Sun, 1 Jun 2008, 03:14 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 4 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
  178 Dan Fletcher                         5158 Steve Kalkowski              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.022  8.228 163.77                     0.065  7.144 191.54
       C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.492             B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.506
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Harris    ) 0.062  8.318 -0.402      (P Carbery   ) 0.032  7.152 -0.498
E2    (L Ficco     ) 0.057  8.337 -0.383      (R Brown     ) -0.081  7.278 -0.372
E1    (C McGaha    ) 0.083  8.399 -0.321      (W Hatcher   ) 0.071  7.180 -0.470
 Qualified:            #13  8.211 -0.509                       #11  7.122 -0.528

2:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.81 inches, adjusted altitude 3,848 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Fletcher is better at the tree and he's going to the final round. Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0293 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  330 Brian Browell                        2885 David Rampy                  
E4                   0.069  7.283 181.81     ****WINNER****  0.012  7.338 172.06
        D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.537            A/EA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.532
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Martel    ) 0.004  7.999  0.179      (C Bourgeois ) 0.026  7.363 -0.537
E2    (J Tanksley  ) 0.038  7.319 -0.501      (R Goodman   ) 0.015  7.507 -0.393
E1    (M Johnson   ) 0.038  7.443 -0.377      (D Smiley    ) 0.012  7.501 -0.399
 Qualified:             #6  7.260 -0.560                        #4  7.324 -0.576

It's Rampy versus Fletcher in the final round. David Rampy's MOV: 0.0525 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink