Sun, 2 Nov 2008, 03:54 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Bob Orme
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 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
529Y Steve Holloway 500 Lou Ficco Jr.
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.045 6.858 199.40 0.051 7.526 163.77
A/AA Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.432 B/AP Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.404
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Edwards ) 0.037 7.099 -0.191 (A Bowdish ) 0.100 7.427 -0.563
E1 (S Graham ) 0.014 6.926 -0.364 (R Wilson ) 0.007 7.481 -0.539
Qualified: #14 6.699 -0.591 #2 7.355 -0.665
12:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent,
barometer 27.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,983 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.Holloway made
a slight move to the right on the hit, but he was able to quickly put the car back into the groove.
Steve Holloway's MOV: 0.0349 seconds (approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2780 Grant Lewis 5158 Steve Kalkowski
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.148 9.153 146.78 0.104 7.260 180.36
H/SMA Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.577 B/A Index: 7.72 (+/-): -0.460
Prior rounds:
E2 (A Freese ) 0.012 9.950 0.220 (L Sharp ) 0.003 7.600 -0.120
E1 (B Huhtala ) 0.004 9.752 0.022 (C Watson Jr ) 0.077 7.214 -0.556
Qualified: #25 9.204 -0.526 #5 7.139 -0.631
Grant Lewis' MOV: 0.0733 seconds (approximately 19 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
178 Dan Fletcher 2 Dean Carter
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.024 8.184 164.47 0.031 7.108 175.00
F/AA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.546 B/ND Index: 7.61 (+/-): -0.502
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Mettler ) 0.012 8.223 -0.547 (A Martel ) 0.040 7.105 -0.595
E1 (D Beckley ) 0.081 8.456 -0.314 (F Cervelli ) 0.020 7.191 -0.509
Qualified: #15 8.182 -0.588 #11 7.089 -0.611
Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0517 seconds (approximately 13 feet). He'll face Lewis in round
four.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5250 Todd Patterson 4097 Pete Carbery
E3 0.093 7.868 163.28 ****WINNER**** 0.030 7.144 189.15
D/A Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.572 B/A Index: 7.66 (+/-): -0.516
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Lambeck ) 0.152 8.310 -0.130 (P Biondo ) 0.084 7.158 -0.612
E1 (J Mozeris ) 0.070 7.939 -0.511 (M Stewart ) 0.027 7.988 0.218
Qualified: #12 7.849 -0.601 #16 7.201 -0.569
Patterson was a little to the left of the groove for most of this pass. Pete Carbery's MOV:
0.0074 seconds (approximately 21 inches). He'll face Holloway in the semi's.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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