Sat, 13 Nov 2004, 02:23 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Dave Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, 40th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
7298 Scott Hedlund 618 Dave Barcelon
E1 0.256 7.980 -0.560 ****WINNER**** 0.219 8.198 -0.582
A/SM Index: 8.54 F/A Index: 8.78
Qualified: #25 7.955 -0.585 #9 8.113 -0.667
10:40 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent,
barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,034 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.The
weather has really cleared up from heavy overcast and drizzles earlier today.
Both cars have
similar lights and Barcelon runs further under to get the win. Likely, we will see a lot of CIC
hits this morning.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
2125 Tony Stephenson 4613 Charlie Stewart
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.084 9.105 0.295 0.124 14.928 5.918
C/EA Index: 8.81 F/EA Index: 9.01
Qualified: #3 8.098 -0.712 #19 8.403 -0.607
Lots of smoke out from under Stewart's Vette and he slows. Stephenson takes a easy
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
21 Glen Treadwell 456 Jeff Miller
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 8.514 -0.556 0.089 8.280 -0.510
E/ED Index: 9.07 B/SMA Index: 8.79
Qualified: #4 8.369 -0.701 #20 8.186 -0.604
Treadwell gets the better light and stays ahead for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
33 Bo Butner 710 Doug Lambeck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.086 8.990 -0.590 0.065 8.758 -0.532
G/SMA Index: 9.58 E/SMA Index: 9.29
Qualified: #5 8.892 -0.688 #21 8.689 -0.601
Butler has to push to catch up and take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6180 Jirka Kaplan 751 Tom Huggins
E1 -0.112 No Time ****WINNER**** -0.028 7.333 -0.407
BB/AM Index: 7.76 B/A Index: 7.74
Qualified: #1 6.951 -0.809 #17 7.123 -0.617
Almost identical indexes for these two and it's all over as we get a double red light win
for Huggins.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
717 Mike DePalma 7767 Alan Ellis
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.074 7.326 -0.414 0.069 7.135 -0.275
B/A Index: 7.74 A/AA Index: 7.41
Qualified: #15 7.116 -0.624 #31 6.894 -0.516
Similar lights at the start and DePalma will get the win after Ellis rattles the tires and
gets out of shape.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6 Clint Sallee 7058 Michael Stone
E1 -0.045 7.053 -0.337 ****WINNER**** 0.021 7.466 -0.474
B/D Index: 7.39 C/ED Index: 7.94
Qualified: #10 6.735 -0.655 #26 7.359 -0.581
Sallee gets the red eye and Stone may want his RT back to use later.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
75 Vincent Deceglie 707M John Mihovetz
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.043 6.612 -0.578 0.022 7.091 -0.469
A/A Index: 7.19 BB/AT Index: 7.56
Qualified: #18 6.582 -0.608 #2 6.836 -0.724
Two high horsepower cars to the line. Big inches and turbos. Deceglie geta a big CIC with
the come from behind win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
7098 Tom Mettler 5233 Gary Chomiski
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.052 8.018 -0.062 -0.002 7.793 -0.287
PST Index: 8.08 PST Index: 8.08
Qualified: #13 7.436 -0.644 #29 7.548 -0.532
Heads up truck race. Chomiski can't wait and gives the win to Mettler right at the starting
line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
6699 Tom Tucker 562 Lucky Snyder
E1 0.169 8.230 -0.550 ****WINNER**** 0.003 8.277 -0.503
F/A Index: 8.78 F/A Index: 8.78
Qualified: #12 8.135 -0.645 #28 8.246 -0.534
Tucker is late and Snyder gets the win without a CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
7771 Ed Sigmon 6016 Gary Anderson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.007 8.660 -0.600 0.162 8.818 -0.642
C/SR Index: 9.26 H/A Index: 9.46
Qualified: #24 8.674 -0.586 #8 8.786 -0.674
Sigmon has a stellar light but has to take a big CIC to keep the win over
Anderson.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
706 Art Hodges 72 Joe Mozeris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.070 7.399 -0.601 0.041 6.991 -0.519
C/A Index: 8.00 B/ED Index: 7.51
Qualified: #16 7.380 -0.620 #32 7.007 -0.503
Hodges will take another big CIC for the come from behind win over Mozeris.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
73 Steve Wilmoth 750 Jim Cowan
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 8.718 -0.542 -0.123 8.494 0.074
C/SR Index: 9.26 E/AA Index: 8.42
Qualified: #14 8.621 -0.639 #30 7.889 -0.531
Ugly red light for Cowan. Wilmoth still gets a CIC for next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
5 Brian Self 1 Dean Carter
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.066 7.482 -0.598 0.054 7.072 -0.518
PST Index: 8.08 A/ND Index: 7.59
Qualified: #11 7.434 -0.646 #27 7.016 -0.574
The new 2004, and now back to back Comp National Champion comes to the line....and will go
home early. Self runs further under to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
411 Colt Mikel 429 Raymond Martin
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 8.391 -0.629 0.157 7.982 -0.468
B/TA Index: 9.02 K/AA Index: 8.45
Qualified: #6 8.340 -0.680 #22 7.849 -0.601
Mikel wins the round, but will get a next round and permanent CIC. Martin wasn't in the
battle from the hit.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
464 Daniel Mikel 10 Sal Biondo
E1 0.091 8.375 -0.645 ****WINNER**** 0.023 7.948 -0.582
B/TA Index: 9.02 B/EA Index: 8.53
Qualified: #7 8.344 -0.676 #23 7.941 -0.589
The "Other Mikel" is late on the light and still gets a permanent CIC on Monday. Biondo
gets the upset win and a not so nice CIC for the next round. He faces DePalma. The other
pairings are: Huggins vs Barcelon; Butner vs Mettler; Stevenson vs Self; Deceglie vs Stone; C.
Mikel vs Wilmoth; Treadwell vs Snyder and Sigmon vs Hodges.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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