Results of round 1 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-- (+/-)
6744 Chuck Smithfield 6294 Dennis Radford
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.102 7.653 -0.537 0.215 6.564 -0.506
BB/A Index: 8.19 A/PM Index: 7.07
Qualified: #14 7.704 -0.486 #2 6.382 -0.688
2:12 p.m. Current weather conditions: 79 degrees, 41 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.12 inches.
Wild match-up here between the blown Beretta and the nitrous-assisted Viper. Bad lights for both, but Smithfield
wins. Takes a CIC hit though.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6410 Dennis Myers 619 Gary Herberger
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.015 9.212 0.002 No Time
G/AA Index: 9.21 C/ED Index: 7.96
Qualified: #8 8.643 -0.567 #20 7.844 -0.116
Herberger is a no-show, so Myers will cruise into round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
704 Gil Anderson 706 Art Hodges
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.480 7.392 -0.008 -0.017 7.543 -0.457
B/D Index: 7.40 C/A Index: 8.00
Qualified: #23 8.012 0.612 #11 7.460 -0.540
Hodges with the red-light, and Anderson with a huge gift.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6869 Bruce Perkin 6699 Tom Tucker
E1 -0.002 8.958 -0.382 ****WINNER**** 0.208 10.125 0.955
E/SM Index: 9.34 G/A Index: 9.17
Qualified: #12 8.814 -0.526 #24 11.746 2.576
Another red-light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6355 Mike Pessemier 6016 Gary Anderson
E1 -0.087 7.201 -0.199 ****WINNER**** 0.021 9.158 -0.012
B/D Index: 7.40 G/A Index: 9.17
Qualified: #15 6.921 -0.479 #3 8.490 -0.680
That's three red-lights in a row.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6577 Ray Hadford 6180 Jirka Kaplan
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.084 7.316 -0.424 -0.003 29.963 21.973
A/ND Index: 7.74 BB/AM Index: 7.99
Qualified: #17 7.344 -0.396 #5 7.407 -0.583
Four red-lights and counting...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
10 Adam Bowdish 7230 Randy Jones
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.074 9.312 -0.188 No Time
F/SM Index: 9.50 D/SMA Index: 9.30
Qualified: #16 9.082 -0.418 #4 8.691 -0.609
Good match-up here. Jones rocked out of the beams. That's five...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
600 Jeff Lane 2885 David Rampy
E1 0.097 8.715 -0.495 ****WINNER**** 0.032 7.557 -0.433
G/AA Index: 9.21 A/EA Index: 7.99
Qualified: #21 9.185 -0.025 #9 7.437 -0.553
Monster match-up here. Rampy does a good job of driving the finish line.David Rampy's MOV: 0.0034 seconds
(approximately 9 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
643 Danny Anderson 7295 Steve Wilmoth
E1 0.105 7.609 -0.351 ****WINNER**** 0.066 8.775 -0.495
C/ED Index: 7.96 C/SR Index: 9.27
Qualified: #19 7.606 -0.354 #7 8.701 -0.569
Wilmoth barely avoids the CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6134 Rick Dingle 53 Clint Sallee
E1 0.221 7.727 -0.233 ****WINNER**** 0.093 7.102 -0.298
C/ED Index: 7.96 B/D Index: 7.40
Qualified: #25 24.187 16.227 #13 6.901 -0.499
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
9 Doug Engels 6222 Mark Stewart
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.019 8.165 0.155 -0.005 8.980 -0.360
D/ED Index: 8.01 E/SMA Index: 9.34
Qualified: #6 7.434 -0.576 #18 8.944 -0.396
Engels is the defending event champ. Stewart with the sixth red-light this round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
Bye 689 Maureen Jondahl
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.075 9.668 0.078
H/AA Index: 9.59
Qualified: #1 8.869 -0.721
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
68 Jim Warter 6425 David Young
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.683 13.483 4.143 No Time
E/SM Index: 9.34 E/AA Index: 8.50
Qualified: #10 8.797 -0.543 #22 8.499 -0.001
Young is a no-show.
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