Sun, 28 Oct 2007, 06:18 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 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
    3 Jeff Taylor                            76 Vinnie Deceglie              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.119 119.74                    -0.050 23.486  28.51
       E/SM Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.151             A/A Index: 7.13 (+/-): 16.356
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Gebhardt  ) 0.020  8.769 -0.551      (J Tanksley  ) 0.011  6.632 -0.498
E2    (L Ficco     ) 0.037  9.336  0.016      (T Huggins   ) 0.205  6.857 -0.273
E1    (J Edwards   ) 0.048  9.401  0.081      (S Holloway  ) 0.071  6.627 -0.603
 Qualified:            #10  8.687 -0.633                       #28  6.666 -0.564

3:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,270 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Deceglie leaves too early and gives Taylor the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Sal Biondo                              1 Bo Butner                    
E4                   0.035  8.302 161.94     ****WINNER****  0.009  7.065 191.10
       C/EA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.568            CC/A Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.565
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Lambeck   ) 0.025  8.399 -0.471      (L Zane      ) 0.026  7.129 -0.571
E2    (T Patterson ) 0.063  8.385 -0.485      (D Rampy     ) 0.073  8.424  0.724
E1    (G Lockman   ) 0.034  8.451 -0.419      (S Dodd      ) 0.069  8.278  0.578
 Qualified:            #27  8.298 -0.572                        #5  7.062 -0.638

Sal Biondo has no CIC penalty; Bo Butner has a 0.07 CIC penalty. Butner gets the hole-shot, drives around Biondo, then takes a permanent CIC adjustment in the win. He will take on Taylor in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink