Sun, 16 Jul 2006, 05:05 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

MORRISON, Colo. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4799 Bill Kent                              71 Dean Carter                  
E3                   0.014  7.534 178.57     ****WINNER****  0.034  7.501 171.55
        C/D Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.486            A/ND Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.519
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Eaton     ) 0.037  7.511 -0.549      (R Schadle   ) 0.072  7.594 -0.426
E1    (W Hatcher   ) 0.034  7.556 -0.524      (K Smith     ) 0.085  7.641 -0.379
 Qualified:            #11  7.496 -0.584                        #7  7.398 -0.622

Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0136 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   52 Clint Sallee                         5037 Richard Freeman              
E3                   0.070  7.119 190.19     ****WINNER****  0.063  7.635 181.40
        B/D Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.521            B/AA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.585
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D From      ) 0.228  7.131 -0.619      (D Winget    ) -0.048  8.699  0.479
E1    (M Forbes    ) 0.104  7.319 -0.431      (G Lockman   ) 0.016  7.746 -0.474
 Qualified:             #2  7.076 -0.674                        #6  7.598 -0.622

Richard Freeman's MOV: 0.0719 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5179 Wade Oman                             594 Tom Snyder                   
E3                   0.129  7.190 189.12     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.095 169.30
       A/ED Index: 7.71 (+/-): -0.520             A/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.555
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Smiley    ) 0.114  7.440 -0.270      (D Cook Jr   ) 0.167 20.332 12.682
E1    (J Shalkowski) 0.085  7.309 -0.401      (L Snyder    ) 0.011  7.157 -0.493
 Qualified:            #16  7.155 -0.555                       #12  7.068 -0.582

Snyder had the chute out before the finish line. He'll face Freeman in the semi's.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5250 Todd Patterson                        500 Lou Ficco Jr.                
E3                   0.020  8.372 162.80     ****WINNER****  0.058  7.585 178.68
        E/A Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.498            B/AA Index: 8.15 (+/-): -0.565
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Beckley   ) 0.030  8.366 -0.574      (S Heckel    ) 0.063  7.648 -0.572
E1    (V Deceglie  ) 0.023  8.499 -0.441      (A Ellis     ) 0.104  7.721 -0.499
 Qualified:            #17  8.410 -0.530                        #5  7.592 -0.628

Lou Ficco Jr.'s MOV: 0.0291 seconds (approximately 7 feet). He'll face Carter in the semi's.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink