Sat, 29 Jul 2006, 05:35 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 2 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
 3068 Steve Ambrose                        3718 Terry Smith                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003  7.966 154.97                     0.076  8.538 155.11
       J/AA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.474            D/EA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.442
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Rose      ) 0.181  8.782  0.342      (S Gladstone ) 0.017  8.676 -0.304
 Qualified:             #4  7.881 -0.559                        #9  8.514 -0.466

5:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 29.30 inches, adjusted altitude 2,775 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Ambrose was almost perfect at the tree and won easily.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  390 Dale Spencer                           34 Brian Browell                
E2                   0.046  8.577 154.26     ****WINNER****  0.007  7.370 169.04
       F/ED Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.383             D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.450
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Peto      ) 0.085  8.767 -0.193      (R Hope      ) 0.009  7.563 -0.257
 Qualified:            #11  8.551 -0.409                        #6  7.296 -0.524

Browell had his own almost-perfect light and an easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2885 David Rampy                          1937 Lee Zane                     
E2                   0.030  7.455 177.95     ****WINNER****  0.048  9.217 138.78
       A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.455            L/AA Index: 9.71 (+/-): -0.493
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Surace    ) 0.035  7.519 -0.391      (S Eckard    ) 0.038  9.307 -0.403
 Qualified:             #8  7.428 -0.482                        #3  9.134 -0.576

Rampy had the better light, but could not run Zane down. Lee Zane's MOV: 0.0208 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Zane races Browell next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3308 John Frech                             15 Vinny Barone                 
E2                  -0.054  8.329 156.53     ****WINNER****  0.024  8.420 127.80
        F/D Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.391            A/SR Index: 8.47 (+/-): -0.050
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Wright    ) 0.025  8.912  0.192      (F Affronti  ) 0.132  7.996 -0.484
 Qualified:            #10  8.267 -0.453                        #5  7.930 -0.550

Frech made it easy for "Boom Boom."

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Bo Butner                              33 Greg Kamplain                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.061  7.697 138.30                    -0.020  7.632 147.65
      AA/SM Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.203            C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.298
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.008  8.181  0.281      (G Bourke    ) 0.068  7.489 -0.441
 Qualified:             #1  7.180 -0.720                        #7  7.438 -0.492

kamplain made his burnout and then came back very slowly, briefly stalling. He got it restarted. Then he left a bit early, sliding the front tires through the beams. Butner races Ambrose next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 353 Bruno Massel                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.716 16.134  83.71
                                                DD/AT Index: 8.30 (+/-):  7.834
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (C Bozic     ) 0.034  8.108 -0.192
 Qualified:                                                       #2  7.637 -0.663

Massel drove around the water box and made an easy bye run. He races Barone next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink