Mon, 22 Sep 2003, 02:57 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th annual O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5413 Cordis Johnson                       3651 Charlie Westcott Jr
E4                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.190  9.448 -0.322
      F/SMA Index: 9.44                          H/SM Index: 9.77
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Mawhee    ) 0.036  8.986 -0.454      (B Browell   ) 0.115  9.321 -0.449
E2    (D Mitchell  ) 0.108  8.940 -0.660      (D Eaton     ) 0.073  9.264 -0.516
E1    (M Johnson   ) 0.033  9.810  0.210      (K Nowling   ) 0.019  9.328 -0.452
 Qualified:             #4  8.970 -0.630                       #14  9.258 -0.522

1:50 PM Johnson starts to stage, brings the RPM's up and rolls the beams.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  424 Michael Park                         4097 Pete Carbery
E4   ****WINNER****  0.028  8.730 -0.500                     0.135  7.240 -0.460
      D/SMA Index: 9.23                           B/A Index: 7.70
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Rampy     ) 0.031  8.728 -0.572      (B Gibbs     ) 0.129  7.252 -0.448
E2    (F Allen     ) 0.051  8.814 -0.486      (G Treadwell ) 0.133  7.195 -0.605
E1                   0.036  9.124 -0.176      (D Bastin    ) 0.112  7.298 -0.502
 Qualified:             #1  8.567 -0.733                        #7  7.246 -0.554

Both of these guys took CIC's in earlier rounds, Park .07 and Carbery .10. Park gets a big advantage off the line and holds off Carbery for the win. He will take on Westcott in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink