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Sun, 26 May 2013, 14:26 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Jason Murray

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division, Northwest Thunderfest at Spokane County Raceway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                    65 Ryan Warter                  
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.500  7.518 174.89                    -0.008 13.772  63.06
        A/EA Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.442            F/SM Index: 9.44 (+/-):  4.332
 Qualified:             #5  7.396 -0.564                        #2  8.832 -0.608

11:19 pm. We have very little clouds in the sky and the air is nice and crisp. Warter is red and he is out in the 1st rd. Van Paepeghem makes a nice pass to get into the 2nd round. Ralph Van Paepeghem's incremental times: 60ft-1.084 sec., 330ft-3.077, 660ft-4.774/144.62 mph, 1,000ft-6.250.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6016 Gary Anderson                           8 Jeff Lane                    
E1                   0.151  9.130 152.74     ****WINNER****  0.072  8.443 134.24
        F/SM Index: 9.44 (+/-): -0.310           B/SMA Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.297
 Qualified:             #6  8.999 -0.441                        #3  8.147 -0.593

Winner of this pair will race Van Paepeghem. Lane catches Anderson by 700ft and takes the win.

Gary Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-1.240 sec., 330ft-3.733, 660ft-5.818/115.16 mph, 1,000ft-7.620.
Jeff Lane's incremental times: 60ft-1.130 sec., 330ft-3.316, 660ft-5.162/130.68 mph, 1,000ft-6.853.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                         6033 Pat Byron                    
E1                   0.094  8.956 134.52     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.102 172.94
       B/SMA Index: 8.74 (+/-):  0.216             C/D Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.408
 Qualified:             #1  8.127 -0.613                        #4  6.925 -0.585

Winner of this pair will have a single in the next round. Byron with the better light and he will take the win. Bowdish looked to have trouble the entire run.

Pat Byron's incremental times: 60ft-1.057 sec., 330ft-2.966, 660ft-4.536/156.82 mph, 1,000ft-5.894.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink