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Fri, 6 Jun 2008, 07:04 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3505 Mike Graves                          7910 Frank Cervelli               
E1                  -0.027  7.956 171.42     ****WINNER****  0.051  7.276 149.22
        D/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.404            C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.354
 Qualified:            #27  7.956 -0.404                       #11  7.124 -0.506

5:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 3,570 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Graces leaves a little too quickly and gives Cervelli the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3316 Mike Hazlett                          330 Brian Browell                
E1                   0.047  7.170 192.14     ****WINNER****  0.041  7.266 173.12
        B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.480             D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.554
 Qualified:            #23  7.204 -0.446                        #7  7.262 -0.558

Browell takes the win but will take a CIC adjustment in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  564 Matt Harris                          3068 Steve Ambrose                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.078  8.255 136.28                    -0.055  9.330  94.43
        E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.105            J/AA Index: 8.40 (+/-):  0.930
 Qualified:            #26  7.925 -0.435                       #10  7.879 -0.521

Ambrose is a little too quick off the line, Harris gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                            346 Mike Farrell                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.111  8.392 157.10                     0.046  7.432 176.51
       B/TA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.538            A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.468
 Qualified:             #8  8.404 -0.526                       #24  7.456 -0.444

Rick Brown's MOV: 0.0050 seconds (approximately 16 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3015 Bill Yates                              5 Jason Coan                   
E1                   0.052  6.743 201.85     ****WINNER****  0.014  8.316 153.79
       A/ED Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.477            G/EA Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.584
 Qualified:            #18  6.756 -0.464                        #2  8.267 -0.633

Coan is first off the line and stays on the throttle all the way through the run. he will take a CIC adjustment in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3688 Fred Allen                           3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.189 146.10                     0.182  6.620 203.65
      H/SMA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.371            A/DA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.530
 Qualified:            #30  9.171 -0.389                       #14  6.655 -0.495

Gebhardt is late off the line and can't run down Allen. Fred Allen's MOV: 0.0035 seconds (approximately 13 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2000 Lee Sharp                            3000 Jerry Arnold                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.820 173.65                     0.155  8.097 163.06
       D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.460            G/ED Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.553
 Qualified:            #21  7.829 -0.451                        #5  8.083 -0.567

Arnold is late off the line and has to take a CIC hit to run down Sharp.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                          31 Robert Bailey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  7.154 185.51                     0.098  6.715 201.10
       C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.476            A/ED Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.505
 Qualified:            #29  7.233 -0.397                       #13  6.722 -0.498

Bailey spins the tires off the line and he can't run down Kamplain.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                         3002 Pat Ross                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  8.038 162.08                     0.021  8.235 163.37
       B/SR Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.482             F/A Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.445
 Qualified:             #3  7.925 -0.595                       #19  8.220 -0.460

Biondo gets out og the groove early but hangs on for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  214 Tim Freeman                          3483 Nick Panagiotaros            
E1                  -0.045  8.552 157.56     ****WINNER****  0.166  7.626 172.85
      D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.468            B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.014
 Qualified:            #16  8.529 -0.491                       #32  7.266 -0.374

Freeman leaves too soon and gives the win to Panagiotaros.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5185 Russ Kelly                            178 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                  -0.009  6.912 195.08     ****WINNER****  0.029  8.327 140.17
       A/AP Index: 7.32 (+/-): -0.408            C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.393
 Qualified:            #28  6.922 -0.398                       #12  8.215 -0.505

Kelly just misses the tree and gives the win to Fletcher. Fletcher backs off the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                            7 Jim Cowan                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.115  9.149 145.72                     0.049  8.456 162.06
       H/SM Index: 9.57 (+/-): -0.421            I/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.334
 Qualified:            #25  9.127 -0.443                        #9  8.267 -0.523


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Charlie Greco                           8 Sal Biondo                   
E1                   0.043  7.779 172.67     ****WINNER****  0.010  8.254 156.64
       D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.501            I/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.536
 Qualified:            #15  7.786 -0.494                       #33  8.445 -0.345

Biondi gets the hole-shot and holds off Greco for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                     353 Bruno Massel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  7.548 155.11                     0.180  9.046 167.49
       A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.352           DD/AT Index: 8.05 (+/-):  0.996
 Qualified:            #20  7.446 -0.454                        #4  7.480 -0.570

Massel has problems off the line.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona                           4 Craig Bourgeois              
E1                   0.037  8.415 154.33     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.169 161.79
       G/EA Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.485            B/ND Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.501
 Qualified:            #17  8.421 -0.479                        #1  7.000 -0.670

Bourgeois gets the hole-shot and runs down Aragona without hitting his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  220 Jeff Taylor                          2885 David Rampy                  
E1                   0.114  9.232 123.66     ****WINNER****  0.032  7.453 151.58
      H/SMA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.328            A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.447
 Qualified:            #22  9.112 -0.448                        #6  7.333 -0.567

Rampy gets a big hole-shot and drives by Taylor for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink