Sun, 8 Jun 2008, 05:54 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 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
 1136 Peter Biondo                            8 Sal Biondo                   
E3                   0.025  8.002 162.65     ****WINNER****  0.031  8.276 160.35
       B/SR Index: 8.48 (+/-): -0.478            I/AA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.484
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Cervelli  ) 0.022  7.979 -0.541      (B Browell   ) 0.035  8.524 -0.236
E1    (P Ross      ) 0.042  8.038 -0.482      (C Greco     ) 0.010  8.254 -0.536
 Qualified:             #3  7.925 -0.595                       #33  8.445 -0.345

4:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.12 inches, adjusted altitude 3,951 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Sal Biondo's MOV: 0.0003 seconds (approximately 1 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2885 David Rampy                             5 Jason Coan                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.032  7.385 170.69                     0.000  8.342 154.86
       A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.515            G/EA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.478
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Allen     ) 0.045  7.501 -0.399      (M Harris    ) 0.007  8.363 -0.457
E1    (J Taylor    ) 0.032  7.453 -0.447      (B Yates     ) 0.014  8.316 -0.584
 Qualified:             #6  7.333 -0.567                        #2  8.267 -0.633

David Rampy's MOV: 0.0055 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                            358 David Billingsley            
E3                   0.070  8.456 157.41     ****WINNER****  0.036  7.414 174.68
       B/TA Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.444            A/EA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.456
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Panagiotar) 0.076  8.429 -0.471      (D Fletcher  ) 0.038  7.370 -0.530
E1    (M Farrell   ) 0.111  8.392 -0.538      (B Massel    ) 0.069  7.548 -0.352
 Qualified:             #8  8.404 -0.526                       #20  7.446 -0.454

Billingsley will take on Rampy in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  349 Harold Stout                            4 Craig Bourgeois              
E3                   0.056  7.213 183.77     ****WINNER****  0.031  7.202 175.91
       F/EA Index: 0.00 (+/-):  7.213            B/ND Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.468
 Prior rounds:
E2                         No Time            (A Bowdish   ) 0.026  7.199 -0.471
E1                         No Time            (F Aragona Jr) 0.016  7.169 -0.501
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                              #1  7.000 -0.670

Bourgeois gets the hole-shot and drives away for the win. He will take on Sal Biono in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink