Sun, 23 Jul 2006, 03:51 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Schuck's Auto Supply NHRA Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6180 Jirka Kaplan                         7737 Ken Justice Sr.
E3   ****WINNER****  0.057  8.110 107.31                    -0.024 16.749  45.45
      BB/AM Index: 7.65 (+/-):  0.460            B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-):  9.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Anderson  ) -0.013  8.141  0.491      (D Myers     ) 0.044  7.283 -0.447
E1    (B Marshall  ) 0.060  7.439 -0.211      (R Harrison  ) 0.041  7.271 -0.459
 Qualified:            #11  7.154 -0.496                       #13  7.237 -0.493

Justice had problems early, Kaplan's altered marches on, he has a single in round four, so Jirka is going to the finals in Comp!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                            7 Glen Treadwell
E3   ****WINNER****  0.036  8.622 154.83                     0.152  8.317 131.29
      D/SMA Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.468            F/EA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.363
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Perkin    ) 0.068  8.661 -0.429      (J Lane      ) 0.028  8.179 -0.611
E1    (B Kokotailo ) 0.085  8.747 -0.343      (D Barton    ) 0.117  8.741 -0.049
 Qualified:             #6  8.532 -0.558                        #9  8.267 -0.523

Doug Lambeck's MOV: 0.2218 seconds (approximately 43 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                         1162 Sal Biondo
E3   ****WINNER****  0.036  9.389 116.69                    -0.004  8.025 149.53
       F/SM Index: 9.41 (+/-): -0.021            E/AA Index: 8.41 (+/-): -0.385
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Smithfield) 0.059  9.130 -0.280      (A Bresch    ) 0.040  8.136 -0.274
E1    (B Huhtala   ) 0.034  8.901 -0.549      (J Warter    ) 0.040  7.939 -0.471
 Qualified:             #7  8.897 -0.553                       #10  7.893 -0.517

Biondo left too soon by four stinking thou... Bowdish will race Lambeck in the semi final round. 12:48 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink