Sun, 28 Oct 2007, 04:32 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                            2 Sal Biondo                   
E3                   0.061  8.626 155.65     ****WINNER****  0.025  8.399 154.02
      D/SMA Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.494            C/EA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.471
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Carter    ) 0.589 17.131  8.011      (T Patterson ) 0.063  8.385 -0.485
E1    (M Johnson   ) 0.042  8.617 -0.563      (G Lockman   ) 0.034  8.451 -0.419
 Qualified:            #15  8.575 -0.605                       #27  8.298 -0.572

1:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,077 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Biondo gets the hole-shot and drives around Lambeck for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Jeff Taylor                          3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  8.769 147.17                     0.000  6.750 198.09
       E/SM Index: 9.32 (+/-): -0.551            A/ED Index: 7.25 (+/-): -0.500
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Ficco     ) 0.037  9.336  0.016      (A Ellis     ) 0.007  6.743 -0.597
E1    (J Edwards   ) 0.048  9.401  0.081      (T Mettler   ) 0.042  7.050 -0.290
 Qualified:            #10  8.687 -0.633                       #22  6.759 -0.581

Gebhardt gets a perfectlight but can't run down Taylor.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Bo Butner                               5 Lee Zane                     
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.129 169.42                     0.010  9.255 143.23
       CC/A Index: 7.70 (+/-): -0.571            L/AA Index: 9.72 (+/-): -0.465
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.073  8.424  0.724      (A Bowdish   ) 0.094 10.048  0.328
E1    (S Dodd      ) 0.069  8.278  0.578      (D Gruninger ) 0.042 10.084  0.364
 Qualified:             #5  7.062 -0.638                       #25  9.143 -0.577

Zane gets the hole-shot, Butner drives around on the big end and will take a CIC adjustment in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4025 Joey Tanksley                          76 Vinnie Deceglie              
E3                   0.062  7.279 160.23     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.632 206.76
        C/D Index: 7.58 (+/-): -0.301             A/A Index: 7.13 (+/-): -0.498
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Cowan     ) 0.097  7.072 -0.568      (T Huggins   ) 0.205  6.857 -0.273
E1    (J Zink      ) 0.067  7.134 -0.536      (S Holloway  ) 0.071  6.627 -0.603
 Qualified:            #32  7.141 -0.529                       #28  6.666 -0.564

Deceglie gets the hole-shot and is able to save his index for the next round.

In the next round it will be Butner vs. Biondo and Taylor vs. Deceglie.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink