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Fri, 24 May 2013, 13:29 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Atlanta Dragway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2112 Jenny Treadwell                      2617 Russell Joly                 
E1                  -0.013  7.954 144.07     ****WINNER****  0.053  8.365 121.35
         J/D Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.296            C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-):  0.455
 Qualified:            #14  7.956 -0.294                        #5  7.346 -0.564

1:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.30 inches, adjusted altitude 2,408 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Treadwell leaves a little too quickly and gives the win to Joly.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  298 Pat Williams                         2126 Michael Hardee               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.093  7.365 175.87                    -0.010 13.125  62.63
        A/AP Index: 7.22 (+/-):  0.145            D/SM Index: 8.99 (+/-):  4.135
 Qualified:            #17  7.383  0.163                        #8  8.461 -0.529

Hardee leaves too quickly and gives the win to Williams.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2467 Jim Kimbrough                          21 Glen Treadwell               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.135 187.86                     0.121  8.448 132.45
        C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.455            E/EA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.492
 Qualified:            #10  7.142 -0.448                        #1  8.256 -0.684

Treadwell is late off the line and can't run down Kimbrough.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  291 Wayne Hutton                           25 Lee Sharp                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066  8.009 157.69                     0.105  8.874 133.54
         D/A Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.271           D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.066
 Qualified:            #18  9.764  1.484                        #9  8.420 -0.520

Hutton gets out of the gate with the advantage and goes around Sharp for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                      24 David Rampy                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  8.741 154.95                     0.028  7.359 178.21
        F/SM Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.529            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.481
 Qualified:             #4  8.685 -0.585                       #13  7.478 -0.362

Rampy gets off the line with the advantage but can't run down Houghtaling.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2229 Lonnie Johnson                        361 Bo Butner                    
E1                   0.029  8.392 122.90     ****WINNER****  0.036  8.656 135.16
        B/AA Index: 7.57 (+/-):  0.822            E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.344
 Qualified:            #16  7.722  0.152                        #7  8.448 -0.552

Johnson has problems early and backs off the throttle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2211 Van Puckett                          2207 Jeff Adkinson                
E1                   0.120  8.454 161.25     ****WINNER****  0.054  8.557 144.30
        G/AA Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.396           D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.383
 Qualified:             #6  8.295 -0.555                       #15  8.877 -0.063

Adkinson comes off the line and does a nice wheelstand on the way to the victory.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  210 Rodney Rosenstiel                     205 Rick Hord                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.172  6.476 215.65                     0.190  7.025 168.14
       AA/AM Index: 6.99 (+/-): -0.514            CC/A Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.525
 Qualified:            #11  6.570 -0.420                        #2  6.940 -0.610

Rodney Rosenstiel's MOV: 0.0078 seconds (approximately 23 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  277 Larry Pritchett                         1 Bruno Massel                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  1.830 No Time      
        B/SM Index: 8.60 (+/-): 91.399             I/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): 92.759
 Qualified:            #12  8.189 -0.411                        #3  6.636 -0.604

Massel takes the tree and backs off the line. Pritchett is a no-show.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink