Sat, 1 Nov 2008, 05:46 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Bob Orme |
LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
62 Mark Stewart 4097 Pete Carbery
E1 -0.010 9.201 134.52 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.988 122.31
G/SMA Index: 9.52 (+/-): -0.319 B/A Index: 7.77 (+/-): 0.218
Qualified: #32 9.023 -0.497 #16 7.201 -0.569
2:16 p.m.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
78 Tom Mettler 3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 7.623 175.80 0.069 7.220 184.14
PST Index: 8.15 (+/-): -0.527 A/DA Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.040
Qualified: #23 7.616 -0.534 #7 6.632 -0.628
Gebhardt was skating around after the launch.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
799 Steve Graham 529Y Steve Holloway
E1 0.168 7.617 177.72 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.926 185.31
C/A Index: 8.12 (+/-): -0.503 A/AA Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.364
Qualified: #30 7.620 -0.500 #14 6.699 -0.591
Steve Holloway's MOV: 0.0156 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Dean Carter 7910 Frank Cervelli
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.191 174.44 0.049 7.212 181.42
B/ND Index: 7.70 (+/-): -0.509 C/DA Index: 7.70 (+/-): -0.488
Qualified: #11 7.089 -0.611 #27 7.176 -0.524
Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0503 seconds (approximately 13 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6054 Brandon Huhtala 2780 Grant Lewis
E1 -0.016 8.830 111.90 ****WINNER**** 0.004 9.752 106.54
C/A Index: 8.12 (+/-): 0.710 H/SMA Index: 9.73 (+/-): 0.022
Qualified: #9 7.502 -0.618 #25 9.204 -0.526
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5883 Brad Waddle 2000 Lee Sharp
E1 -0.032 6.743 202.24 ****WINNER**** 0.015 9.174 103.10
A/A Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.487 D/SMA Index: 9.16 (+/-): 0.014
Qualified: #29 6.728 -0.502 #13 8.565 -0.595
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
44 Charles Watson Jr. 5158 Steve Kalkowski
E1 0.063 8.922 152.93 ****WINNER**** 0.077 7.214 176.17
F/SM Index: 9.44 (+/-): -0.518 B/A Index: 7.77 (+/-): -0.556
Qualified: #21 8.889 -0.551 #5 7.139 -0.631
Steve Kalkowski's MOV: 0.0245 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He'll face Sharp in round
two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7771 Ed Sigmon 74 Doug Lambeck
E1 0.081 9.101 113.36 ****WINNER**** 0.030 8.733 138.81
C/SR Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.179 D/SMA Index: 9.16 (+/-): -0.427
Qualified: #20 8.729 -0.551 #4 8.525 -0.635
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
718 Alan Freese 730G Shane Gray
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.030 12.759 72.23 -0.029 10.234 88.56
C/AA Index: 8.16 (+/-): 4.599 B/A Index: 7.77 (+/-): 2.464
Qualified: #17 7.597 -0.563 #1 7.088 -0.682
Gray lit the red bulb and Freese started trailing smoke at about 300 feet. Freese will face
Lewis in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6660 Adam Bowdish 4444 Bob Hass
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.021 9.237 147.99 0.033 7.568 180.96
H/SM Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.493 B/AP Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.452
Qualified: #26 9.205 -0.525 #10 7.405 -0.615
Adam Bowdish's MOV: 0.0531 seconds (approximately 14 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7009 Ross Wilson 500 Lou Ficco Jr.
E1 0.053 8.516 143.02 ****WINNER**** 0.007 7.481 159.23
C/SMA Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.484 B/AP Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.539
Qualified: #18 8.438 -0.562 #2 7.355 -0.665
Lou Ficco Jr.'s MOV: 0.1015 seconds (approximately 21 feet). He'll face Bowdish in round
two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
610 John Edwards 714D Kyle Rizzoli
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 8.220 127.22 No Time
C/AA Index: 8.16 (+/-): 0.060 B/DA Index: 7.52 (+/-): 92.479
Qualified: #6 7.530 -0.630 #22 6.976 -0.544
Rizzoli timed out at the tree. Edwards will face Holloway in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
703 Joe Mozeris 5250 Todd Patterson
E1 0.085 8.869 103.09 ****WINNER**** 0.070 7.939 155.83
B/ED Index: 7.61 (+/-): 1.259 D/A Index: 8.45 (+/-): -0.511
Qualified: #28 7.099 -0.511 #12 7.849 -0.601
Mozeris' performance was off for no apparent reason. Patterson will face Lambeck in round
two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6944 Bob Marshall 1136 Peter Biondo
E1 -0.033 7.368 162.80 ****WINNER**** 0.047 9.030 102.87
B/AA Index: 7.77 (+/-): -0.402 F/AA Index: 8.77 (+/-): 0.260
Qualified: #24 7.237 -0.533 #8 8.144 -0.626
Biondo will face Carbery in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
16 Arnie Martel 4487 Sean Dodd
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.068 9.371 142.48 0.092 7.294 166.89
I/SMA Index: 9.89 (+/-): -0.519 B/A Index: 7.77 (+/-): -0.476
Qualified: #19 9.329 -0.561 #3 7.107 -0.663
Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0673 seconds (approximately 16 feet). He'll face Carter in round
two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
76 David Beckley 178 Dan Fletcher
E1 -0.060 10.277 90.54 ****WINNER**** 0.081 8.456 132.96
C/A Index: 8.12 (+/-): 2.157 F/AA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.314
Qualified: #33 7.629 -0.491 #15 8.182 -0.588
Beckley is in as an alternate for Mark Wolfe. Fletcher will face Mettler in round two.
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