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Sat, 7 Jun 2008, 12:18 PM

Competition Eliminator Allstar Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator Allstar at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 24th annual NHRA Jeg's Allstars:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Sal Biondo                           7910 Frank Cervelli               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062  8.223 160.59                     0.048  7.098 187.18
       I/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.567            C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.532
 Qualified:             #8  8.445 -0.345                        #4  7.124 -0.506

11:10 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,211 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.
Cervelli is from D-2, Biondo is the blocker from D-1.

Cervelli gets the hole-shot but can't hold off Biondo.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                            5 Jason Coan                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.059  9.136 136.15                    -0.039  8.321 156.03
       H/SM Index: 9.57 (+/-): -0.434            G/EA Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.579
 Qualified:             #6  9.127 -0.443                        #2  8.267 -0.633

Coan leaves too soon and gives the win to Bowdish.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona                           4 Craig Bourgeois              
E1                   0.021  8.385 154.17     ****WINNER****  0.057  7.092 169.25
       G/EA Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.515            B/ND Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.578
 Qualified:             #5  8.421 -0.479                        #1  7.000 -0.670

Aragona is first off the line but Bourgeois reels him in and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  564 Matt Harris                             7 Jim Cowan                    
E1                   0.107  7.940 171.55     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.347 152.57
        E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.420            I/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.443
 Qualified:             #7  7.925 -0.435                        #3  8.267 -0.523

Cowan gets a big hole-shot and gets the win for D-7.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink