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Fri, 24 May 2013, 15:09 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Atlanta Dragway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2617 Russell Joly                          291 Wayne Hutton                 
E2                  -0.164  8.276 124.20     ****WINNER****  0.129  8.595 118.28
        C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-):  0.366             D/A Index: 8.28 (+/-):  0.315
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Treadwell ) 0.053  8.365  0.455      (L Sharp     ) 0.066  8.009 -0.271
 Qualified:             #5  7.346 -0.564                       #18  9.764  1.484

3:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 2,258 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Joly leaves way too early and gives the win to Hutton.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                     298 Pat Williams                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.143  8.952 131.16                    -0.005  7.060 200.02
        F/SM Index: 9.25 (+/-): -0.298            A/AP Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.160
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Rampy     ) 0.046  8.741 -0.529      (M Hardee    ) 0.093  7.365  0.145
 Qualified:             #4  8.685 -0.585                       #17  7.383  0.163

Williams just misses the tree and gives the win to Houghtaling.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  361 Bo Butner                               1 Bruno Massel                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052  8.893 118.21                    -0.041  8.192 109.46
        E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.107             I/D Index: 7.24 (+/-):  0.952
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Johnson   ) 0.036  8.656 -0.344      (L Pritchett )       No Time      
 Qualified:             #7  8.448 -0.552                        #3  6.636 -0.604

Massel turns on the red light and gives the win to Butner.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  210 Rodney Rosenstiel                    2207 Jeff Adkinson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.062  7.272 160.50                     0.053 15.842  51.19
       AA/AM Index: 6.98 (+/-):  0.292           D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-):  6.902
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hord      ) 0.172  6.476 -0.514      (V Puckett   ) 0.054  8.557 -0.383
 Qualified:            #11  6.570 -0.420                       #15  8.877 -0.063

Adkinson pulls the wheels off the line, makes a hard move to the left and has to back off the throttle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2467 Jim Kimbrough                              Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.058  7.160 172.39     
        C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.430    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Treadwell ) 0.006  7.135 -0.455   
 Qualified:            #10  7.142 -0.448                     Bye

In the next round it will be kimbrough vs. houghtaling, Butner vs. Hutton and Rosenstiel will have a bye.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink