Sat, 20 Sep 2008, 11:42 AM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  527 Brad Klein                           4171 Rodger Brogdon               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.076  7.401 184.65                     0.067  8.575 136.83
       B/AP Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.479            D/SM Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.435
 Qualified:            #22  7.451 -0.429                        #6  8.426 -0.584

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.54 inches, adjusted altitude 2,249 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4682 Jody Holland                         415F Jason Richey                 
E1                   0.143 10.275 126.78     ****WINNER****  0.218  9.279 145.77
       L/AA Index: 9.55 (+/-):  0.725            F/EA Index: 8.69 (+/-):  0.589
 Qualified:            #33  9.489 -0.061                       #20  8.247 -0.443

Holland in as a alternate for Bourgeois.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5883 Bradley Waddle                       730G Shane Gray                   
E1                  -0.017  6.613 207.98     ****WINNER****  0.045  7.209 171.16
        A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.497             B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.431
 Qualified:            #18  6.642 -0.468                        #2  7.020 -0.620

Waddle went red and Gray had a lot of tire shake, but gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4440 Kevin Self                             51 Michael Johnson              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  8.235 148.90                     0.024  8.772 151.68
       F/EA Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.455            H/AA Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.458
 Qualified:             #1  8.027 -0.663                       #17  8.748 -0.482

Self with the starting line advantage and takes the win by 0.0108 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 450D Dean Howerton                         484 Stephen Rosen                
E1                  -0.002  9.923  87.73     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.500  98.46
        C/D Index: 7.50 (+/-):  2.423            G/ED Index: 8.63 (+/-):  0.870
 Qualified:            #21  7.060 -0.440                        #5  8.042 -0.588

Howerton goes red and hands Rosen the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4251 Greg Porter                          440D Scott Cashio                 
E1                   0.074  8.956 151.60     ****WINNER****  0.107  8.883 144.89
      G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.404           G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.477
 Qualified:            #28  9.054 -0.306                       #12  8.846 -0.514

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4473 Johnny Shook                         4548 Keith Mawhee                 
E1                  -0.001  8.062 165.33     ****WINNER****  0.078  8.378 131.70
       D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.218            F/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.262
 Qualified:            #32  8.066 -0.214                       #16  8.157 -0.483

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5776 Bub Miller                            469 Clark Smiley                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  9.270 147.78                     0.081  8.173 166.64
      I/SMA Index: 9.74 (+/-): -0.470            B/SM Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.507
 Qualified:            #31  9.516 -0.224                       #15  8.182 -0.498

Bub Miller's MOV: 0.0033 seconds (approximately 10 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Chase Williams                       4097 Pete Carbery                 
E1                   0.161  8.288 116.74     ****WINNER****  0.010  7.102 182.48
        PST Index: 8.01 (+/-):  0.278             B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.538
 Qualified:            #26  7.693 -0.317                       #10  7.067 -0.573

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2885 David Rampy                           356 Doug Warren                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  7.483 145.50                     0.220  6.633 206.35
       A/EA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.387            A/DA Index: 7.14 (+/-): -0.507
 Qualified:             #3  7.262 -0.608                       #19  6.676 -0.464

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Cordis Johnson                        429 Raymond Martin               
E1                   0.077  8.637 154.74     ****WINNER****  0.031  7.995 137.79
      E/SMA Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.393            K/AA Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.385
 Qualified:            #23  8.640 -0.390                        #7  7.799 -0.581

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 David Cook                           4254 Scott Benham                 
E1                   0.044  8.918 150.70     ****WINNER****  0.159  8.574 150.11
      G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.442            E/SM Index: 9.14 (+/-): -0.566
 Qualified:            #24  8.987 -0.373                        #8  8.562 -0.578

Scott Benham's MOV: 0.0094 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4650 Dennis Smiley                          53 Tom Schmidt                  
E1                  -0.129  6.771 199.82     ****WINNER****  0.081  8.886 113.22
       A/DA Index: 7.14 (+/-): -0.369             C/T Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.054
 Qualified:            #25  6.793 -0.347                        #9  8.364 -0.576

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4799 Bill Kent                            4683 Brian Self                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.082  7.094 171.99                     0.018  7.755 174.64
        C/D Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.406             C/A Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.225
 Qualified:            #13  6.994 -0.506                       #29  7.691 -0.289

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4165 Dick Maris                           4006 Mike Trumble                 
E1                   0.060  7.268 180.57     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.118 153.02
       C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.362           A/SMA Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.442
 Qualified:            #30  7.359 -0.271                       #14  8.061 -0.499

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                            457W Adam White                   
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.083  7.365 159.04                           No Time      
        B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.275            A/ND Index: 7.46 (+/-): 92.539
 Qualified:            #11  7.089 -0.551                       #27  7.146 -0.314

White is a no show...Self vs. M. Johnson, Rosen vs. Kent, Rampy vs. Dodd, C. Johnson vs. Smiley, Gray vs. Williams, Klein vs. Trumble, Richey vs. Porter, Benham vs. Mawhee are the round two pairings.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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