Sun, 5 Nov 2006, 06:23 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Shortline Express Markets Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt                      610 John Edwards                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.071  6.684 198.00                     0.035  7.615 178.71
       A/ED Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.546            C/AA Index: 8.12 (+/-): -0.505
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Tanksley  ) 0.073  6.723 -0.637      (J Lane      ) 0.054  7.617 -0.523
E2    (T Patterson ) 0.396  8.797  1.437      (M DePalma   ) 0.086  7.634 -0.556
E1    (D Barcelon  ) -0.011  8.049  0.689      (B Plourd    ) 0.050  7.718 -0.472
 Qualified:             #4  6.661 -0.699                       #22  7.600 -0.590

Jacklyn Gebhardt's MOV: 0.0052 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

The car is starting to come along and Jackie is going rounds. She'll be in the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Craig Bourgeois                         1 Jeff Taylor                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.029 177.56                     0.121  8.697 153.61
       A/ND Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.451            E/SM Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.473
 Prior rounds:
E3    (V Deceglie  ) 0.032  7.000 -0.480      (J Cowan     ) 0.034  9.134 -0.036
E2    (L Sharp     ) 0.009  6.973 -0.647      (T Huggins   ) 0.004  8.662 -0.688
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.032  7.117 -0.533      (J Allen Sher) 0.035  8.847 -0.523
 Qualified:            #15  7.015 -0.635                        #5  8.686 -0.684

Thriller's on the line, getting Craig staged.

Taylor is way late, and Bo Butner is the 2006 Lucas Oil Competition Eliminator Champion.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink