Sun, 26 May 2013, 11:26 AM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 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
  210 Rodney Rosenstiel                    2617 Russell Joly                 
E2                  -0.017  7.766 110.03     ****WINNER****  0.087  7.530 154.76
       AA/AM Index: 6.87 (+/-):  0.896            C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.380
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Kimbrough ) 0.101  6.367 -0.623      (P Williams  ) 0.033  7.526 -0.384
 Qualified:             #2  6.345 -0.645                        #6  7.333 -0.577

11:19 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.43 inches, adjusted altitude 1,878 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Rosenstiel leaves too quickly and gives the win to Joly.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                      25 Lee Sharp                    
E2                   0.007  8.658 146.89     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.351 160.40
        F/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.572           D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.589
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Adkinson  ) 0.114  8.727 -0.543      (J Treadwell ) 0.134  9.087  0.147
 Qualified:             #4  8.639 -0.631                        #8  8.430 -0.510

Sharp gets the win but will take a CIC hit in the next round. Lee Sharp's MOV: 0.0076 seconds (approximately 20 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2126 Michael Hardee                          1 Bruno Massel                 
E2                   0.031  8.549 159.53     ****WINNER****  0.116  6.753 178.38
        D/SM Index: 8.95 (+/-): -0.401             I/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.487
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Johnson   ) 0.073  8.450 -0.540      (W Hutton    ) 0.017  6.922 -0.318
 Qualified:             #7  8.414 -0.576                        #3  6.605 -0.635

Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.0011 seconds (approximately 3 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 David Rampy                            21 Glen Treadwell               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  7.333 175.91                     0.112  8.421 139.89
        A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.507            E/EA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.519
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Puckett   ) 0.014  7.393 -0.447                           No Time      
 Qualified:            #12  7.630 -0.210                        #1  8.292 -0.648

Rampy gets a big advantage off the line and makes his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink