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Sun, 20 Mar 2005, 09:27 AM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 36th annual MAC Tools NHRA Gatornationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3068 Steve Ambrose                           2 Tony Stephenson              
E1                  -0.006 14.387  44.57     ****WINNER****  0.048  8.435 115.81
       J/AA Index: 8.45 (+/-):  5.937            B/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.095
 Qualified:            #32  7.986 -0.464                       #16  7.934 -0.596

8:59 a.m. A red light ends Ambrose's weekend early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  208 Tim Timmerman                          24 Donald Eberly                
E1                   0.186 10.345  84.18     ****WINNER****  0.048  8.298 136.30
       B/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-):  1.815            C/EA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.452
 Qualified:            #25  7.986 -0.544                        #9  8.089 -0.661

Timmerman slowed around half track.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3397 Rod Dorsey                           3380 David Allen                  
E1                  -0.033 10.185 100.60     ****WINNER****  0.321  8.397 143.38
      H/SMA Index: 9.78 (+/-):  0.405             F/A Index: 8.78 (+/-): -0.383
 Qualified:             #7  9.118 -0.662                       #23  8.215 -0.565

Dorsey went red and Allen saved his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3185 Bert Dawson                          1484 Allen Stanfield              
E1                  -0.050  8.047 153.60     ****WINNER****  0.116  9.534 113.80
       B/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.483            H/SM Index: 9.78 (+/-): -0.246
 Qualified:            #30  8.035 -0.495                       #14  9.158 -0.622

Dawson couldn't wait...


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  189 Pete Hanratty                          17 Pat Ross Sr.                 
E1                   0.146  6.793 198.19     ****WINNER****  0.018  8.247 148.31
       A/ED Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.497             F/A Index: 8.78 (+/-): -0.533
 Qualified:            #26  6.755 -0.535                       #10  8.120 -0.660

Hanratty gave Ross some extra head start and couldn't catch him. Nice light by Ross. Pat Ross Sr.'s MOV: 0.1642 seconds (approximately 48 feet). He took a 0.03 CIC hit for the rest of the event.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3117 Mike Schaefer                         299 Gary Wisecarver              
E1                   0.082  7.456 184.19     ****WINNER****  0.055  9.183 133.25
       B/AP Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.564            H/SM Index: 9.78 (+/-): -0.597
 Qualified:            #18  7.431 -0.589                        #2  9.056 -0.724

Gary Wisecarver's MOV: 0.0605 seconds (approximately 16 feet). It cost him 0.09 in CIC penalty, however.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3522 Gary Merrick                         3697 Brad Zaskowski               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  7.433 174.96                     0.061  9.238 126.63
       D/ED Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.567            H/SM Index: 9.78 (+/-): -0.542
 Qualified:            #19  7.425 -0.575                        #3  9.066 -0.714

Merrick waited the allotted 1.78 seconds and then ran him down. Gary Merrick's MOV: 0.0326 seconds (approximately 6 feet). It cost him a 0.06 CIC penalty.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                          33 Robert Bailey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  7.501 154.87                     0.223  7.005 149.27
       C/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.439            A/ED Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.285
 Qualified:            #21  7.368 -0.572                        #5  6.608 -0.682

Bailey was late and could not catch Kamplain.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  103 Cliff Agar                           1210 Jonathan Aloisio             
E1                   0.085  8.172 165.65     ****WINNER****  0.179  8.262 146.15
       B/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.358            B/SM Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.508
 Qualified:            #31  8.047 -0.483                       #15  8.149 -0.621

Jonathan Aloisio's MOV: 0.0566 seconds (approximately 14 feet). He avoids a CIC by 0.002 seconds...


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1411 George Supinski Jr.                    36 Terry Smith                  
E1                   0.200  8.214 152.74     ****WINNER****  0.103  8.423 137.36
        B/T Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.486            D/EA Index: 8.99 (+/-): -0.567
 Qualified:            #22  8.134 -0.566                        #6  8.325 -0.665

Supinski saw way too much of the green bulb, but Smith took a 0.06 second CIC penalty just to make sure of the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   22 Mike Saye                            2126 Michael Hardee               
E1                   0.087  8.863 151.77     ****WINNER****  0.043  8.726 151.89
        H/A Index: 9.42 (+/-): -0.557           E/SMA Index: 9.24 (+/-): -0.514
 Qualified:             #8  8.759 -0.661                       #24  8.690 -0.550

Michael Hardee's MOV: 0.0018 seconds (approximately 5 inches). It cost Hardee 0.01 in CIC, making that just about a perfect run.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt                     4030 Bo Nickens                   
E1                   0.094  7.349 178.00     ****WINNER****  0.001  7.417 164.32
       C/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.591            B/AP Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.603
 Qualified:            #17  7.348 -0.592                        #1  7.285 -0.735

Bo was almost perfect on the tree and jacklyn didn't have a chance. However, Bo donated a dime to the CIC pool. Bo Nickens' MOV: 0.1054 seconds (approximately 28 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  213 David Eaton                           193 Frank Aragona Jr             
E1                  -0.009  7.590 120.32     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.610 107.88
       A/AP Index: 7.52 (+/-):  0.070           G/SMA Index: 9.58 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #28  6.993 -0.527                       #12  8.939 -0.641


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3651 Charlie Westcott Jr                  3558 Rob Kropfeld                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  9.188 133.63                     0.016  6.645 204.87
      H/SMA Index: 9.78 (+/-): -0.592             A/D Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.465
 Qualified:            #13  9.151 -0.629                       #29  6.615 -0.495

Identical, excellent lights and Westcott had the horsepower to hold off Kropfeld's big A/Dragster. Charlie Westcott Jr's MOV: 0.1270 seconds (approximately 38 feet). It cost him 0.09 in CIC penalty.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  223 John Mischuch                         211 Glen Treadwell               
E1                  -0.023  8.204 134.58     ****WINNER****  0.044 10.746  82.07
       B/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.326            E/ED Index: 9.02 (+/-):  1.726
 Qualified:            #27  7.998 -0.532                       #11  8.372 -0.648


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 David Rampy                             4 Larry Pritchett              
E1                   0.025  7.465 154.77     ****WINNER****  0.094  8.164 153.40
       A/EA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.505            B/SM Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.606
 Qualified:            #20  7.395 -0.575                        #4  8.064 -0.706

Pritchett took a dime hit for the win in a close one. Larry Pritchett's MOV: 0.0327 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

In the second round it's Nickens vs Eberly, Kamplain vs Westcott, Merrick vs Treadwell, Allen vs Aloisio, Wisecarver vs Ross, Smith vs Stanfield, Pritchett vs Aragona, and Hardee vs Stephenson.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink