Sun, 26 Oct 2003, 06:23 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Jonathan Adams

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7189 Dean Carter                          7298 Scott Hedlund
E4   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.180 -0.540                     0.021  8.408 -0.472
       A/ND Index: 7.72                          B/SM Index: 8.88
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Trumble Jr) 0.027  7.213 -0.537      (A Ellis     ) 0.110  8.371 -0.599
E2    (B Self      ) 0.099  7.248 -0.582      (P Cocuzza   ) 0.032 11.291  2.321
E1    (M De Palma  ) -0.263  7.433 -0.397      (K Duttweiler) 0.106  8.887 -0.083
 Qualified:            #24  7.278 -0.552                       #18  8.383 -0.587

3:14 p.m. This should be good, as Carter has lost just two hundredths more than Hedlund in CIC.

Great lights for both, and Carter goes to the final with his best run of the event.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   53 Clint Sallee                         1498 Santo Volpe
E4   ****WINNER****  0.048  6.825 -0.525                     0.036  8.035 -0.505
        B/D Index: 7.35                          A/SR Index: 8.54
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Cunningham) 0.169  9.219  1.869      (S Dodd      ) 0.010  8.058 -0.482
E2    (A Bowdish   ) 0.008  6.846 -0.684      (D Rampy     ) 0.043  8.034 -0.626
E1    (M Jondahl   ) 0.027 11.723  4.193      (G Anderson  ) 0.107  8.156 -0.624
 Qualified:             #3  6.811 -0.719                        #5  8.075 -0.705

Sallee comes in .18 lighter, while Volpe has lost a whopping .24. Volpe gets the holeshot, but can't hold off the hard-charging dragster. Sallee wins by .008. The Comp final will be an all-dragster affair.

3:18 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink