Sat, 1 Nov 2008, 05:46 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Mark Stewart                         4097 Pete Carbery                 
E1                  -0.010  9.201 134.52     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.988 122.31
      G/SMA Index: 9.52 (+/-): -0.319             B/A Index: 7.77 (+/-):  0.218
 Qualified:            #32  9.023 -0.497                       #16  7.201 -0.569

2:16 p.m.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Tom Mettler                          3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  7.623 175.80                     0.069  7.220 184.14
        PST Index: 8.15 (+/-): -0.527            A/DA Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.040
 Qualified:            #23  7.616 -0.534                        #7  6.632 -0.628

Gebhardt was skating around after the launch.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  799 Steve Graham                         529Y Steve Holloway               
E1                   0.168  7.617 177.72     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.926 185.31
        C/A Index: 8.12 (+/-): -0.503            A/AA Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.364
 Qualified:            #30  7.620 -0.500                       #14  6.699 -0.591

Steve Holloway's MOV: 0.0156 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Dean Carter                          7910 Frank Cervelli               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.191 174.44                     0.049  7.212 181.42
       B/ND Index: 7.70 (+/-): -0.509            C/DA Index: 7.70 (+/-): -0.488
 Qualified:            #11  7.089 -0.611                       #27  7.176 -0.524

Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0503 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6054 Brandon Huhtala                      2780 Grant Lewis                  
E1                  -0.016  8.830 111.90     ****WINNER****  0.004  9.752 106.54
        C/A Index: 8.12 (+/-):  0.710           H/SMA Index: 9.73 (+/-):  0.022
 Qualified:             #9  7.502 -0.618                       #25  9.204 -0.526

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5883 Brad Waddle                          2000 Lee Sharp                    
E1                  -0.032  6.743 202.24     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.174 103.10
        A/A Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.487           D/SMA Index: 9.16 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #29  6.728 -0.502                       #13  8.565 -0.595

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   44 Charles Watson Jr.                   5158 Steve Kalkowski              
E1                   0.063  8.922 152.93     ****WINNER****  0.077  7.214 176.17
       F/SM Index: 9.44 (+/-): -0.518             B/A Index: 7.77 (+/-): -0.556
 Qualified:            #21  8.889 -0.551                        #5  7.139 -0.631

Steve Kalkowski's MOV: 0.0245 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He'll face Sharp in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7771 Ed Sigmon                              74 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                   0.081  9.101 113.36     ****WINNER****  0.030  8.733 138.81
       C/SR Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.179           D/SMA Index: 9.16 (+/-): -0.427
 Qualified:            #20  8.729 -0.551                        #4  8.525 -0.635

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  718 Alan Freese                          730G Shane Gray                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030 12.759  72.23                    -0.029 10.234  88.56
       C/AA Index: 8.16 (+/-):  4.599             B/A Index: 7.77 (+/-):  2.464
 Qualified:            #17  7.597 -0.563                        #1  7.088 -0.682

Gray lit the red bulb and Freese started trailing smoke at about 300 feet. Freese will face Lewis in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                         4444 Bob Hass                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.237 147.99                     0.033  7.568 180.96
       H/SM Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.493            B/AP Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.452
 Qualified:            #26  9.205 -0.525                       #10  7.405 -0.615

Adam Bowdish's MOV: 0.0531 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                           500 Lou Ficco Jr.                
E1                   0.053  8.516 143.02     ****WINNER****  0.007  7.481 159.23
      C/SMA Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.484            B/AP Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.539
 Qualified:            #18  8.438 -0.562                        #2  7.355 -0.665

Lou Ficco Jr.'s MOV: 0.1015 seconds (approximately 21 feet). He'll face Bowdish in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                         714D Kyle Rizzoli                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  8.220 127.22                           No Time      
       C/AA Index: 8.16 (+/-):  0.060            B/DA Index: 7.52 (+/-): 92.479
 Qualified:             #6  7.530 -0.630                       #22  6.976 -0.544

Rizzoli timed out at the tree. Edwards will face Holloway in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  703 Joe Mozeris                          5250 Todd Patterson               
E1                   0.085  8.869 103.09     ****WINNER****  0.070  7.939 155.83
       B/ED Index: 7.61 (+/-):  1.259             D/A Index: 8.45 (+/-): -0.511
 Qualified:            #28  7.099 -0.511                       #12  7.849 -0.601

Mozeris' performance was off for no apparent reason. Patterson will face Lambeck in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6944 Bob Marshall                         1136 Peter Biondo                 
E1                  -0.033  7.368 162.80     ****WINNER****  0.047  9.030 102.87
       B/AA Index: 7.77 (+/-): -0.402            F/AA Index: 8.77 (+/-):  0.260
 Qualified:            #24  7.237 -0.533                        #8  8.144 -0.626

Biondo will face Carbery in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   16 Arnie Martel                         4487 Sean Dodd                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  9.371 142.48                     0.092  7.294 166.89
      I/SMA Index: 9.89 (+/-): -0.519             B/A Index: 7.77 (+/-): -0.476
 Qualified:            #19  9.329 -0.561                        #3  7.107 -0.663

Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0673 seconds (approximately 16 feet). He'll face Carter in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 David Beckley                         178 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                  -0.060 10.277  90.54     ****WINNER****  0.081  8.456 132.96
        C/A Index: 8.12 (+/-):  2.157            F/AA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.314
 Qualified:            #33  7.629 -0.491                       #15  8.182 -0.588

Beckley is in as an alternate for Mark Wolfe. Fletcher will face Mettler in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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