Sun, 26 Oct 2003, 12:35 AM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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-- (+/-)
5562 Jeff Cunningham 7406 Vinnie Deceglie
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.100 8.259 -0.531 0.002 8.188 0.828
K/AA Index: 8.79 A/A Index: 7.36
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Wilmoth ) 0.061 8.881 0.091 (B Klein ) 0.046 7.017 -0.343
Qualified: #31 8.253 -0.537 #7 6.706 -0.654
Cunningham gets a
break here, he was late off the line, then Deceglie shakes the tires hard, gets out of the
groove and has to lift.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
4006 Mike Trumble 5413 Cordis Johnson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.083 8.901 0.221 No Time
A/SMA Index: 8.68 H/SMA Index: 10.07
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Braun ) 0.090 8.173 -0.637 (T Mettler ) 0.218 10.260 0.190
Qualified: #12 8.208 -0.602 #4 9.354 -0.716
Johnson times out on the tree and gives Trumble the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
5 Scott Tidwell 7767 Alan Ellis
E2 0.018 7.775 -0.535 ****WINNER**** 0.005 6.983 -0.557
PSTA Index: 8.31 A/AA Index: 7.54
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Nickens ) 0.058 7.804 -0.626 (J Zink ) 0.085 9.296 1.756
Qualified: #14 7.831 -0.599 #22 6.979 -0.561
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
10 Adam Bowdish 53 Clint Sallee
E2 0.048 8.947 -0.603 ****WINNER**** 0.008 6.846 -0.684
F/SM Index: 9.55 B/D Index: 7.53
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Hodges ) 0.145 9.041 -0.599 (M Jondahl ) 0.027 11.723 4.193
Qualified: #11 9.021 -0.619 #3 6.811 -0.719
Sallee takes a big CIC on this pass, .184.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
47 Sean Dodd 6180 Jirka Kaplan
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.172 7.939 -0.331 0.065 8.023 0.013
PSTA Index: 8.27 BB/AM Index: 8.01
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Gebhardt ) 0.055 7.768 -0.662 (T Huggins ) 0.368 8.515 0.505
Qualified: #9 7.803 -0.627 #1 7.152 -0.858
Kaplan caught Dodd by the 330-foot mark, then backed off the throttle at the 1000 foot
mark.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
4683 Brian Self 7189 Dean Carter
E2 0.049 7.589 -0.531 ****WINNER**** 0.099 7.248 -0.582
PST Index: 8.12 A/ND Index: 7.83
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Mozeris ) 0.022 7.613 -0.627 (M De Palma ) -0.263 7.433 -0.397
Qualified: #16 7.644 -0.596 #24 7.278 -0.552
Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0019 seconds (approximately 6 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
7298 Scott Hedlund 7777 Phil Cocuzza
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.032 11.291 2.321 -0.060 12.324 3.764
B/SM Index: 8.97 B/EA Index: 8.56
Prior rounds:
E1 (K Duttweiler) 0.106 8.887 -0.083 (T Schmidt ) 0.024 8.053 -0.627
Qualified: #18 8.383 -0.587 #10 8.054 -0.626
Cocuzza red-lights and gives Hedlund the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
1498 Santo Volpe 2885 David Rampy
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.043 8.034 -0.626 0.098 7.449 -0.681
A/SR Index: 8.66 A/EA Index: 8.13
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Anderson ) 0.107 8.156 -0.624 (L Larson ) 0.053 7.664 -0.466
Qualified: #5 8.075 -0.705 #13 7.530 -0.600
Volpe did what he had to do, picking up .05 on the tree, but taking a big CIC hit going into
tomorrow's eliminations. Santo Volpe's MOV: 0.0006 seconds (approximately 2 inches).
Third round pairings will be Dodd vs. Volpe, Sallee vs. Cunningham, Hedlund vs. Ellis and
Trumble vs. Carter.
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