Lou Ficco Jr.'s MOV: 0.1503 seconds
(approximately 37 feet). He'll face Fletcher in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4995 Ray Goodman 2000 Lee Sharp
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.046 7.699 148.58 -0.017 8.841 131.14
A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.201 D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.179
Qualified: #28 7.544 -0.356 #12 8.503 -0.517
Goodman will face Rampy in round two.
Timing data courtesy of
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