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Sun, 26 Oct 2003, 04:01 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jonathan Adams

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7298 Scott Hedlund                        7767 Alan Ellis
E3   ****WINNER****  0.110  8.371 -0.599                     0.009  7.015 -0.475
       B/SM Index: 8.97                          A/AA Index: 7.49
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Cocuzza   ) 0.032 11.291  2.321      (S Tidwell   ) 0.005  6.983 -0.557
E1    (K Duttweiler) 0.106  8.887 -0.083      (J Zink      ) 0.085  9.296  1.756
 Qualified:            #18  8.383 -0.587                       #22  6.979 -0.561

Hedlund comes in with his index intact. Ellis has lost .05. Ellis with the great light but comes up short, as Hedlund loses .09.

Scott Hedlund's MOV: 0.0238 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   53 Clint Sallee                         5562 Jeff Cunningham
E3   ****WINNER****  0.169  9.219  1.869                    -0.030  8.351 -0.409
        B/D Index: 7.35                          K/AA Index: 8.76
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Bowdish   ) 0.008  6.846 -0.684      (V Deceglie  ) 0.100  8.259 -0.531
E1    (M Jondahl   ) 0.027 11.723  4.193      (S Wilmoth   ) 0.061  8.881  0.091
 Qualified:             #3  6.811 -0.719                       #31  8.253 -0.537

Sallee has lost a whopping .18, while Cunningham has only lost .03. Sallee gets a gift as Cunningham goes red. Sallee was out of shape, too.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7189 Dean Carter                          4006 Mike Trumble
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.213 -0.537                     0.061  8.199 -0.481
       A/ND Index: 7.75                         A/SMA Index: 8.68
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Self      ) 0.099  7.248 -0.582      (C Johnson   ) 0.083  8.901  0.221
E1    (M De Palma  ) -0.263  7.433 -0.397      (R Braun     ) 0.090  8.173 -0.637
 Qualified:            #24  7.278 -0.552                       #12  8.208 -0.602

Trumble has lost .13 and Carter has lost .08. Carter with the holeshot and the win, but he loses another .03. Carter will face Hedlund in the semi's.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   47 Sean Dodd                            1498 Santo Volpe
E3                   0.057  7.808 -0.462     ****WINNER****  0.010  8.058 -0.482
       PSTA Index: 8.27                          A/SR Index: 8.54
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Kaplan    ) 0.172  7.939 -0.331      (D Rampy     ) 0.043  8.034 -0.626
E1    (J Gebhardt  ) 0.055  7.768 -0.662      (G Anderson  ) 0.107  8.156 -0.624
 Qualified:             #9  7.803 -0.627                        #5  8.075 -0.705

Volpe has lost an almost unbelievable .24! Dodd lost .16. Volpe with another clutch light and he will face Sallee in the semi's.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink