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Sat, 26 Oct 2002, 03:17 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Dean Carter         7.221 -0.699 Q   17 Jirka Kaplan        6.724 -0.556
      A/ND Index: 7.92                       AA/AM Index: 7.28
                  0.626  7.890 -0.030 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.628  7.042 -0.238

12:33 PM Carter shook the tires on the hit and it was all Kaplan needed

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  26 Hurley Blakeney     6.782 -0.538 Q   10 Ed Sigmon           8.915 -0.595
     AA/AT Index: 7.32                        C/SR Index: 9.51
                  0.465  6.873 -0.447 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.524  9.345 -0.165

Blakeney with a great looking pass. Too bad he left early.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Clint Sallee        6.873 -0.657 Q   19 Jeff Gillette       7.088 -0.552
       B/D Index: 7.53                        B/ED Index: 7.64
                  0.600  6.976 -0.554 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.521  7.126 -0.514

Gillette was all over his lane, still hangs on for the win. MOV: 0.0396 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  30 Keith Mawhee        8.510 -0.520 Q   14 Buddy Nickens       8.722 -0.578
      F/AA Index: 9.03                        B/TA Index: 9.30
 *****WINNER***** 0.524  8.504 -0.526 E1                  0.578  8.726 -0.574

Nickens was out of shape shortly after the launch. MOV: 0.0066 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Rodger Brogdon      8.119 -0.591 Q   28 Ross Wilson         8.977 -0.533
      A/SM Index: 8.71                       D/SMA Index: 9.51
 *****WINNER***** 0.511  8.378 -0.332 E1                  0.400  8.976 -0.534

Wilson left very early, handing Brogdon the easy win.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 John Chamberlin     6.880 -0.650 Q   20 Steve Kalkowski     7.378 -0.552
       B/D Index: 7.53                         B/A Index: 7.93
                  0.536  7.066 -0.464 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.563  7.425 -0.505

Chamberlin shook the tires on the hit, the car moving toward the wall at 200 feet. MOV: 0.0144 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  31 Rob Slavinski       7.444 -0.506 Q   15 Vincent Deceglie    6.844 -0.566
      B/AA Index: 7.95                         A/A Index: 7.41
 *****WINNER***** 0.574  7.720 -0.230 E1                  0.452  6.991 -0.419

Slavinski saw the win light in his lane and clicked it off a little early.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  27 Paul Anderson       7.614 -0.536 Q   11 Fred Gross          8.755 -0.595
      C/ED Index: 8.15                         G/A Index: 9.35
                  0.645  7.614 -0.536 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.520  8.904 -0.446

A wheels-up launch for Anderson, he was too late on the tree. MOV: 0.0357 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  23 Jeff Taylor         8.414 -0.546 Q    7 Don Stratton Jr     8.169 -0.631
     B/SMA Index: 8.96                        B/SR Index: 8.80
                  0.556  8.749 -0.211 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.528  8.276 -0.524

Taylor was way off his normal pace here. MOV: 0.3419 seconds (approximately 60 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Adam Bowdish        8.780 -0.640 Q   22 Tom Huggins         7.384 -0.546
      D/SM Index: 9.42                         B/A Index: 7.93
 *****WINNER***** 0.539  9.237 -0.183 E1                  0.428  7.406 -0.524

Huggins couldn't wait and Bowdish goes to the second round.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Steve Wilmoth       8.831 -0.679 Q   18 Bo Butner           7.888 -0.552
      C/SR Index: 9.51                        PSTA Index: 8.44
                  0.576  9.067 -0.443 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.518  7.892 -0.548

MOV: 0.1635 seconds (approximately 30 feet). The number one, two and three qualifiers are all gone.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  16 Brian Self          7.678 -0.562 Q   32 Kenneth Justice Sr  7.447 -0.503
       PST Index: 8.24                        B/AA Index: 7.95
 *****WINNER***** 0.528  7.681 -0.559 E1                  0.933  7.435 -0.515

MOV: 0.4491 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  13 Doug Engels         7.562 -0.588 Q   29 Rick Braun          8.502 -0.528
      D/ED Index: 8.15                        C/EA Index: 9.03
                  0.494  8.547  0.397 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.513  8.635 -0.395

Engels left just a little early.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Brian Browell       7.413 -0.607 Q   25 Jeff Lion           8.812 -0.538
       D/D Index: 8.02                         G/A Index: 9.35
 *****WINNER***** 0.000  8.919  0.899 E1                  0.000 No Time

Lion tried to do a burnout twice without success. The car was pushed out of the lane.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 David Rampy         7.342 -0.608 Q   24 Bob Lambeck         8.968 -0.542
      B/AA Index: 7.95                       D/SMA Index: 9.51
 *****WINNER***** 0.594  7.353 -0.597 E1                  0.538  9.002 -0.508

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Sean Dodd           7.908 -0.642 Q   21 Nathan Martin       6.578 -0.552
      D/AA Index: 8.55                        A/PM Index: 7.13
 *****WINNER***** 0.561  8.091 -0.459 E1                  0.546 11.031  3.901

Martin had engine problems early and had the chute out at half track.

Second round parings: Kaplan vs Browell, Dodd vs. Braun, Gillette vs. Gross, Stratton vs. Slavinski, Butner vs. Sigmon, Bowdish vs. Mawhee, Kalkowski vs. Brogdon, and Rampy vs. self.