Sun, 25 May 2003, 03:31 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4006 Mike Trumble                          462 Al Weiss
E4                   0.034  8.140 -0.490     ****WINNER****  0.103  8.474 -0.606
      A/SMA Index: 8.63                          E/EA Index: 9.08
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Brown     ) 0.039  8.122 -0.628      (S Kalkowski ) 0.050  8.667 -0.413
E2    (B Klein     ) 0.030  8.584 -0.166      (B Nickens   ) 0.033  8.707 -0.373
E1                   0.019  8.548 -0.202      (B Yonke     ) 0.038  8.654 -0.426
 Qualified:             #1  8.135 -0.615                        #3  8.477 -0.603

Weiss was late on the starting line, but had the power to hold off Trumble. Weiss will take a permanent CIC with the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2885 David Rampy                            58 Jeff Perrella
E4   ****WINNER****  0.004  7.964 -0.066                    -0.015  9.468  1.438
       A/EA Index: 8.03                          A/EA Index: 8.03
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Wise      ) 0.034  7.898 -0.132      (D Engels    ) 0.125  8.434  0.404
E2                   0.035  7.943 -0.087      (B Butner    ) 0.010  8.546  0.516
E1    (L Snyder    ) 0.035  7.609 -0.421      (L Larson    ) 0.119  7.539 -0.491
 Qualified:             #2  7.421 -0.609                        #4  7.427 -0.603

Perrella was just -0.015 seconds too quick and Rampy moves into another final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink