Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 05:04 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 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
 2885 David Rampy                          4440 Kevin Self                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.018  7.367 166.23                     0.105  8.050 162.78
       A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.493            F/EA Index: 8.61 (+/-): -0.560
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Miller    ) 0.028  7.354 -0.516      (B Kent      ) 0.085  8.115 -0.495
E2    (S Dodd      ) 0.041  7.387 -0.483      (T Schmidt   ) 0.165  8.106 -0.584
E1    (D Warren    ) 0.033  7.483 -0.387      (M Johnson   ) 0.011  8.235 -0.455
 Qualified:             #3  7.262 -0.608                        #1  8.027 -0.663

Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.50 inches, adjusted altitude 3,235 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Rampy with a good light and then win by about five feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4006 Mike Trumble                         4254 Scott Benham                 
E4                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.045  8.988 121.42
      A/SMA Index: 8.56 (+/-): 91.439            E/SM Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.092
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Gray      ) 0.018  8.599  0.039      (S Cashio    ) 0.049  8.663 -0.417
E2    (B Klein     ) 0.021  8.098 -0.462      (K Mawhee    ) 0.056  8.595 -0.485
E1    (D Maris     ) 0.019  8.118 -0.442      (D Cook Jr   ) 0.159  8.574 -0.566
 Qualified:            #14  8.061 -0.499                        #8  8.562 -0.578

Trumble broke on the burnout and Benham gets the freebie into the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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