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Sat, 29 Jul 2006, 04:27 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Second annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  309 Ralph Hope                             34 Brian Browell                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.009  7.563 147.05
        J/A Index: 8.49 (+/-): 91.509             D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.257
 Qualified:            #16  8.197 -0.293                        #6  7.296 -0.524

4:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 2,836 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Hope's car creeped forward when he tried to bring the RPMs up and he got a red bulb for his efforts.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1550 Skip Gladstone                       3718 Terry Smith                  
E1                  -0.500  9.452 155.87     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.676 131.60
       F/ED Index: 8.96 (+/-):  0.492            D/EA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.304
 Qualified:            #19  8.799 -0.161                        #9  8.514 -0.466

Gladstone was more than one bulb early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3451 Steve Eckard                         1937 Lee Zane                     
E1                   0.065  7.357 180.12     ****WINNER****  0.038  9.307 131.72
       B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-): -0.373            L/AA Index: 9.71 (+/-): -0.403
 Qualified:            #13  7.365 -0.365                        #3  9.134 -0.576

32 Bantams, "side by each." Zane's has the rear slicks tucked way up under the body, Eckard's has them outside the fenders.

NARROW WINS. Lee Zane's MOV: 0.0576 seconds (approximately 15 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1230 Glenn Bourke                           33 Greg Kamplain                
E1                   0.008  8.667 154.58     ****WINNER****  0.068  7.489 176.58
       F/ED Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.293            C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.441
 Qualified:            #17  8.716 -0.244                        #7  7.438 -0.492

Bourke did his job, but could not run with Kamplain.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1495 Dominic Surace                       2885 David Rampy                  
E1                   0.015  7.950 171.03     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.519 158.67
        PST Index: 8.07 (+/-): -0.120            A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.391
 Qualified:            #18  7.881 -0.189                        #8  7.428 -0.482

Rampy faces Zane next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1892 Chris Bozic                           353 Bruno Massel                 
E1                  -0.071 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.034  8.108 124.90
        C/D Index: 7.60 (+/-): 92.399           DD/AT Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.192
 Qualified:            #12  7.205 -0.395                        #2  7.637 -0.663

Bozic left early, two-stepped it, and shook the chute out. The timing system timed out before he slowly rolled across the line. Massel gets a bye next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  300 Mauri Rose                           3068 Steve Ambrose                
E1                  -0.054  7.317 183.72     ****WINNER****  0.181  8.782 110.20
        C/D Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.283            J/AA Index: 8.44 (+/-):  0.342
 Qualified:            #14  7.249 -0.351                        #4  7.881 -0.559

Ambrose races Smith next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Vinny Barone                          104 Frank Affronti               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.132  7.996 169.61                     0.019  7.687 176.70
       A/SR Index: 8.48 (+/-): -0.484             C/A Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.313
 Qualified:             #5  7.930 -0.550                       #15  7.660 -0.340

Vinny Barone's MOV: 0.0480 seconds (approximately 12 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  390 Dale Spencer                         3606 John Peto                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.085  8.767 128.44                           No Time      
       F/ED Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.193            J/AA Index: 8.44 (+/-): 91.559
 Qualified:            #11  8.551 -0.409                       #21  8.396 -0.044

Peto was unable to answer the call, so Spencer got a freebie and will face Browell next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 308R Jeff Wright                          3308 John Frech                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.025  8.912 111.85
       B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-): 92.269             F/D Index: 8.72 (+/-):  0.192
 Qualified:            #20  7.669 -0.061                       #10  8.267 -0.453

Wright was unable to answer the call, so Frech got a free pass and will race Barone next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Bo Butner                                  Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  8.181 130.62     
      AA/SM Index: 7.90 (+/-):  0.281     
 Qualified:             #1  7.180 -0.720                     Bye

Butner gets the low-qualifier bye run and will race Kamplain next round.Butner clicked it off around the 1,000-foot mark.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink