Sun, 23 Jul 2006, 06:23 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 4 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
  710 Doug Lambeck                         6660 Adam Bowdish
E4   ****WINNER****  0.069  8.572 154.10                     0.031  8.980 149.03
      D/SMA Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.518            F/SM Index: 9.41 (+/-): -0.430
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Treadwell ) 0.036  8.622 -0.468      (S Biondo    ) 0.036  9.389 -0.021
E2    (B Perkin    ) 0.068  8.661 -0.429      (C Smithfield) 0.059  9.130 -0.280
E1    (B Kokotailo ) 0.085  8.747 -0.343      (B Huhtala   ) 0.034  8.901 -0.549
 Qualified:             #6  8.532 -0.558                        #7  8.897 -0.553

3:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 97 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 3,871 feet, track temperature 132 degrees.

Bowdish had a lead, but was not able to hold off Lambeck at the top end of the track. Doug Lambeck's MOV: 0.0502 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6180 Jirka Kaplan                               Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.544 129.24
      BB/AM Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.106
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Justice   ) 0.057  8.110  0.460
E2    (G Anderson  ) -0.013  8.141  0.491
E1    (B Marshall  ) 0.060  7.439 -0.211
 Qualified:            #11  7.154 -0.496                     Bye

Kaplan clicked it early after getting the tuning data he wanted. 3:21 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink