Sun, 30 Sep 2007, 05:42 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Third annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                    143Y Doug Doll Jr.                
E4                  -0.002  7.423 163.95     ****WINNER****  0.066  8.849 114.56
       A/EA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.447            F/ED Index: 8.79 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Rampy     ) 0.024  7.499 -0.401      (B Butner    ) 0.064  8.287 -0.613
E2    (J Plant     ) 0.019  7.516 -0.354      (J Arnold    ) 0.015  8.404 -0.496
E1    (L Morgan    ) 0.178  7.367 -0.533      (S Talarowski) 0.044  8.560 -0.340
 Qualified:            #17  7.377 -0.523                       #11  8.301 -0.599

5:36 p.m. Billingsley is too early and Doll is going to the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3068 Steve Ambrose                        5250 Todd Patterson               
E4                   0.036  7.886 164.81     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.984 161.04
       J/AA Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.504            B/SR Index: 8.51 (+/-): -0.526
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Ackerman  ) 0.036  7.886 -0.514      (R Vierheller) 0.016  8.386 -0.124
E2    (S Biondo    ) -0.008  9.176  0.776      (R Brown     ) 0.042  8.004 -0.526
E1    (B Stufflebea) 0.114  8.380 -0.020      (M Rose      ) 0.085  8.418 -0.112
 Qualified:            #16  7.869 -0.531                        #6  7.890 -0.640

Almost even at the tree, Patterson takes the stripe and the win. Todd Patterson's MOV: 0.0239 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink