Sun, 4 May 2003, 01:11 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3651 Charlie Westcott Jr                   211 Glen Treadwell
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000  8.983 -0.547                     0.213  8.471 -0.599
       F/SM Index: 9.53                          E/EA Index: 9.07
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Timmerman ) 0.022  9.028 -0.522      (S Ambrose   ) 0.053  8.562 -0.528
E1    (J Sherman   ) 0.031  9.055 -0.495      (A Hodges    ) 0.100  8.696 -0.394
 Qualified:             #6  9.007 -0.543                        #2  8.514 -0.576

12:55 PM Treadwell was very late on the tree, and his -0.599 under coupled with his -0.522 under in round 2 will give the class a permanent CIC of 0.010 seconds.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2126 Michael Hardee                          5 Scott Tidwell
E3                   0.026  8.840 -0.520     ****WINNER****  0.042  7.695 -0.555
      E/SMA Index: 9.36                          PSTA Index: 8.25
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Brogdon   ) 0.017  8.857 -0.563      (M Trumble   ) 0.058  7.742 -0.558
E1    (F Aragona Jr) 0.039  9.029 -0.391      (M Linebarrie) 0.132  7.998 -0.302
 Qualified:             #3  8.861 -0.559                        #7  7.761 -0.539

A close race here.

Scott Tidwell's MOV: 0.0195 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   34 Robert Bailey                        2725 Keith Roberts
E3   ****WINNER****  0.104  6.998 -0.252                    -0.027  8.280 -0.250
       A/ED Index: 7.25                          B/EA Index: 8.53
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hemmingson) 0.047  7.100 -0.150      (D Eaton     ) 0.018  8.138 -0.392
E1    (D Eberly    ) 0.134  6.747 -0.553      (B Browell   ) -0.042  8.150 -0.380
 Qualified:            #11  6.788 -0.512                       #30  9.839  1.309

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2885 David Rampy                             3 Larry Pritchett
E3   ****WINNER****  0.024  7.770 -0.240                           No Time
       A/EA Index: 8.01                          A/SM Index: 8.54
 Prior rounds:
E2    (Bye         ) 0.058  7.594 -0.416      (I Landies   ) -0.011  8.250 -0.290
E1    (D Mitchell  ) 0.057  7.504 -0.526      (M Phillips  ) 0.057  8.238 -0.302
 Qualified:             #1  7.453 -0.577                       #12  8.045 -0.495

Larry Pritchett was a no show. Rampy will face Tidwell in the semi's and Westcott will line up against Bailey.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink