Sun, 28 Sep 2008, 03:18 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 4 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
 4440 Kevin Self                            220 Jeff Taylor                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.013  8.016 153.98                     0.021  9.000 149.56
       F/EA Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.634           H/SMA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.560
 Prior rounds:
E3    (P Pittman   ) 0.120  8.438 -0.212      (D Rampy     ) 0.027  9.100 -0.460
E2    (R Bailey    ) 0.042  8.727  0.077      (G Porter    ) 0.018  9.105 -0.455
E1    (S Kent      ) 0.084  8.312 -0.338      (J Holland   ) 0.057  9.203 -0.357
 Qualified:             #2  7.997 -0.653                       #16  8.966 -0.594

2:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.77 inches, adjusted altitude 2,618 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Self takes the win but will take a big CIC hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   16 Arnie Martel                         5250 Todd Patterson               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.032  7.822 158.09                     0.105  7.762 150.08
       B/SR Index: 8.33 (+/-): -0.508             D/A Index: 8.16 (+/-): -0.398
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Hickey    ) 0.114  7.828 -0.552      (B Massel    ) 0.044  7.655 -0.585
E2    (B Plourd    ) -0.033  8.837  0.457      (S Benham    ) 0.085  7.734 -0.556
E1    (C Williams  ) 0.062  7.874 -0.556      (P Ross      ) 0.063  7.782 -0.578
 Qualified:             #7  7.789 -0.641                        #1  7.667 -0.693

Arnie Martel has a 0.10 CIC penalty; Todd Patterson has a 0.20 CIC penalty.

Patterson has taken a big CIC adjustment today. he is really late off the line and can't run down Martel.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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