Sun, 7 Sep 2003, 03:45 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    8 Mike De Palma Jr                     2125 Tony Stephenson
E4   ****WINNER****  0.061  7.206 -0.504                     0.046  8.824 -0.396
        B/A Index: 7.71                         D/SMA Index: 9.22
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Rampy     ) 0.046  7.210 -0.570      (M Lund      ) 0.094  8.716 -0.584
E2    (S Wilmoth   ) 0.024  7.271 -0.529      (M Farrell   ) 0.072  9.354  0.054
E1    (S Heckel    ) 0.047  7.340 -0.460      (N Saibene II) 0.044  9.341  0.041
 Qualified:             #3  7.223 -0.577                       #31  8.827 -0.473

Current weather conditions: 78 degrees, 42 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.07 inches, with a track temperature of 111 degrees.

Mike De Palma Jr's MOV: 0.0935 seconds (approximately 21 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5413 Cordis Johnson                          3 Larry Pritchett
E4                   0.078  9.039 -0.461     ****WINNER****  0.083  8.011 -0.529
      F/SMA Index: 9.50                          A/SM Index: 8.54
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Carter    ) 0.095  8.995 -0.585      (B Olson     ) 0.064  8.698  0.158
E2    (A Stanfield ) 0.034  9.080 -0.520      (B Self      ) 0.012  8.128 -0.412
E1    (F Aragona Jr) -0.189  9.380 -0.220      (D Stewart   ) 0.086  8.066 -0.474
 Qualified:            #12  9.079 -0.521                       #16  8.033 -0.507

Larry Pritchett's MOV: 0.0636 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3151 Ian Landies Jr                         34 Robert Bailey
E4   ****WINNER****  0.094  8.619 -0.121                    -0.197  7.147 -0.073
        F/A Index: 8.74                          A/ED Index: 7.22
 Prior rounds:
E3    (E Smith     ) 0.094  8.234 -0.566      (B Butner    ) 0.122  6.714 -0.526
E2    (M Nahan     ) 0.122  8.514 -0.286      (S Ambrose   ) 0.019  6.738 -0.552
E1    (E Bennett II) 0.083  8.300 -0.540      (F Allen     ) 0.068  6.848 -0.442
 Qualified:            #22  8.339 -0.501                       #26  6.805 -0.485

Bailey turned on the red light and Landies will face Pritchett in the one semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4006 Mike Trumble                         1498 Santo Volpe
E4   ****WINNER****  0.017  8.177 -0.493                     0.011  8.061 -0.469
      A/SMA Index: 8.67                          A/SR Index: 8.53
 Prior rounds:
E3    (W Henderson ) 0.059  8.162 -0.558      (M Smith     ) 0.047  8.579  0.049
E2    (S Messina   ) 0.031  8.397 -0.323      (J Slagle    ) 0.053  8.028 -0.562
E1    (G Gallimore ) 0.038  8.648 -0.072      (M Johnson   ) 0.047  8.081 -0.559
 Qualified:             #1  8.086 -0.634                        #5  8.072 -0.568

This was a great drag race here. Mike Trumble's MOV: 0.0188 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Trumble will face off against DePalm in next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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