Sun, 12 Oct 2003, 03:55 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 18th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4006 Mike Trumble                         4683 Brian Self
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.091 -0.539                     0.024  7.550 -0.490
      A/SMA Index: 8.63                           PST Index: 8.04
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Schmidt   ) 0.055  8.125 -0.575      (R Freeman   ) 0.070  7.534 -0.566
E1    (C Johnson   ) -0.018  8.713  0.013      (D Smiley    ) 0.070  7.611 -0.489
 Qualified:            #18  8.242 -0.458                        #6  7.568 -0.532

Mike Trumble's MOV: 0.0482 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    5 Scott Tidwell                        4025 Joey Tanksley
E3                   0.016  7.730 -0.480     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.972 -0.498
       PSTA Index: 8.21                          B/ED Index: 7.47
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Klein     ) 0.063  7.708 -0.572      (D Mitchell  ) 0.023  7.484  0.014
E1    (J Miller    ) 0.026  7.772 -0.518      (T Buff      ) 0.105  6.969 -0.541
 Qualified:             #3  7.727 -0.563                        #7  6.979 -0.531

Joey Tanksley's MOV: 0.0116 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4937 Buddy Nickens                         424 Michael Park
E3                   0.056  8.478 -0.512     ****WINNER****  0.036  8.663 -0.537
       B/TA Index: 8.99                         D/SMA Index: 9.20
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Brogdon   ) 0.005  8.482 -0.538      (T Huggins   ) 0.028  9.257  0.057
E1    (J Shalkowski) 0.018  8.525 -0.495      (G Williams  ) 0.028  8.757 -0.443
 Qualified:             #9  8.507 -0.513                        #5  8.665 -0.535

Michael Park's MOV: 0.0458 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    3 Larry Pritchett                      2885 David Rampy
E3                   0.076  8.252 -0.568     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.446 -0.544
       B/SM Index: 8.82                          A/EA Index: 7.99
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Ross      ) 0.036  8.334 -0.486      (S Dodd      ) 0.079  7.955 -0.035
E1    (G Porter    ) 0.042  8.708 -0.112      (D Cook      ) 0.033  7.493 -0.497
 Qualified:             #4  8.272 -0.548                       #16  7.515 -0.475

David Rampy's MOV: 0.0141 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Park vs Tanksley and Trumble vs Rampy in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink