Sat, 8 Nov 2003, 08:47 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
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By Dave Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, 39th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
8 Mike De Palma Jr 4937 Buddy Nickens
E2 0.105 7.216 -0.484 ****WINNER**** 0.019 8.456 -0.524
B/A Index: 7.70 B/TA Index: 8.98
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Zink ) 0.052 7.191 -0.589 (J Gebhardt ) 0.105 8.474 -0.546
Qualified: #3 7.123 -0.657 #11 8.412 -0.608
5:27 PM Current weather conditions: 68 degrees, 36 percent relative humidity, the
barometer 30.02 inches. It's full dark now, as the Sportsmen racers come to the
line.De Palma is late and gives up the race to Nickens. Lots of CIC's in the first
round that may impact the results in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
5019 Paul Pittman 7828 Wayne Ramay
E2 -0.038 7.317 -0.483 ****WINNER**** 0.018 7.880 0.240
B/AA Index: 7.80 A/ND Index: 7.64
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Jondahl ) 0.058 7.291 -0.509 (S Hedlund ) 0.028 7.139 -0.561
Qualified: #34 7.333 -0.467 #22 7.162 -0.538
Ramay gets a free ticket to the third round, as Pittman misses the light. He clicks it
and coasts on down for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
9 Doug Engels 53 Clint Sallee
E2 0.090 7.498 -0.502 ****WINNER**** 0.068 6.886 -0.514
D/ED Index: 8.00 B/D Index: 7.40
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Butner ) 0.017 7.658 -0.342 (J Lane ) 0.177 7.251 -0.149
Qualified: #23 7.470 -0.530 #15 6.812 -0.588
Two long cars this time. Sallee has the better RT and runs further under the index to
take the win. Clint Sallee's MOV: 0.0344 seconds (approximately 9 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
775 Rick Braun 7406 Vinnie Deceglie
E2 0.063 7.988 -0.482 ****WINNER**** 0.015 6.651 -0.579
B/EA Index: 8.47 A/A Index: 7.23
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Dingle ) 0.045 7.962 -0.568 (B Self ) 0.192 7.205 -0.025
Qualified: #20 7.989 -0.541 #28 6.717 -0.513
Great light for Deceglie, as he runs down Braun for the win. He'll take a .08 CIC
hit.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
10 Adam Bowdish 706 Art Hodges
E2 0.202 8.874 -0.536 ****WINNER**** 0.118 7.432 -0.558
F/SM Index: 9.41 C/A Index: 7.99
Prior rounds:
E1 (E Sigmon ) 0.001 8.901 -0.579 (J Kaplan ) 0.102 7.485 -0.515
Qualified: #2 8.799 -0.681 #26 7.478 -0.522
Both cars are late off the line. Hodges still takes a .05 CIC into tomorrow's
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
7189 Dean Carter 6016 Gary Anderson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.109 7.187 -0.513 0.212 8.554 -0.586
A/ND Index: 7.70 G/A Index: 9.14
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Myers ) 0.071 7.571 -0.129 (D Beckley ) 0.041 9.367 0.227
Qualified: #5 7.055 -0.645 #13 8.540 -0.600
Carter has a big advantage off the line and almost gives up to much at the stripe. Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0302 seconds (approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
5 Scott Tidwell 707M John Mihovetz
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.116 7.787 -0.413 0.121 7.706 0.116
PSTA Index: 8.20 BB/AT Index: 7.59
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Biondo ) 0.040 7.695 -0.595 (T Stephenson) 0.001 7.086 -0.524
Qualified: #9 7.675 -0.615 #1 6.834 -0.776
Mihovetz has his hands full at mid track as the car gets way loose. Tidwell backs out
on the top end to save a CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
7230 Randy Jones 710 Doug Lambeck
E2 0.049 8.181 -0.549 ****WINNER**** 0.038 8.625 -0.575
B/SMA Index: 8.73 D/SMA Index: 9.20
Prior rounds:
E1 (P Cocuzza ) 0.011 8.223 -0.587 (R Wilson ) 0.046 8.732 -0.468
Qualified: #24 8.280 -0.530 #16 8.619 -0.581
Jones almost gets back in the race after getting loose near mid track and then
gathering it back up. Lambeck will take an .07 CIC hit to his index tomorrow. Doug
Lambeck's MOV: 0.0371 seconds (approximately 9 feet).
Timing data courtesy of
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