Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 02:24 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                           2885 David Rampy                  
E3                   0.025  8.458 157.61     ****WINNER****  0.032  7.394 157.36
       B/TA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.472            A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.506
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Yates     ) 0.034  8.506 -0.424      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.033  7.451 -0.449
E1    (D Doll Jr   ) 0.016  8.459 -0.471      (S Chamness  ) 0.030  7.599 -0.301
 Qualified:             #9  8.387 -0.543                        #5  7.335 -0.565

2:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,468 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

David Rampy's MOV: 0.0277 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Charlie Greco                           1 Frank Aragona                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.001  7.741 172.52                     0.043  8.384 154.21
       D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.539            G/EA Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.506
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Coan      ) 0.004  7.807 -0.473      (P Biondo    ) 0.082  9.096  0.206
E1    (M Farrell   ) 0.057  7.793 -0.487      (B Browell   ) 0.027  8.625 -0.265
 Qualified:            #12  7.780 -0.500                       #24  8.445 -0.445

Charlie Greco's MOV: 0.0757 seconds (approximately 17 feet). He paid a bit to the CIC gods for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Craig Bourgeois                        31 Robert Bailey                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.067  7.022 180.02                     0.090  6.684 202.30
       B/ND Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.578            A/ED Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.536
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Biondo    ) 0.055  7.096 -0.534      (L Morgan    ) 0.000  6.721 -0.499
E1    (L Johnson   ) 0.042  7.128 -0.522      (G Merrick   ) 0.064  6.748 -0.472
 Qualified:             #2  7.045 -0.605                       #14  6.735 -0.485

Craig Bourgeois' MOV: 0.0654 seconds (approximately 19 feet). He paid a big price to the CIC gods for the win, taking a two thousandths permanent adjustment.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Pat Ross                               16 Arnie Martel                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.049  8.188 163.95                     0.143  7.915 166.72
        F/A Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.492            B/SR Index: 8.48 (+/-): -0.565
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Pritchett ) 0.039  8.227 -0.453      (S Kent      ) 0.005  7.995 -0.485
E1    (S Ambrose   ) 0.059  8.340 -0.340      (R Vierheller) 0.037  8.014 -0.466
 Qualified:            #23  8.232 -0.448                        #3  7.899 -0.581

Martel was late and could not run Ross down. Pat Ross' MOV: 0.0217 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Ross races Rampy and Bourgeois races Greco in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink