Sun, 31 Oct 2004, 03:47 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 450D Dean Howerton                          21 Glen Treadwell
E3                   0.060  7.129 -0.611     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.513 -0.617
        C/D Index: 7.74                          E/ED Index: 9.13
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Butner    ) -0.043 22.383 14.643      (R Freeman   ) 0.077  8.628 -0.602
E1    (C Mikel     ) 0.061  7.762  0.022      (P Anderson  ) 0.065 10.413  1.183
 Qualified:            #23  7.101 -0.639                       #11  8.551 -0.679

Glen Treadwell's MOV: 0.0382 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    8 Tom Schmidt                           500 Lou Ficco Jr.
E3                   0.059  8.738 -0.442     ****WINNER****  0.114  7.334 -0.596
       C/SR Index: 9.18                          B/AA Index: 7.93
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M DePalma   ) 0.060  9.226  0.046      (V Deceglie  ) 0.048  7.853 -0.077
E1    (D Carter    ) 0.070  8.677 -0.743      (S Dodd      ) 0.071  8.013  0.083
 Qualified:             #4  8.721 -0.699                       #16  7.271 -0.659

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   46 Michael Johnson                      5562 Jeff Cunningham
E3   ****WINNER****  0.033  9.050 -0.500                     0.152  8.922 -0.498
      G/SMA Index: 9.55                          C/SR Index: 9.42
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Bourgeois ) 0.084  9.070 -0.480      (J Lane      ) -0.003  9.823  9.823
E1    (T Tucker    ) 0.063  9.044 -0.706      (D Mikel     ) 0.130 13.649  4.229
 Qualified:             #2  9.028 -0.722                       #22  8.776 -0.644

Johnson will face Ficco.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    5 Brian Self                           6016 Gary Anderson
E3   ****WINNER****  0.042  7.984 -0.046                    -0.160 No Time
        PST Index: 8.03                           H/A Index: 9.49
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Sallee    ) 0.017  7.578 -0.452      (D Rampy     ) 0.109  8.981 -0.639
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.050  7.528 -0.692      (D Barcelon  ) 0.035 10.614  0.994
 Qualified:            #13  7.547 -0.673                        #9  8.937 -0.683

Anderson goes red and then coast on through the 1320. Self will face Treadwell in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink