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Sun, 8 Jun 2008, 10:06 AM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                            4 Craig Bourgeois              
E2                   0.048  9.127 147.41     ****WINNER****  0.026  7.199 159.06
       H/SM Index: 9.57 (+/-): -0.443            B/ND Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.471
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cowan     ) 0.115  9.149 -0.421      (F Aragona Jr) 0.016  7.169 -0.501
 Qualified:            #25  9.127 -0.443                        #1  7.000 -0.670

8:51 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 29.17 inches, adjusted altitude 3,267 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Bourgeois gets the advantage off the line and drives around Bowdish for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                           3483 Nick Panagiotaros            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  8.429 149.23                     0.145  7.253 190.35
       B/TA Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.471            B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.387
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Farrell   ) 0.111  8.392 -0.538      (T Freeman   ) 0.166  7.626 -0.014
 Qualified:             #8  8.404 -0.526                       #32  7.266 -0.374

Brown gets a big head start and holds off Panagiotaros for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  564 Matt Harris                             5 Jason Coan                   
E2                  -0.039  8.622 122.66     ****WINNER****  0.007  8.363 140.23
        E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-):  0.262            G/EA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.457
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Ambrose   ) 0.078  8.255 -0.105      (B Yates     ) 0.014  8.316 -0.584
 Qualified:            #26  7.925 -0.435                        #2  8.267 -0.633

Harris leaves a little too quickly and gives Coan the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Sal Biondo                            330 Brian Browell                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.524 130.32                    -0.034  7.775 130.71
       I/AA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.236             D/D Index: 7.77 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Greco     ) 0.010  8.254 -0.536      (M Hazlett   ) 0.041  7.266 -0.554
 Qualified:            #33  8.445 -0.345                        #7  7.262 -0.558

Biondo won the Allstar race last night and is looking to double-up. He takes another step toward that goal here, Browell jumps the gun and gives Biondo the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2000 Lee Sharp                             394 Greg Kamplain                
E2                  -0.075  7.909 172.89     ****WINNER**** -0.008  7.257 156.64
       D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.371            C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.373
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Arnold    ) 0.025  7.820 -0.460      (R Bailey    ) 0.018  7.154 -0.476
 Qualified:            #21  7.829 -0.451                       #29  7.233 -0.397

Sharp leaves way too early and gives Kamplain the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                     178 Dan Fletcher                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.370 183.99                     0.017  8.235 156.83
       A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.530            C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.485
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Massel    ) 0.069  7.548 -0.352      (R Kelly     ) 0.029  8.327 -0.393
 Qualified:            #20  7.446 -0.454                       #12  8.215 -0.505

Fletcher is out of the gate first but he can't hold off Billingsley.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                         7910 Frank Cervelli               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022  7.979 153.84                     0.027  7.107 185.38
       B/SR Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.541            C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.523
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Ross      ) 0.042  8.038 -0.482      (M Graves    ) 0.051  7.276 -0.354
 Qualified:             #3  7.925 -0.595                       #11  7.124 -0.506

Biondo gets the advantage off the line but has to use a little CIC to take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3688 Fred Allen                           2885 David Rampy                  
E2                   0.068  9.170 146.70     ****WINNER****  0.045  7.501 148.01
      H/SMA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.390            A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.399
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Gebhardt  ) 0.020  9.189 -0.371      (J Taylor    ) 0.032  7.453 -0.447
 Qualified:            #30  9.171 -0.389                        #6  7.333 -0.567

In the next round it will be Bourgeios vs. Kamplain, Peter Biondo vs. Sal Biondo, Coan vs. Rampy, and Billingsley vs. Brown.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink