Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 11:34 AM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Alan Ellis                           4264 Chris McGaha                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.664 201.91                     0.098  7.411 178.57
       A/AP Index: 7.17 (+/-): -0.506             C/A Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.559
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Lewis     ) 0.014  6.870 -0.300      (W Hatcher   ) 0.108  7.517 -0.453
 Qualified:            #30  6.648 -0.522                       #22  7.378 -0.592

10:20 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 30.18 inches, adjusted altitude 1,290 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Neither driver has a CIC penalty.

Alan Ellis' MOV: 0.0325 seconds (approximately 9 feet), with a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 406D Don Thomas                            405 Del Segura                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  7.473 156.72                     0.084  8.227 162.51
       C/ED Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.317             F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.373
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Hall      ) 0.147  7.284 -0.586      (G Porter    ) 0.035  8.271 -0.329
 Qualified:            #18  7.241 -0.629                       #33  8.139 -0.461

Don Thomas has a 0.08 CIC penalty; Del Segura has no CIC penalty.

Segura got in as an alternate and got a win in the first round, but Thomas put him in the trailer here. Don Thomas' MOV: 0.0041 seconds (approximately 12 inches). He races Ellis next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4337 Craig Bourgeois                      440D Scott Cashio                 
E2                   0.016  6.843 198.41     ****WINNER****  0.039  8.070 164.07
       B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.547           B/SMA Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.620
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Watson    ) 0.022  7.149 -0.241      (W West      ) 0.082  9.684  0.994
 Qualified:            #29  6.850 -0.540                        #5  8.004 -0.686

Neither driver has a CIC penalty.

Scott Cashio's MOV: 0.0507 seconds (approximately 15 feet). He also earned a 0.012 CIC for the rest of the event.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Chase Williams                        356 Doug Warren                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  7.437 167.99                     0.001  6.658 174.08
        C/A Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.533            A/DA Index: 7.13 (+/-): -0.472
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Johnson   ) 0.034  7.893 -0.077      (R Martin    ) 0.070  7.438  0.308
 Qualified:            #24  7.388 -0.582                       #32  6.663 -0.467

Neither driver has a CIC penalty.

Chase Williams' MOV: 0.0073 seconds (approximately 22 inches). Warren was almost perfect on the tree, but didn't have enough "smash" to hokld Williams off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Dan Fletcher                           46 Ernest Watson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  8.266 124.75                    -0.015 12.045  73.43
       B/EA Index: 8.26 (+/-):  0.006           A/SMA Index: 8.56 (+/-):  3.485
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Smiley    ) 0.035  7.760 -0.580      (D Smiley    ) 0.569  8.926  0.366
 Qualified:             #4  7.654 -0.686                       #12  7.916 -0.644

Dan Fletcher wins on a red light. He faces Williams next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   48 Joey Tanksley                           8 David Rampy                  
E2                   0.034  6.944 160.88     ****WINNER****  0.047  7.401 146.62
        C/D Index: 7.33 (+/-): -0.386            A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.459
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Holloway  ) 0.028  6.830 -0.610      (R Fulton    ) 0.011  7.874  0.014
 Qualified:             #1  6.704 -0.736                        #9  7.207 -0.653

Joey Tanksley has a 0.11 CIC penalty; David Rampy has no CIC penalty.

David Rampy's MOV: 0.0607 seconds (approximately 14 feet). He faces Cashio next round, still doesn't have any CIC penalty.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   42 Adam Hickey                          4006 Mike Trumble                 
E2                   0.023  8.144 159.21     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.913 166.05
      C/SMA Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.506           A/SMA Index: 8.43 (+/-): -0.517
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Robison   ) 0.017  8.146 -0.564      (B Klein     ) 0.015  7.927 -0.633
 Qualified:            #11  8.062 -0.648                        #3  7.860 -0.700

Mike Trumble's MOV: 0.0151 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5413 Cordis Johnson                       457W Adam White                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.080  9.534 107.87                           No Time      
      G/SMA Index: 9.30 (+/-):  0.234            A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): 92.579
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Rosen     ) 0.086  8.793 -0.537      (J Holland   ) 0.162  7.338 -0.082
 Qualified:            #31  8.809 -0.521                       #23  6.832 -0.588

White was a no-show, his dragster obviously broken yesterday.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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