Sat, 8 Nov 2003, 01:39 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 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-- (+/-)
 7298 Scott Hedlund                        7828 Wayne Ramay
E1                   0.071  8.248 -0.572     ****WINNER****  0.028  7.139 -0.561
       B/SM Index: 8.82                          A/ND Index: 7.70
 Qualified:             #6  8.178 -0.642                       #22  7.162 -0.538

10:05 AM Ramay has struggled with reliability this year, but he still can drive! He gets the hole shot advantage and then pulls a big ET to take the upset win. It will cost him with a CIC hit next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7189 Dean Carter                          6410 Dennis Myers
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  7.571 -0.129                    -0.003  8.930 -0.230
       A/ND Index: 7.70                          G/AA Index: 9.16
 Qualified:             #5  7.055 -0.645                       #21  8.619 -0.541

It's over fast with Myers' narrow red light. Carter shakes the tires off the line and then shuts down to avoid any CIC hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  775 Rick Braun                           6134 Rick Dingle
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  7.962 -0.568                     0.062  7.482 -0.478
       B/EA Index: 8.53                          C/ED Index: 7.96
 Qualified:            #20  7.989 -0.541                       #33  7.492 -0.468

It Braun wire to wire, but he'll take a .06 CIC hit into the second round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 6016 Gary Anderson                        7238 David Beckley
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  9.367  0.227                    -0.010  7.465 -0.535
        G/A Index: 9.14                           C/A Index: 8.00
 Qualified:            #13  8.540 -0.600                       #29  7.493 -0.507

Beckley gets the red eye and Anderson drives on through.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  689 Maureen Jondahl                      5019 Paul Pittman
E1                   0.185  8.868 -0.612     ****WINNER****  0.058  7.291 -0.509
       H/AA Index: 9.48                          B/AA Index: 7.80
 Qualified:            #14  8.891 -0.589                       #34  7.333 -0.467

Jondahl is way late and Pittman gets the upset win without a CIC.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   10 Adam Bowdish                         7771 Ed Sigmon
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  8.901 -0.579                     0.050  8.684 -0.586
       F/SM Index: 9.48                          C/SR Index: 9.27
 Qualified:             #2  8.799 -0.681                       #18  8.695 -0.575

Bowdish has a stellar light and gets the holeshot win. Another CIC of .08 for the winner.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    9 Doug Engels                          3361 Bo Butner
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.658 -0.342                     0.015  8.209 -0.081
       D/ED Index: 8.00                          PSTA Index: 8.29
 Qualified:            #23  7.470 -0.530                        #7  7.663 -0.627

Both cars have great RT's and it's a pedal fest at the top end. Engels wins the in and out contest.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 6180 Jirka Kaplan                          706 Art Hodges
E1                  -0.005 12.351  4.481     ****WINNER****  0.102  7.485 -0.515
      BB/AM Index: 7.87                           C/A Index: 8.00
 Qualified:            #10  7.258 -0.612                       #26  7.478 -0.522

The big noisy thing is out early with a red light. Hodges must have missed the red and just gets a little CIC.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 707M John Mihovetz                        2125 Tony Stephenson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  7.086 -0.524                     0.097  7.418 -0.542
      BB/AT Index: 7.61                          C/ED Index: 7.96
 Qualified:             #1  6.834 -0.776                       #17  7.381 -0.579

Mihovetz turbo is from the Sports Compact Series and nails the tree to take the hole shot win. Just a .03 CIC hit for next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4937 Buddy Nickens                        3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt
E1   ****WINNER****  0.105  8.474 -0.546                     0.067  6.823 -0.467
       B/TA Index: 9.02                          A/ED Index: 7.29
 Qualified:            #11  8.412 -0.608                       #27  6.776 -0.514

Nickens is late and has to take a .04 hit to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    5 Scott Tidwell                        1162 Sal Biondo
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  7.695 -0.595                     0.070  8.603 -0.557
       PSTA Index: 8.29                          G/AA Index: 9.16
 Qualified:             #9  7.675 -0.615                       #25  8.632 -0.528

Tidwell is first off the line and takes a big .09 hit, narrowly missing a permanent adjustment in the index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    8 Mike De Palma Jr                      720 J.D. Zink
E1   ****WINNER****  0.052  7.191 -0.589                     0.158  7.040 -0.660
        B/A Index: 7.78                          A/ND Index: 7.70
 Qualified:             #3  7.123 -0.657                       #19  7.130 -0.570

Oops! Zink runs a hugh .660 under the index, but is way late to give De Palma the win. Mike will get a .08 hit too.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7777 Phil Cocuzza                         7230 Randy Jones
E1                   0.266  7.942 -0.588     ****WINNER****  0.011  8.223 -0.587
       B/EA Index: 8.53                         B/SMA Index: 8.81
 Qualified:             #8  7.913 -0.617                       #24  8.280 -0.530

Cocuzza was ready for the next pair and Jones takes the win. Another .08 hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   53 Clint Sallee                          600 Jeff Lane
E1   ****WINNER****  0.177  7.251 -0.149                    -0.044  8.052 -0.448
        B/D Index: 7.40                          E/AA Index: 8.50
 Qualified:            #15  6.812 -0.588                       #31  8.005 -0.495

Lane is too quick on the lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   79 Ross Wilson                           710 Doug Lambeck
E1                  -0.038  8.885 -0.315     ****WINNER****  0.046  8.732 -0.468
      D/SMA Index: 9.20                         D/SMA Index: 9.20
 Qualified:            #32  8.720 -0.480                       #16  8.619 -0.581

Another red light and Lambeck will get to play again next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4683 Brian Self                           7406 Vinnie Deceglie
E1                  -0.042  7.637 -0.463     ****WINNER****  0.192  7.205 -0.025
        PST Index: 8.10                           A/A Index: 7.23
 Qualified:            #12  7.494 -0.606                       #28  6.717 -0.513

Last pair for the round. The staging games don't pay off, as Self goes red.

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