Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 04:42 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Fourth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
14 Stephen Szupka 31 Robert Bailey
E3 -0.017 8.875 116.29 ****WINNER**** 0.057 7.496 127.67
F/ED Index: 8.80 (+/-): 0.075 A/ED Index: 7.22 (+/-): 0.276
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Wright ) 0.047 8.299 -0.531 (R Barga ) 0.163 7.513 0.293
E1 (S Messina ) 0.067 8.405 -0.425 (D Winget ) 0.038 6.847 -0.373
Qualified: #11 8.285 -0.545 #7 6.633 -0.587
4:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,626 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.Stephen Szupka has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Robert Bailey has no CIC penalty.
Bailey gets a free pass to the semifinals, his index intact.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
17 Al Ackerman 330 Brian Browell
E3 0.055 8.125 150.26 ****WINNER**** 0.010 7.232 169.98
F/D Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.515 D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.588
Prior rounds:
E2 (M Hazlett ) 0.031 8.185 -0.455 (N Morgan ) 0.072 8.741 0.921
E1 (F Affronti ) 0.089 8.132 -0.518 (M Graves ) 0.016 7.564 -0.256
Qualified: #9 8.093 -0.557 #5 7.223 -0.597
Al Ackerman has a 0.01 CIC penalty; Brian Browell has no CIC penalty. Browell tattooed the tree and took an eight0hundredths
CIC for the win. Brian Browell's MOV: 0.1187 seconds (approximately 26 feet). He faces Bailey in the semifinals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
220 Jeff Taylor 3068 Steve Ambrose
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.017 9.535 108.09 -0.016 8.341 126.07
H/SMA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.025 J/AA Index: 8.37 (+/-): -0.029
Prior rounds:
E2 (G Russo ) 0.065 9.074 -0.486 (R Brown ) 0.085 7.862 -0.538
E1 (S Chamness ) 0.046 9.408 -0.152 (M Rose ) 0.067 8.384 -0.016
Qualified: #8 8.977 -0.583 #12 7.856 -0.544
Jeff Taylor has no CIC penalty; Steve Ambrose has a 0.03 CIC penalty. Ambrose went red and Taylor saved his index for another
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
394 Greg Kamplain 5250 Todd Patterson
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.026 7.371 148.43 0.150 No Time
C/DA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.249 D/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): 91.639
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Doll ) 0.025 7.116 -0.514 (L Zane ) 0.142 7.994 -0.366
E1 (J Peto ) 0.069 7.527 -0.103 (B Yates ) 0.044 8.154 -0.206
Qualified: #14 7.090 -0.540 #2 7.751 -0.609
Patterson's car dumped fluid inder the rear tire and turned sideways. He managed to get it stopped before hitting anything and
Kamplain marched to the semifinals to race Taylor. The fluid evaporated quickly, probably fuel.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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