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Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
Sat, 26 Feb 2005, 05:07 PM
Results of round 2 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
  750 Jim Cowan                            7771 Ed Sigmon
E2   ****WINNER****  0.042  7.951 169.70                     0.040  8.770 149.56
       B/EA Index: 8.47 (+/-): -0.519            C/SR Index: 9.26 (+/-): -0.490
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.110  7.964 -0.566      (T Schmidt   ) 0.046  8.935 -0.325
 Qualified:            #13  7.958 -0.572                       #21  8.732 -0.528

2:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 2,455 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

We're actually just a few minutes early here for the second round of Comp. Cowan takes a close win over Sigmon


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6699 Tom Tucker                            718 Alan Freese
E2                   0.186  8.192 163.47     ****WINNER****  0.038  8.037 168.66
        F/A Index: 8.71 (+/-): -0.518            E/AA Index: 8.42 (+/-): -0.383
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Howerton  ) 0.090  8.210 -0.570      (T Mettler   ) 0.026  8.017 -0.403
 Qualified:             #8  8.192 -0.588                       #32  7.980 -0.440

How about this one. The #32 qualifier, Alan Freese, is going on to round three. Alan Freese's MOV: 0.0134 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Steve Wilmoth                         717 Mike DePalma
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076 10.076  95.35                    -0.037  9.618  96.83
       C/SR Index: 9.18 (+/-):  0.896             B/A Index: 7.74 (+/-):  1.878
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lane      ) 0.031  8.671 -0.589      (W Oman      ) 0.091  7.427 -0.313
 Qualified:            #34  8.839 -0.421                       #14  7.172 -0.568

DePalma Can't wait and Wilmoth gets the redlight win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  500 Lou Ficco Jr.                          41 Rodger Brogdon
E2                  -0.014  8.090 112.02     ****WINNER****  0.070  8.958 110.13
       B/AA Index: 7.72 (+/-):  0.370           A/SMA Index: 8.57 (+/-):  0.388
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Tanksley  ) 0.022  7.212 -0.588      (B Kent      ) 0.125  8.063 -0.537
 Qualified:             #9  7.217 -0.583                        #1  7.939 -0.661

Now the redlights are coming! Ficco goes red and Brogdon is the winner. Brogdon will face Cowan in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5709 Robert Baldwin                          8 David Rampy
E2                   0.050  8.800 153.04     ****WINNER****  0.025  7.464 160.00
       E/SM Index: 9.32 (+/-): -0.520            A/EA Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.516
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Sallee    ) 0.395  9.172 -0.148      (R Jones     ) 0.045  7.903 -0.077
 Qualified:            #20  8.790 -0.530                       #12  7.405 -0.575

Two good lights but Rampy gets another round win. He will face Freese in the next session.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                            5 Vinnie Deceglie
E2                  -0.006 10.275  93.03     ****WINNER****  0.069 10.839  81.79
       D/SM Index: 9.16 (+/-):  1.115             A/A Index: 7.15 (+/-):  3.689
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Huggins   ) 0.118  8.656 -0.544      (J Shalkowski) 0.001  6.642 -0.548
 Qualified:             #7  8.611 -0.589                       #15  6.623 -0.567

Bowdish has the first chance to turn on the red...and he does. Deceglie saves parts and moves on.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  411 Colt Mikel                             13 Sal Biondo
E2                  -0.011  9.621  99.68     ****WINNER****  0.015  8.098 144.19
       B/TA Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.721            B/EA Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.422
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Carter    ) 0.046  8.392 -0.588      (D Barcelon  ) 0.029  8.014 -0.516
 Qualified:             #2  8.338 -0.642                       #26  8.029 -0.501

The winner here gets Wilmoth in round three. Biondo got in the program in the final session and continues to makes the most of it. Mikel goes red and Biondo will get the little roadster next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  464 Daniel Mikel                         6996 Rob Harrison
E2   ****WINNER****  0.063  8.360 160.77                     0.169  7.939 168.43
       B/TA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.580             J/A Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.621
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Lambeck   ) 0.036  8.432 -0.548      (T Jackson   ) 0.028  8.105 -0.455
 Qualified:            #11  8.402 -0.578                        #3  7.948 -0.612

Harrison was pretty late and it cost him. Mikel takes the win and gets to run Deceglie in the altered Vette next round. That's all for round two so after a dust and clean we'll move on to the final Pro qualifying session.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

By Dave Gerard