Sun, 16 Jul 2006, 06:27 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

MORRISON, Colo. - Results of round 4 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
  500 Lou Ficco Jr.                          71 Dean Carter                  
E4                   0.031  7.567 180.43     ****WINNER****  0.002  7.484 177.32
       B/AA Index: 8.09 (+/-): -0.523            A/ND Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.526
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Patterson ) 0.058  7.585 -0.565      (B Kent      ) 0.034  7.501 -0.519
E2    (S Heckel    ) 0.063  7.648 -0.572      (R Schadle   ) 0.072  7.594 -0.426
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.104  7.721 -0.499      (K Smith     ) 0.085  7.641 -0.379
 Qualified:             #5  7.592 -0.628                        #7  7.398 -0.622

4:19 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 98 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 24.83 inches,adjusted altitude 8,222 feet, track temperature 142 degrees.

An excellent light for Carter and he moves on to the final round. Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0322 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  594 Tom Snyder                           5037 Richard Freeman              
E4                   0.118  7.100 186.69     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.633 181.81
        A/A Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.500            B/AA Index: 8.14 (+/-): -0.507
 Prior rounds:
E3    (W Oman      ) 0.008  7.095 -0.555      (C Sallee    ) 0.063  7.635 -0.585
E2    (D Cook Jr   ) 0.167 20.332 12.682      (D Winget    ) -0.048  8.699  0.479
E1    (L Snyder    ) 0.011  7.157 -0.493      (G Lockman   ) 0.016  7.746 -0.474
 Qualified:            #12  7.068 -0.582                        #6  7.598 -0.622

Snyder is late at the tree and Freeman gets the win. Richard Freeman's MOV: 0.0906 seconds (approximately 25 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink