Sun, 2 Oct 2005, 02:07 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   56 Bill Riemenapp                        220 Jeff Taylor                  
E3                  -0.080 10.331  88.86     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.070 122.88
       B/EA Index: 8.33 (+/-):  2.001            E/SM Index: 9.29 (+/-): -0.220
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Bailey    ) 0.035  8.345  0.015      (B Stufflebea) 0.014  8.789 -0.521
E1    (D Spencer   ) 0.041  7.824 -0.646      (R Dorsey    ) 0.022  9.197 -0.113
 Qualified:             #7  7.772 -0.698                       #19  8.651 -0.659

Riemenapp leaves too soon and gives the win to Taylor. Taylor backs off the throttle at the 1000 foot mark.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  213 David Eaton                            10 Bo Butner III                
E3   ****WINNER**** -0.014  7.497 115.83                    -0.015  9.647 109.11
       A/AP Index: 7.42 (+/-):  0.077           F/SMA Index: 9.29 (+/-):  0.357
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.205  6.918 -0.572      (S Vincent   ) 0.061  8.860 -0.430
E1    (N Panagiotar) 0.014  7.444 -0.046      (D Billingsle) 0.048  8.781 -0.609
 Qualified:             #2  6.714 -0.776                        #6  8.687 -0.703

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1780 Gerry Russo                            41 Rodger Brogdon               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035  9.116 119.95                    -0.022  8.107 145.22
      E/SMA Index: 9.18 (+/-): -0.064            A/SM Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.273
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Coan      ) 0.008  9.092 -0.088      (V Deceglie  ) 0.040  7.901 -0.479
E1    (M Hazlett   ) 0.001  8.687 -0.493      (V Deceglie  ) -0.004  9.610  1.100
 Qualified:            #12  8.499 -0.681                       #16  7.844 -0.666

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Pat Ross Sr.                         3308 John Frech                   
E3                   0.029  8.363 161.52     ****WINNER****  0.092  8.204 152.73
        F/A Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.337             F/D Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.426
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Aragona Jr) 0.015  8.286 -0.414      (D Eberly    ) 0.014  9.139  0.509
E1    (T Schimdt   ) 0.024  8.194 -0.566      (B Browell   ) 0.001  8.125 -0.595
 Qualified:            #25  8.146 -0.614                       #21  8.067 -0.653

Ross gets the hole-shot but doesn't have the horsepower to hold off Frech.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink