Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th annual
CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
Bye 6744 Chuck Smithfield
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.124 7.927 -0.233
BB/A Index: 8.16
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Radford ) 0.102 7.653 -0.537
Qualified: #14 7.704 -0.486
6:55 p.m. Smithfield will get a bye off the ladder and cruise into the quarters.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6410 Dennis Myers 689 Maureen Jondahl
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.153 11.818 2.608 -0.001 9.826 0.236
G/AA Index: 9.21 H/AA Index: 9.59
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Herberger ) -0.015 9.212 0.002 0.075 9.668 0.078
Qualified: #8 8.643 -0.567 #1 8.869 -0.721
D'oh! The number one qualifier goes down.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
9 Doug Engels 6699 Tom Tucker
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.031 7.477 -0.533 0.090 8.608 -0.562
D/ED Index: 8.01 G/A Index: 9.17
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Stewart ) 0.019 8.165 0.155 (B Perkin ) 0.208 10.125 0.955
Qualified: #6 7.434 -0.576 #24 11.746 2.576
Tucker lays down his best pass of the event, but loses on a holeshot. Engels takes a three hundredths CIC into
the quarters.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6577 Ray Hadford 704 Gil Anderson
E2 -0.070 7.326 -0.414 ****WINNER**** 0.087 7.389 -0.011
A/ND Index: 7.74 B/D Index: 7.40
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Kaplan ) 0.084 7.316 -0.424 (A Hodges ) 0.480 7.392 -0.008
Qualified: #17 7.344 -0.396 #23 8.012 0.612
Anderson gets his second straight gift. He's into the quarters even though he hasn't made a pass more than a
hundredth under the index.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
10 Adam Bowdish 68 Jim Warter
E2 0.016 9.141 -0.359 ****WINNER**** 0.051 8.889 -0.451
F/SM Index: 9.50 E/SM Index: 9.34
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Jones ) -0.074 9.312 -0.188 (D Young ) 0.683 13.483 4.143
Qualified: #16 9.082 -0.418 #10 8.797 -0.543
Warter overcomes the holeshot to win by .05.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
53 Clint Sallee 7295 Steve Wilmoth
E2 0.012 6.948 -0.452 ****WINNER**** 0.050 8.735 -0.535
B/D Index: 7.40 C/SR Index: 9.27
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Dingle ) 0.093 7.102 -0.298 (D Anderson ) 0.066 8.775 -0.495
Qualified: #13 6.901 -0.499 #7 8.701 -0.569
Sallee with the holeshot but can't chase down Wilmoth. That's a .03 CIC hit for Steve.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6016 Gary Anderson 2885 David Rampy
E2 0.134 22.526 13.356 ****WINNER**** 0.102 8.592 0.602
G/A Index: 9.17 A/EA Index: 7.99
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Pessemier ) 0.021 9.158 -0.012 (J Lane ) 0.032 7.557 -0.433
Qualified: #3 8.490 -0.680 #9 7.437 -0.553
Winner here gets a single in the next round. Bad lights for both, and then Anderson breaks. Rampy will be in the
semi's with no CIC infractions.7:04 p.m.
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