Drag Race Central | Presented by Summitracing.com

Sat, 31 May 2003, 07:33 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   33 David Billingsley                    3099 James Stewart
E1   ****WINNER****  0.120  7.559 -0.491                     0.090  7.900 -0.400
       C/AA Index: 8.05                          PSTA Index: 8.30
 Qualified:            #15  7.498 -0.552                       #31  7.910 -0.390

6:02 PM David Billingsley's MOV: 0.0613 seconds (approximately 15 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3363 Ron Bohn                             3316 Michael Hazlett
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  8.649 -0.571                     0.144  7.341 -0.459
       G/AA Index: 9.22                           B/A Index: 7.80
 Qualified:            #24  8.734 -0.486                        #8  7.217 -0.583

Hazlett was late on the tree and couldn't chase Bohn down.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    9 Doug Engels                          5248 Shaun Vincent
E1   ****WINNER****  0.090  7.447 -0.563                     0.030  8.688 -0.482
       D/ED Index: 8.01                          C/TA Index: 9.17
 Qualified:            #10  7.430 -0.580                       #26  8.737 -0.433

Doug Engels' MOV: 0.0216 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3651 Charlie Westcott Jr                    58 Jeff Perrella
E1                   0.069  8.929 -0.571     ****WINNER****  0.011  7.421 -0.609
       F/SM Index: 9.50                          A/EA Index: 8.03
 Qualified:            #19  8.963 -0.537                        #3  7.397 -0.633

Perrella will take a 0.100 CIC in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2885 David Rampy                           252 Jerry Hemmingson
E1                   0.048  7.475 -0.555     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.233 -0.567
       A/EA Index: 8.03                           B/A Index: 7.80
 Qualified:             #4  7.405 -0.625                       #20  7.264 -0.536

Rampy doesn't lose in the first round very often....


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3997 Bill Zaskowski                        388 Brian Stufflebeam
E1                  -0.007  9.116 -0.384     ****WINNER****  0.047  7.833  0.033
       F/SM Index: 9.50                          B/AA Index: 7.80
 Qualified:            #30  9.105 -0.395                       #14  7.247 -0.553


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   34 Robert Bailey                        3098 Douglas Stewart
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  7.988  0.688                    -0.015  8.536 -0.464
       A/ED Index: 7.30                         C/SMA Index: 9.00
 Qualified:            #16  6.752 -0.548                       #32  8.622 -0.378


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4937 Buddy Nickens                        5764 Brian Antony
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  9.102  0.082                    -0.080  7.548 -0.472
       B/TA Index: 9.02                          B/AP Index: 8.02
 Qualified:            #11  8.444 -0.576                       #27  7.589 -0.431


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3304 Wayne Henderson                      4006 Mike Trumble
E1                   0.272  6.742 -0.558     ****WINNER****  0.026  8.310 -0.420
       A/ED Index: 7.30                         A/SMA Index: 8.73
 Qualified:            #22  6.769 -0.531                        #6  8.133 -0.597

Henderson left very late, handing Trumble the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5019 Paul Pittman                         5731 Tom Schmidt
E1                   0.061  7.291 -0.509     ****WINNER****  0.023  8.695 -0.575
       B/AA Index: 7.80                          C/SR Index: 9.27
 Qualified:            #29  7.377 -0.423                       #13  8.705 -0.565

Tom Schmidt's MOV: 0.1042 seconds (approximately 29 feet). He will take a 0.07 CIC into the second round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    6 Mike Farrell                          512 Bill Riemenapp
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  7.407 -0.623                     0.037  8.236 -0.604
       A/EA Index: 8.03                          C/EA Index: 8.84
 Qualified:             #9  7.447 -0.583                       #25  8.394 -0.446

Farrell gets the win and the index takes a permanent hit. It was a close race, Mike Farrell's MOV: 0.0065 seconds (approximately 18 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3151 Ian Landies Jr                       3451 Steve Eckard
E1                   0.075  8.398 -0.442     ****WINNER****  0.022  7.394 -0.406
        F/A Index: 8.84                          B/AA Index: 7.80
 Qualified:             #7  8.244 -0.596                       #23  7.284 -0.516

Steve Eckard's MOV: 0.0178 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4683 Brian Self                            302 Mike Lund
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  8.101 -0.629                     0.032  8.083 -0.607
        B/T Index: 8.73                          A/SR Index: 8.69
 Qualified:            #21  8.198 -0.532                        #5  8.089 -0.601

Self gets the win and the B/T index takes a permanent CIC. Brian Self's MOV: 0.0257 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  706 Art Hodges                            373 Ray Vierheller III
E1                  -0.009  7.714 -0.286     ****WINNER****  0.056  8.642 -0.258
        C/A Index: 8.00                          I/AA Index: 8.90
 Qualified:            #12  7.428 -0.572                       #28  8.476 -0.424


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   31 Steve Ambrose                        1498 Santo Volpe
E1                   0.055  7.941 -0.519     ****WINNER****  0.054  8.087 -0.603
       J/AA Index: 8.46                          A/SR Index: 8.69
 Qualified:            #17  7.916 -0.544                        #1  7.992 -0.698

Santo Volpe's MOV: 0.0857 seconds (approximately 18 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5601 Mike Nahan                             41 Robert Freeman
E1                   0.149  7.551 -0.649     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.419 -0.581
        E/D Index: 8.20                           C/A Index: 8.00
 Qualified:             #2  7.558 -0.642                       #18  7.463 -0.537

If you get a chance, take an up-close look at Nahan's dragster next time you are at the races. It is a very interesting machine. Freeman left him at the tree and it was all but over. Nahan tried to catch him, missed by less than a car length. Robert Freeman's MOV: 0.0677 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink