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Sat, 25 Oct 2003, 10:39 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 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-- (+/-)
 5413 Cordis Johnson                       7098 Tom Mettler
E1   ****WINNER****  0.218 10.260  0.190                           No Time
      H/SMA Index: 10.07                          PST Index: 8.24
 Qualified:             #4  9.354 -0.716                       #20  7.668 -0.572

7:08 PM Mettler breaks after the burnout and is pushed off the track. Johnson runs it to the 1000-foot mark and backs off the throttle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   53 Clint Sallee                          689 Maureen Jondahl
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027 11.723  4.193                    -0.042  9.934  0.294
        B/D Index: 7.53                          H/AA Index: 9.64
 Qualified:             #3  6.811 -0.719                       #19  9.064 -0.576

Jondahl red-lights giving Salle the easy win. Sallee runs it to half-track and backs off the throttle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 6180 Jirka Kaplan                          751 Tom Huggins
E1   ****WINNER****  0.368  8.515  0.505                           No Time
      BB/AM Index: 8.01                           B/A Index: 7.91
 Qualified:             #1  7.152 -0.858                       #17  7.320 -0.590

Huggins rocks out of the staging beam and didn't get back in before he was timed out. Kaplan shut down about 800 feet out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   47 Sean Dodd                            3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt
E1   ****WINNER****  0.055  7.768 -0.662                     0.300  6.816 -0.604
       PSTA Index: 8.43                          A/ED Index: 7.42
 Qualified:             #9  7.803 -0.627                       #25  6.868 -0.552

Dodd takes the win but will also take a permanent CIC hit to his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7026 Ken Duttweiler                       7298 Scott Hedlund
E1                  -0.168  9.852  2.172     ****WINNER****  0.106  8.887 -0.083
      BB/AT Index: 7.68                          B/SM Index: 8.97
 Qualified:             #2  6.890 -0.790                       #18  8.383 -0.587

Duttweiler leaves real early and gives the easy win to Hedlund.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5731 Tom Schmidt                          7777 Phil Cocuzza
E1                   0.065  8.813 -0.617     ****WINNER****  0.024  8.053 -0.627
       C/SR Index: 9.43                          B/EA Index: 8.68
 Qualified:            #26  8.878 -0.552                       #10  8.054 -0.626

Schmidt picks up more than .05 from his qualifying but can't hold off Cocuzza. Cocuzza will take a CIC hit.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  527 Brad Klein                           7406 Vinnie Deceglie
E1                  -0.148  7.442 -0.468     ****WINNER****  0.046  7.017 -0.343
        B/A Index: 7.91                           A/A Index: 7.36
 Qualified:            #23  7.354 -0.556                        #7  6.706 -0.654

Klein leaves real early and hands the win to Deceglie.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4937 Buddy Nickens                           5 Scott Tidwell
E1                   0.071  8.593 -0.587     ****WINNER****  0.058  7.804 -0.626
       B/TA Index: 9.18                          PSTA Index: 8.43
 Qualified:            #30  8.641 -0.539                       #14  7.831 -0.599

Tidwell reels in Nickens but takes a CIC hit in the process.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4006 Mike Trumble                          775 Rick Braun
E1   ****WINNER****  0.090  8.173 -0.637                     0.054  8.402 -0.588
      A/SMA Index: 8.81                          C/EA Index: 8.99
 Qualified:            #12  8.208 -0.602                       #28  8.446 -0.544

Trumble drives by Braun at the stripe and takes a CIC hit. Mike Trumble's MOV: 0.0134 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  720 J.D. Zink                            7767 Alan Ellis
E1                  -0.042  7.214 -0.616     ****WINNER****  0.085  9.296  1.756
       A/ND Index: 7.83                          A/AA Index: 7.54
 Qualified:             #6  7.150 -0.680                       #22  6.979 -0.561

....and yet another red-light, Zink runs almost .62 under in a losing cause.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5562 Jeff Cunningham                      7295 Steve Wilmoth
E1   ****WINNER****  0.061  8.881  0.091                     0.105 11.083  1.653
       K/AA Index: 8.79                          C/SR Index: 9.43
 Qualified:            #31  8.253 -0.537                       #15  8.833 -0.597

Wilmoth leaves late, Cunningham drives around him early, and he shuts down.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2885 David Rampy                          5578 Larry Larson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  7.664 -0.466                     0.172  7.333 -0.577
       A/EA Index: 8.13                           B/A Index: 7.91
 Qualified:            #13  7.530 -0.600                       #29  7.371 -0.539

A good race, Rampy holds off Larson and doesn't hurt his index. David Rampy's MOV: 0.0081 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   10 Adam Bowdish                          706 Art Hodges
E1   ****WINNER****  0.145  9.041 -0.599                     0.279  7.556 -0.584
       F/SM Index: 9.64                           C/A Index: 8.14
 Qualified:            #11  9.021 -0.619                       #27  7.589 -0.551

Both drivers are late off the line, Hodges the worst.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 6016 Gary Anderson                        1498 Santo Volpe
E1                   0.105  8.393 -0.597     ****WINNER****  0.107  8.156 -0.624
        F/A Index: 8.99                          A/SR Index: 8.78
 Qualified:            #21  8.425 -0.565                        #5  8.075 -0.705

Volpe runs down Anderson but takes a CIC hit. He will run Rampy in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4683 Brian Self                            703 Joe Mozeris
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  7.613 -0.627                     0.038  7.084 -0.556
        PST Index: 8.24                          B/ED Index: 7.64
 Qualified:            #16  7.644 -0.596                       #32  7.117 -0.523

...and the CIC hits keep coming. Self holds off Mozeris but will lose .12 in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7189 Dean Carter                             8 Mike De Palma Jr
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.263  7.433 -0.397                    -0.500  7.686 -0.224
       A/ND Index: 7.83                           B/A Index: 7.91
 Qualified:            #24  7.278 -0.552                        #8  7.264 -0.646

DePalma left before the third amber and gave Carter the easy win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink