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Sat, 25 May 2013, 19:26 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 1 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
    1 Bruno Massel                          291 Wayne Hutton                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.922 174.03                     0.153  7.869 173.34
         I/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.318             D/A Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.411
 Qualified:             #3  6.605 -0.635                       #10  7.870 -0.410

7:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted altitude 2,132 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Massel gets a big advantage off the line and goes around Hutton quickly for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  298 Pat Williams                         2617 Russell Joly                 
E1                  -0.029  7.331 191.48     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.526 150.53
        A/AP Index: 7.22 (+/-):  0.111            C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.384
 Qualified:            #13  7.019 -0.201                        #6  7.333 -0.577

Williams leaves too early and gives the win to Joly. Joly backs off the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  210 Rodney Rosenstiel                    2467 Jim Kimbrough                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.101  6.367 217.18                     0.002  7.108 189.04
       AA/AM Index: 6.99 (+/-): -0.623            C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.482
 Qualified:             #2  6.345 -0.645                        #9  7.088 -0.502

Rosenstiel is late off the line and had to use a lot of his index to run down Kimbrough.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 David Rampy                          2211 Van Puckett                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.393 165.31                     0.094  8.331 161.13
        A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.447            G/AA Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.519
 Qualified:            #12  7.630 -0.210                        #5  8.254 -0.596

Rampy gets a big holeshot and is able to run down Puckett and take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2112 Jenny Treadwell                        25 Lee Sharp                    
E1                   0.137 19.174  36.34     ****WINNER****  0.134  9.087 112.16
         J/D Index: 8.25 (+/-): 10.924           D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-):  0.147
 Qualified:            #15  9.247  0.997                        #8  8.430 -0.510

Treadwell had problems and backed off the throttle about 300 feet out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2126 Michael Hardee                       2229 Lonnie Johnson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.073  8.450 145.89                     0.032  7.408 190.27
        D/SM Index: 8.99 (+/-): -0.540            B/AA Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.162
 Qualified:             #7  8.414 -0.576                       #14  7.382 -0.188

Johnson is first off the line but doesn't have the power to run down Hardee.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                    2207 Jeff Adkinson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.114  8.727 152.69                     0.056  8.569 152.43
        F/SM Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.543           D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.371
 Qualified:             #4  8.639 -0.631                       #11  8.535 -0.405


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  21 Glen Treadwell               
E1                                            ****WINNER****  4.401 No Time      
                                                  E/EA Index: 8.94 (+/-): 91.059
 Qualified:                                                       #1  8.292 -0.648

Treadwell takes the green light and backs off the throttle.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink