Sun, 28 Sep 2008, 01:40 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, 21st annual O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5019 Paul Pittman 4440 Kevin Self
E3 -0.006 7.120 192.93 ****WINNER**** 0.120 8.438 118.59
B/AA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.510 F/EA Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.212
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Browell ) 0.123 8.530 0.900 (R Bailey ) 0.042 8.727 0.077
E1 (R Brogdon ) 0.080 7.122 -0.518 (S Kent ) 0.084 8.312 -0.338
Qualified: #30 7.232 -0.408 #2 7.997 -0.653
12:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 40
percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,499 feet, track temperature 111
degrees.Pittman leaves a little too quickly and gives the win to Self.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5250 Todd Patterson 353 Bruno Massel
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.044 7.655 168.66 0.038 7.357 155.49
D/A Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.585 DD/AT Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.443
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Benham ) 0.085 7.734 -0.556 (C Greco ) 0.030 7.291 -0.579
E1 (P Ross ) 0.063 7.782 -0.578 (J Kimbrough ) 0.038 7.361 -0.569
Qualified: #1 7.667 -0.693 #5 7.284 -0.646
Todd Patterson has a 0.12 CIC penalty; Bruno Massel has a 0.13 CIC
penalty.Patterson gets the win but will take another big CIC adjustment.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
220 Jeff Taylor 2885 David Rampy
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.027 9.100 124.96 0.045 8.419 105.75
H/SMA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.460 A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): 0.579
Prior rounds:
E2 (G Porter ) 0.018 9.105 -0.455 (C Voges ) 0.045 7.338 -0.532
E1 (J Holland ) 0.057 9.203 -0.357 (R Goodman ) 0.044 7.418 -0.452
Qualified: #16 8.966 -0.594 #12 7.266 -0.604
Taylor beat Rampy here in the finals in '01. Taylor gets the holeshot, then Rampy
backs off the throttle.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
16 Arnie Martel 4441 Adam Hickey
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.114 7.828 158.84 0.014 8.370 154.53
B/SR Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.552 C/SMA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.420
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Plourd ) -0.033 8.837 0.457 (L Pritchett ) 0.052 8.281 -0.579
E1 (C Williams ) 0.062 7.874 -0.556 (D Howerton ) 0.065 8.825 -0.035
Qualified: #7 7.789 -0.641 #11 8.254 -0.606
Arnie Martel has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Adam Hickey has a 0.07 CIC penalty.martel is
really late off the line and has to take another big CIC hit to take the win.
In the next round it will be Patterson vs. Martel and Self vs. Taylor.
Timing data courtesy of
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