Sat, 26 Oct 2002, 07:29 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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---(+/-)
   9 Brian Browell       7.413 -0.607 Q   17 Jirka Kaplan        6.724 -0.556
       D/D Index: 8.02                       AA/AM Index: 7.28
   (J Lion      ) 0.000  8.919  0.899 E1   (D Carter    ) 0.628  7.042 -0.238
                  0.452  8.972  0.952 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.716  7.405  0.125

3:41 PM Browell lights the red bulb and Kaplan advances to round three.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Sean Dodd           7.908 -0.642 Q   29 Rick Braun          8.502 -0.528
      D/AA Index: 8.55                        C/EA Index: 9.03
   (N Martin    ) 0.561  8.091 -0.459 E1   (D Engels    ) 0.513  8.635 -0.395
 *****WINNER***** 0.557  8.020 -0.530 E2                  0.583  8.493 -0.537

MOV: 0.0194 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Rodger Brogdon      8.119 -0.591 Q   20 Steve Kalkowski     7.378 -0.552
      A/SM Index: 8.71                         B/A Index: 7.93
   (R Wilson    ) 0.511  8.378 -0.332 E1   (J Chamberlin) 0.563  7.425 -0.505
 *****WINNER***** 0.577  8.136 -0.574 E2                  0.567  7.396 -0.534

Brogdon will take a 0.07 CIC in round three. MOV: 0.0307 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  11 Fred Gross          8.755 -0.595 Q   19 Jeff Gillette       7.088 -0.552
       G/A Index: 9.35                        B/ED Index: 7.63
   (P Anderson  ) 0.520  8.904 -0.446 E1   (C Sallee    ) 0.521  7.126 -0.514
                  0.452 10.261  0.911 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.552  7.525 -0.105

Gillette took it easy at the finish after seeing he already had the win light.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  31 Rob Slavinski       7.444 -0.506 Q    7 Don Stratton Jr     8.169 -0.631
      B/AA Index: 7.95                        B/SR Index: 8.78
   (V Deceglie  ) 0.574  7.720 -0.230 E1   (J Taylor    ) 0.528  8.276 -0.524
 *****WINNER***** 0.536  7.395 -0.555 E2                  0.570  8.231 -0.549

MOV: 0.0401 seconds (approximately 10 feet). Slavinski will get a 0.05 CIC in round three.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 David Rampy         7.342 -0.608 Q   16 Brian Self          7.678 -0.562
      B/AA Index: 7.86                         PST Index: 8.19
   (B Lambeck   ) 0.594  7.353 -0.597 E1   (K Justice Sr) 0.528  7.681 -0.559
 *****WINNER***** 0.512  7.360 -0.500 E2                  0.532  7.687 -0.503

MOV: 0.0173 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Adam Bowdish        8.780 -0.640 Q   30 Keith Mawhee        8.510 -0.520
      D/SM Index: 9.42                        F/AA Index: 9.01
   (T Huggins   ) 0.539  9.237 -0.183 E1   (B Nickens   ) 0.524  8.504 -0.526
 *****WINNER***** 0.584  9.326 -0.094 E2                  0.482  8.873 -0.137

Mawhee was just a little early on the tree.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 Ed Sigmon           8.915 -0.595 Q   18 Bo Butner           7.888 -0.552
      C/SR Index: 9.51                        PSTA Index: 8.40
   (H Blakeney  ) 0.524  9.345 -0.165 E1   (S Wilmoth   ) 0.518  7.892 -0.548
 *****WINNER***** 0.547  8.934 -0.576 E2                  0.524  7.873 -0.527

MOV: 0.0267 seconds (approximately 7 feet).