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Sun, 31 Oct 2010, 12:14 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Charlie Greco                           3 Mike DePalma                 
E1                   0.066  9.013 132.22     ****WINNER****  0.004  8.309 157.78
       L/AA Index: 9.64 (+/-): -0.627             C/T Index: 8.92 (+/-): -0.611
 Qualified:             #3  8.953 -0.687                       #19  8.288 -0.632

8:50 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 28.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,892 feet, track temperature 71 degrees.

DePalma gets the holeshot and the win but will take a big hit to his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4264 Chris McGaha                          255 Buddy Perkinson              
E1                   0.118  8.130 166.70     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.042 181.62
        F/A Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.640             B/A Index: 7.69 (+/-): -0.648
 Qualified:            #26  8.184 -0.586                       #10  7.030 -0.660

Perkinson runs down McGaha but takes a big hit to his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4097 Pete Carbery                           77 Alan Ellis                   
E1                   0.097  7.068 174.98     ****WINNER****  0.082  6.625 201.10
        B/A Index: 7.69 (+/-): -0.622            A/AA Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.645
 Qualified:            #11  7.031 -0.659                       #27  6.684 -0.586

Ellis makes his quickest pass of the weekend and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 301X John Coughlin                        6618 Dale Giroux                  
E1                   0.043 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.008  9.326 173.21
       C/SM Index: 8.94 (+/-): 81.059            B/AA Index: 7.70 (+/-):  1.626
 Qualified:             #7  8.267 -0.673                       #23  7.085 -0.615

Coughlin breaksright off the line and rolls to a stop at half-track. Giroux has problems about 100 feet out and backs off the throttle. He gets back on the throttle about 300 feet out and smoke starts coming from the exhaust.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   19 Dave Yediny                          1214 Matt Hartford                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.510 108.98                    -0.059 10.675  95.07
        L/A Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.050            A/DA Index: 7.25 (+/-):  3.425
 Qualified:             #6  8.884 -0.676                       #22  6.626 -0.624

Hartford has problems early and backs off the throttle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                         7235 Scott McClay                 
E1                   0.111  8.263 153.72     ****WINNER****  0.042  7.511 160.90
      B/SMA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.547            C/ED Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.499
 Qualified:            #30  8.240 -0.570                       #14  7.363 -0.647


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  514 Clint Sallee                           75 Ross Wilson                  
E1                   0.111 10.703  78.57     ****WINNER****  0.043  8.426 127.43
        B/D Index: 7.37 (+/-):  3.333           B/SMA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.384
 Qualified:             #8  6.699 -0.671                       #24  8.195 -0.615


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Al Ackerman                           452 Steven Kent                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.047  8.257 132.66
        F/D Index: 8.75 (+/-): 91.249             E/A Index: 8.50 (+/-): -0.243
 Qualified:             #1  8.046 -0.704                       #17  7.865 -0.635

The starter motor on Ackerman's car malfunctioned and he was not able to make a pass.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                           1913 Charlie Yannetti             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003  8.016 150.93                     0.066  9.047 145.89
        K/A Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.604            L/AA Index: 9.64 (+/-): -0.593
 Qualified:            #13  7.972 -0.648                       #29  9.066 -0.574


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5179 Wade Oman                             610 John Edwards                 
E1                   0.146  7.298 129.11     ****WINNER****  0.100  7.514 176.24
       A/DA Index: 7.25 (+/-):  0.048            C/AA Index: 8.10 (+/-): -0.586
 Qualified:             #2  6.561 -0.689                       #18  7.466 -0.634


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Brandon Huhtala                       550 Will Hatcher                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.100  7.478 172.54                     0.111  6.807 169.15
        C/A Index: 8.09 (+/-): -0.612            A/DA Index: 7.25 (+/-): -0.443
 Qualified:             #9  7.426 -0.664                       #25  6.642 -0.608


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                         7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006 No Time                          -0.040  9.095 115.66
       E/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-): 90.769            C/SR Index: 9.25 (+/-): -0.155
 Qualified:            #28  8.651 -0.579                       #12  8.597 -0.653

Sigmon left too soon and gave the win to Gusso. Gusso broke right off the line.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7777 Phil Cocuzza                           13 Vinny Barone                 
E1                  -0.006  8.474 131.00     ****WINNER****  0.069  8.370 126.54
      A/SMA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.196            A/SR Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.150
 Qualified:            #20  8.040 -0.630                        #4  7.837 -0.683


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6944 Bob Marshall                         5250 Todd Patterson               
E1                  -0.064  7.259 156.73     ****WINNER****  0.042  8.575 120.74
       B/AA Index: 7.70 (+/-): -0.441           A/SMA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.095
 Qualified:            #31  7.130 -0.570                       #15  8.025 -0.645


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Dean Carter                             8 David Rampy                  
E1                   0.006  7.209 186.18     ****WINNER****  0.009  7.518 160.52
       B/ND Index: 7.66 (+/-): -0.451            A/EA Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.462
 Qualified:            #21  7.033 -0.627                        #5  7.301 -0.679

Carter spun the tires off the line and wasn't able to run down Rampy.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Dan Fletcher                           26 Anthony Bertozzi             
E1                   0.056  7.930 151.92     ****WINNER****  0.021  8.387 136.97
       B/EA Index: 8.48 (+/-): -0.550            I/AA Index: 8.91 (+/-): -0.523
 Qualified:            #32  7.929 -0.551                       #16  8.268 -0.642

Anthony Bertozzi's MOV: 0.0086 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink