Sun, 1 Jun 2008, 01:52 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4097 Pete Carbery                         5158 Steve Kalkowski              
E3                   0.118  7.209 190.97     ****WINNER****  0.032  7.152 190.22
        B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.441             B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.498
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Massel    ) 0.022 13.370  5.720      (R Brown     ) -0.081  7.278 -0.372
E1    (R Brogdon   ) 0.059  7.366 -0.284      (W Hatcher   ) 0.071  7.180 -0.470
 Qualified:            #15  7.150 -0.500                       #11  7.122 -0.528

12:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 3,559 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Steve Kalkowski's MOV: 0.1438 seconds (approximately 40 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  178 Dan Fletcher                          564 Matt Harris                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.062  8.318 147.01                    -0.030  8.286 135.05
       C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.402             E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.074
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Ficco     ) 0.057  8.337 -0.383      (S Dodd      ) 0.060  8.347 -0.013
E1    (C McGaha    ) 0.083  8.399 -0.321      (S Matusek   ) 0.027  8.278 -0.082
 Qualified:            #13  8.211 -0.509                       #17  7.875 -0.485

Harris is early at the tree and Fletcher advances. He'll face Kalkowski in the semi's.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Craig Bourgeois                      2885 David Rampy                  
E3                   0.065  7.125 183.97     ****WINNER****  0.026  7.363 178.14
       B/ND Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.545            A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.537
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Benham    ) 0.089  7.167 -0.503      (R Goodman   ) 0.015  7.507 -0.393
E1    (C Johnson   ) 0.048  7.293 -0.377      (D Smiley    ) 0.012  7.501 -0.399
 Qualified:             #8  7.117 -0.553                        #4  7.324 -0.576

Two great drivers here and Rampy gets the win light. David Rampy's MOV: 0.0315 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  330 Brian Browell                          16 Arnie Martel                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004  7.999 117.36                    -0.010 18.066  63.86
        D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-):  0.179            B/SR Index: 8.52 (+/-):  9.546
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Tanksley  ) 0.038  7.319 -0.501      (B Antony    ) 0.033  8.032 -0.488
E1    (M Johnson   ) 0.038  7.443 -0.377      (T Patterson ) 0.042  8.044 -0.476
 Qualified:             #6  7.260 -0.560                        #2  7.925 -0.595

Martel lifted as soon as he realized he'd lit the red bulb. Browell was off the throttle well before the finish. Browell versus Rampy in the semi's.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink