Sat, 20 Sep 2008, 07:34 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4548 Keith Mawhee 4254 Scott Benham
E2 0.054 8.258 163.51 ****WINNER**** 0.056 8.595 147.02
F/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.382 E/SM Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.485
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Shook ) 0.078 8.378 -0.262 (D Cook Jr ) 0.159 8.574 -0.566
Qualified: #16 8.157 -0.483 #8 8.562 -0.578
Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.45
inches, adjusted altitude 3,378 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4097 Pete Carbery 730G Shane Gray
E2 0.065 7.310 161.75 ****WINNER**** 0.176 7.115 192.25
B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.330 B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.525
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Williams ) 0.010 7.102 -0.538 (B Waddle ) 0.045 7.209 -0.431
Qualified: #10 7.067 -0.573 #2 7.020 -0.620
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
415F Jason Richey 440D Scott Cashio
E2 0.086 8.728 123.94 ****WINNER**** 0.080 9.056 127.51
F/EA Index: 8.69 (+/-): 0.038 G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.304
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Holland ) 0.218 9.279 0.589 (G Porter ) 0.107 8.883 -0.477
Qualified: #20 8.247 -0.443 #12 8.846 -0.514
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4006 Mike Trumble 527 Brad Klein
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.021 8.098 165.38 0.090 7.414 183.74
A/SMA Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.462 B/AP Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.466
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Maris ) 0.019 8.118 -0.442 (R Brogdon ) 0.076 7.401 -0.479
Qualified: #14 8.061 -0.499 #22 7.451 -0.429
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4440 Kevin Self 53 Tom Schmidt
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.165 8.106 151.85 0.118 8.423 150.58
F/EA Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.584 C/T Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.517
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Johnson ) 0.011 8.235 -0.455 (D Smiley ) 0.081 8.886 -0.054
Qualified: #1 8.027 -0.663 #9 8.364 -0.576
Kevin Self's MOV: 0.0202 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
429 Raymond Martin 5776 Bub Miller
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.093 7.815 153.13 0.056 9.279 144.60
K/AA Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.565 I/SMA Index: 9.74 (+/-): -0.461
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Johnson ) 0.031 7.995 -0.385 (C Smiley ) 0.041 9.270 -0.470
Qualified: #7 7.799 -0.581 #31 9.516 -0.224
Miller gets the starting line advantage, but Martin chases him down. aparently Martin got on
the brakes hard at the finish line and the car went out of control. The word from the top end is
Martin is out of the car and walking around.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2885 David Rampy 4487 Sean Dodd
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.041 7.387 168.68 0.029 7.184 195.28
A/EA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.483 B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.456
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Warren ) 0.033 7.483 -0.387 (A White ) -0.083 7.365 -0.275
Qualified: #3 7.262 -0.608 #11 7.089 -0.551
David Rampy's MOV: 0.0155 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4799 Bill Kent 484 Stephen Rosen
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.059 7.300 151.00 -0.006 8.816 114.81
C/D Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.200 G/ED Index: 8.63 (+/-): 0.186
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Self ) 0.082 7.094 -0.406 (D Howerton ) 0.012 9.500 0.870
Qualified: #13 6.994 -0.506 #5 8.042 -0.588
Self vs. Kent, Rampy vs. Martin, Gray vs. Trumble, and Cashio vs. Benham
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