Sat, 31 May 2008, 06:16 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 2 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
  330 Brian Browell                          43 Joey Tanksley                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.319 174.41                     0.095  7.049 189.18
        D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.501             C/D Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.461
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Johnson   ) 0.038  7.443 -0.377      (G Lockman   ) 0.048  7.169 -0.341
 Qualified:             #6  7.260 -0.560                       #14  7.004 -0.506

5:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 28.78 inches, adjusted altitude 4,024 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Brian Browell's MOV: 0.0971 seconds (approximately 27 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                           5158 Steve Kalkowski              
E2                  -0.008  8.622 130.25     ****WINNER**** -0.081  7.278 171.47
       B/TA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.308             B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.372
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Smiley    ) 0.108  8.522 -0.408      (W Hatcher   ) 0.071  7.180 -0.470
 Qualified:             #3  8.336 -0.594                       #11  7.122 -0.528

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                             564 Matt Harris                  
E2                  -0.013 10.647  80.76     ****WINNER****  0.060  8.347 124.00
       B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-):  3.007             E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Kent      ) 0.069  7.668  0.028      (S Matusek   ) 0.027  8.278 -0.082
 Qualified:             #9  7.098 -0.542                       #17  7.875 -0.485

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4097 Pete Carbery                          353 Bruno Massel                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022 13.370  66.15                    -0.004 11.779  74.27
        B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-):  5.720           DD/AT Index: 7.97 (+/-):  3.809
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Brogdon   ) 0.059  7.366 -0.284      (C Sallee    ) 0.031  7.466 -0.584
 Qualified:            #15  7.150 -0.500                        #7  7.494 -0.556

Both drivers lifted as soon as they saw the win light on in Carbery's lane. He'll face Kalkowski in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5764 Brian Antony                           16 Arnie Martel                 
E2                   0.047  7.514 184.04     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.032 154.63
       B/AP Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.466            B/SR Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.488
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Vincent   ) 0.031  7.503 -0.477      (T Patterson ) 0.042  8.044 -0.476
 Qualified:            #10  7.443 -0.537                        #2  7.925 -0.595

Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0366 seconds (approximately 10 feet). He'll face Browell in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  178 Dan Fletcher                          500 Lou Ficco Jr.                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.057  8.337 146.40                    -0.014  7.996 133.14
       C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.383            B/AP Index: 7.98 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C McGaha    ) 0.083  8.399 -0.321      (R Freeman   ) 0.045  7.695 -0.285
 Qualified:            #13  8.211 -0.509                        #5  7.407 -0.573

Fletcher will face Harris in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2885 David Rampy                          4995 Ray Goodman                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.507 149.76                     0.048  7.622 171.38
       A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.393            A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.278
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Smiley    ) 0.012  7.501 -0.399      (L Sharp     ) 0.046  7.699 -0.201
 Qualified:             #4  7.324 -0.576                       #28  7.544 -0.356

David Rampy's MOV: 0.1485 seconds (approximately 37 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Craig Bourgeois                      4254 Scott Benham                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.089  7.167 168.05                     0.039  8.708 156.79
       B/ND Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.503            E/SM Index: 9.14 (+/-): -0.432
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Johnson   ) 0.048  7.293 -0.377      (D Robison   ) 0.035  9.296  0.156
 Qualified:             #8  7.117 -0.553                       #16  8.640 -0.500

Craig Bourgeois' MOV: 0.0219 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He'll face Rampy in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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