Sat, 1 Nov 2008, 10:20 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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
 6660 Adam Bowdish                          500 Lou Ficco Jr.                
E2                   0.044  9.250 145.25     ****WINNER****  0.100  7.427 171.88
       H/SM Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.480            B/AP Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.563
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Hass      ) 0.021  9.237 -0.493      (R Wilson    ) 0.007  7.481 -0.539
 Qualified:            #26  9.205 -0.525                        #2  7.355 -0.665

6:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 27.89 inches, adjusted altitude 4,083 feet, track temperature 84 degrees. Lou Ficco Jr.'s MOV: 0.0277 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2000 Lee Sharp                            5158 Steve Kalkowski              
E2                  -0.339  9.271 107.51     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.600 145.52
      D/SMA Index: 9.16 (+/-):  0.111             B/A Index: 7.72 (+/-): -0.120
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Waddle    ) 0.015  9.174  0.014      (C Watson Jr ) 0.077  7.214 -0.556
 Qualified:            #13  8.565 -0.595                        #5  7.139 -0.631

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Doug Lambeck                         5250 Todd Patterson               
E2                  -0.007  9.507 107.67     ****WINNER****  0.152  8.310 128.91
      D/SMA Index: 9.16 (+/-):  0.347             D/A Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.130
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.030  8.733 -0.427      (J Mozeris   ) 0.070  7.939 -0.511
 Qualified:             #4  8.525 -0.635                       #12  7.849 -0.601

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  718 Alan Freese                          2780 Grant Lewis                  
E2                   0.021 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.012  9.950  91.17
       C/AA Index: 8.16 (+/-): 91.839           H/SMA Index: 9.73 (+/-):  0.220
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Gray      ) 0.030 12.759  4.599      (B Huhtala   ) 0.004  9.752  0.022
 Qualified:            #17  7.597 -0.563                       #25  9.204 -0.526

6:35 p.m. A very light rain has began to fall and we're on hold. 6:49 p.m. and we're back to racing. Freese made a move to the left after the launch. The car then moved hard right, crossed the centerline, rolled and hit the right side retaining wall at half track. The car continued down the track on its roof, and came to a stop at the finish line. The word from the top end is, Freese is not injured. 7:12 p.m. The track has been cleared, but the decision has been made to call it a day here at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Racing will resume in the morning at 8:00 a.m., beginning with round three eliminations in Super Comp.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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