Sat, 10 Jul 2010, 06:28 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7000 Craig Schuck                         6618 Dale Giroux                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  7.893 125.89                    -0.008  7.719 131.66
       C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-):  0.023            B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-):  0.099
 Qualified:            #18  7.396 -0.474                        #6  7.010 -0.610

3:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 2,530 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Giroux is too quick and goes -0.008 red and gi

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Rob Harrison                          670 Mark Wolfe                   
E1                  -0.041 13.602  61.12     ****WINNER****  0.213  8.426 114.46
        J/A Index: 8.33 (+/-):  5.272           AA/AT Index: 7.04 (+/-):  1.386
 Qualified:             #1  7.645 -0.685                       #13  6.521 -0.519

Ouch! Harrison goes red and then Wolfe is every way but straight with a bunch of shake and spin.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  689 Maureen Jondahl                        67 Aaron Strong                 
E1                   0.141 16.261  50.78     ****WINNER****  0.104  8.539 127.50
        F/A Index: 8.62 (+/-):  7.641             F/A Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.081
 Qualified:            #22  9.100  0.480                       #10  8.089 -0.531

Heads up race and Jondahl spins the tire and both cars click it early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6018 Jim Warter                           6054 Brandon Huhtala              
E1                   0.065  8.858 152.37     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.511 159.38
       F/SM Index: 9.25 (+/-): -0.392             C/A Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.459
 Qualified:            #17  8.775 -0.475                        #5  7.354 -0.616

Huhtala gets a nice 0.014 light and drives on by Warter to take an almost thirty foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                          6944 Bob Marshall                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.121  7.986 160.42                     0.118  7.150 187.03
      A/SMA Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.534            B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.470
 Qualified:             #2  7.864 -0.656                       #14  7.102 -0.518

Two "Comp lights" and Marshall hugs the center line, just barely staying in his lane. He can't run the number and gives a seventeen foot win to Jones.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  211 Glen Treadwell                       6577 Ray Hadford                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  8.050 136.73                     0.067  7.021 188.86
       F/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.480            A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.399
 Qualified:             #4  7.891 -0.639                       #16  6.945 -0.475

Treadwell has all of the numbers to ensure and easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Alan Ellis                           6410 Dennis Myers                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.043  6.789 162.04                     0.172  7.763 175.18
       A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.361            C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.197
 Qualified:             #8  6.571 -0.579                       #20  7.714 -0.246

Myers is late and Ellis gets a strong pass to catch and pass him for a huge win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Dean Carter                          6325 Frank Nelson                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  7.374 135.18                     0.056  9.023 177.11
       B/ND Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.156             A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-):  1.913
 Qualified:             #9  6.970 -0.560                       #21  7.290  0.180

Big small block vs even bigger big block. Dragster vs. door car.

Nelson's car gets out of shake with a bunch of shake and spin to give the easy win to Carter.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6033 Pat Byron                            6162 Bernie Plourd                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  7.206 177.44                    -0.084  7.215 177.49
        C/D Index: 7.41 (+/-): -0.204           AA/AM Index: 7.07 (+/-):  0.145
 Qualified:            #12  6.890 -0.520                       #24  8.730  1.660

Plourd goes red and then makes his best pass of the weekend.

Byron dumps to ensure no CIC hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 Justin Lamb                          6241 Casey Plaizier               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  8.867 138.33                     0.024  8.237 165.74
      G/SMA Index: 9.33 (+/-): -0.463           B/SMA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.433
 Qualified:             #3  8.688 -0.642                       #15  8.167 -0.503

Green lights and Plaizier gets away first, but can't run a stronger Lamb down before the lights.

Justin Lamb's MOV: 0.0212 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  600 Jeff Lane                               7 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                   0.058  8.264 164.57     ****WINNER****  0.056  8.522 144.64
      B/SMA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.406           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.448
 Qualified:            #19  8.230 -0.440                        #7  8.374 -0.596

Almost identical RT's and Lambeck has the better package for the eleven foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                         6666 Barry Hobson                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  9.289 124.26                           No Time      
       H/SM Index: 9.54 (+/-): -0.251            A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): 92.849
 Qualified:            #11  9.014 -0.526                       #23  7.728  0.578

Hobson has problems and won't take the green.

Bowdish gets a single into round two.

3:22 p.m. He'll race Huhtala in round two. In other match ups: Wolfe vs. Lambeck; Treadwell vs. Strong; Jones vs. Ellis; Lamb vs. Carter; and Schuck vs. Byron.

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