Sun, 3 Oct 2004, 03:43 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  252 Jerry Hemmingson                       24 Larry Pritchett
E4                  -0.032  7.694  0.054     ****WINNER****  0.147  8.809  0.339
        B/A Index: 7.64                          A/SM Index: 8.47
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Eckel III ) 0.060  7.132 -0.518      (D Mikel     ) 0.151  8.996  0.526
E2    (D Vincent   ) 0.054  7.168 -0.482      (D Rampy     ) 0.016  7.968 -0.502
E1    (S Eckard    ) 0.149  7.150 -0.630      (G Supinski J) 0.159  7.965 -0.575
 Qualified:            #17  7.185 -0.595                        #7  7.899 -0.641

2:33 p.m. Pritchett won the All Star race yesterday and is trying to double-up. Hemmingson leaves a little too early and hands Pritchett the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4037 Robert Freeman                          1 Dean Carter
E4   ****WINNER****  0.030  8.542 -0.628                     0.027  6.983 -0.557
      D/SMA Index: 9.17                          A/ND Index: 7.54
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Taylor    ) 0.005  8.742 -0.428      (R Brogdon   ) 0.051  7.040 -0.540
E2    (T Schmidt   ) 0.077  9.017 -0.153      (M Hazlett   ) 0.136  7.244 -0.336
E1    (B Self      ) 0.005  8.663 -0.537      (J Frech     ) 0.144  7.074 -0.556
 Qualified:            #18  8.606 -0.594                        #8  6.991 -0.639

Freeman gets the win but will take a permanent CIC adjustment to his index.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink