Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, 21st annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6996 Rob Harrison 5631 Tony Jackson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.028 8.105 157.12 0.046 8.520 158.07
J/A Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.455 D/EA Index: 8.99 (+/-): -0.470
Qualified: #3 7.948 -0.612 #19 8.449 -0.541
11:45 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent,
barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 2,112 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.
Comp is in the water to begin their first round of eliminations. The first heat is a real barn
burners with Harrison getting the win. Rob Harrison's MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 9
inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7098 Tom Mettler 718 Alan Freese
E1 0.136 7.659 154.12 ****WINNER**** 0.026 8.017 168.45
PST Index: 8.08 (+/-): -0.421 E/AA Index: 8.42 (+/-): -0.403
Qualified: #16 7.517 -0.563 #32 7.980 -0.440
Mettler took a little bit of a nap at the line and Freese was able to shutoff to save
index. Freese was the #32 qualifier by the way.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6699 Tom Tucker 450D Dean Howerton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.090 8.210 162.94 0.120 7.125 189.55
F/A Index: 8.78 (+/-): -0.570 C/D Index: 7.61 (+/-): -0.485
Qualified: #8 8.192 -0.588 #24 7.099 -0.511
Rucker leaves first and takes a pretty nasty CIC to round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5709 Robert Baldwin 53 Clint Sallee
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.395 9.172 123.20 -0.065 7.335 138.73
E/SM Index: 9.32 (+/-): -0.148 B/D Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.055
Qualified: #20 8.790 -0.530 #4 6.791 -0.599
Our first red light comes from Clint Sallee in the B-Dragster. Baldwin gets the automatic
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
500 Lou Ficco Jr. 4025 Joey Tanksley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.022 7.212 175.64 0.121 7.164 151.15
B/AA Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.588 B/ED Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.346
Qualified: #9 7.217 -0.583 #25 7.009 -0.501
Tanksley needed a wakeup call but Ficco should have been watching his mirrors. Another CIC
just short of perm.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
717 Mike DePalma 5179 Wade Oman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.091 7.427 155.40 0.278 7.054 186.64
B/A Index: 7.74 (+/-): -0.313 B/ED Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.456
Qualified: #14 7.172 -0.568 #33 7.074 -0.436
Oman is in as an alternate but goes no further. He makes his best hit of the weekend but
loses on a horrid light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
750 Jim Cowan 703 Joe Mozeris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.110 7.964 163.53 0.097 7.034 187.68
B/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.566 B/ED Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.476
Qualified: #13 7.958 -0.572 #29 7.046 -0.464
The fleet of B/EDs is falling by the wayside. Mozeris goes down to Cowan in the alphabet
econo altered.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
41 Rodger Brogdon 4799 Bill Kent
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.125 8.063 168.51 0.083 7.123 189.42
A/SMA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.537 C/D Index: 7.61 (+/-): -0.487
Qualified: #1 7.939 -0.661 #17 7.064 -0.546
Brogdon doesn't catch his best light but puts a wheel on Kent at the other end. Rodger
Brogdon's MOV: 0.0087 seconds (approximately 2 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7771 Ed Sigmon 5731 Tom Schmidt
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.046 8.935 128.25 0.025 10.875 66.66
C/SR Index: 9.26 (+/-): -0.325 C/SR Index: 9.26 (+/-): 1.615
Qualified: #21 8.732 -0.528 #5 8.662 -0.598
A battle of the C/SRs goes to Sigmon. An even start but at about 1000 feet Schmidt had
problems and you could hear him back out of the throttle.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
508 Joe Shalkowski 5 Vinnie Deceglie
E1 0.152 8.534 150.43 ****WINNER**** 0.001 6.642 185.54
F/ED Index: 8.99 (+/-): -0.456 A/A Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.548
Qualified: #31 8.544 -0.446 #15 6.623 -0.567
This was over on the starting line. Deceglie throws a .001 light at Shalkowski and that was
all she wrote for the little F/ED. Even with the chutes out early Deceglie gets a small
CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6660 Adam Bowdish 751 Tom Huggins
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.118 8.656 141.16 0.134 7.489 167.93
D/SM Index: 9.20 (+/-): -0.544 B/A Index: 7.74 (+/-): -0.251
Qualified: #7 8.611 -0.589 #23 7.216 -0.524
Two bad lights and a win for Bowdish. He takes a CIC as well.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
79 Steve Wilmoth 600 Jeff Lane
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.031 8.671 149.45 0.051 7.921 169.44
C/SR Index: 9.26 (+/-): -0.589 B/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.609
Qualified: #34 8.839 -0.421 #6 7.938 -0.592
Lane goes .609 under and still loses. Wilmoth gets the win but takes a pretty good sized
CIC to round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
8 David Rampy 77 Randy Jones
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 7.903 118.48 -0.039 8.633 154.76
A/EA Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.077 D/SMA Index: 9.15 (+/-): -0.517
Qualified: #12 7.405 -0.575 #28 8.682 -0.468
Jones went red and Rampy saves CIC and parts with an early shutoff.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
9 Doug Lambeck 464 Daniel Mikel
E1 0.048 8.696 153.16 ****WINNER**** 0.036 8.432 160.46
E/SMA Index: 9.24 (+/-): -0.544 B/TA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.548
Qualified: #27 8.766 -0.474 #11 8.402 -0.578
Both drivers are about .55 under but it's Mikel taking the win. Daniel Mikel's MOV: 0.0164
seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
411 Colt Mikel 1 Dean Carter
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.046 8.392 160.31 0.009 7.103 184.83
B/TA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.588 A/ND Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.487
Qualified: #2 8.338 -0.642 #18 7.049 -0.541
Carter takes his second round one loss in a row. This time it's Colt Mikel that takes the
win. It's early in the year but this puts a crimp in any plans Carter has for three
championships in a row.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
13 Sal Biondo 64 Dave Barcelon
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 8.014 157.91 0.114 8.361 145.45
B/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.516 F/A Index: 8.78 (+/-): -0.419
Qualified: #26 8.029 -0.501 #10 8.197 -0.583
Biondo catches a great light and runs just a bit quicker than he did in qualifying. All
that added together gives him a win over #10 qualifier Dave Barcelon. That closes the first
round of Comp Eliminator.
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