Sat, 13 Nov 2004, 08:59 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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-- (+/-)
706 Art Hodges 7771 Ed Sigmon
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.133 8.947 1.047 -0.008 10.432 1.272
C/A Index: 7.90 C/SR Index: 9.16
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Mozeris ) 0.070 7.399 -0.601 (G Anderson ) 0.007 8.660 -0.600
Qualified: #16 7.380 -0.620 #24 8.674 -0.586
5:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent,
barometer 28.86 inches, adjusted altitude 2,001 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.It's full
dark now and we are reporting from the tower behind the starting line through tinted windows.
The ESPN television folks have shut down for the night, so it's going to be tough to see the
cars on the top end. Sigmon just misses the green and gets the red light. Hodges gets waaay
loose and has to lift.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
562 Lucky Snyder 21 Glen Treadwell
E2 0.082 8.274 -0.506 ****WINNER**** 0.078 8.482 -0.538
F/A Index: 8.78 E/ED Index: 9.02
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Tucker ) 0.003 8.277 -0.503 (J Miller ) 0.027 8.514 -0.556
Qualified: #28 8.246 -0.534 #4 8.369 -0.701
Treadwell runs further under for the win an another CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
618 Dave Barcelon 751 Tom Huggins
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.020 9.036 0.336 -0.020 7.260 -0.480
F/A Index: 8.70 B/A Index: 7.74
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Hedlund ) 0.219 8.198 -0.582 (J Kaplan ) -0.028 7.333 -0.407
Qualified: #9 8.113 -0.667 #17 7.123 -0.617
Red light for Huggins and Barcelon takes it easy to save another CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
33 Bo Butner 7098 Tom Mettler
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.047 9.020 -0.470 0.078 7.773 -0.307
G/SMA Index: 9.49 PST Index: 8.08
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Lambeck ) 0.086 8.990 -0.590 (G Chomiski ) 0.052 8.018 -0.062
Qualified: #5 8.892 -0.688 #13 7.436 -0.644
Butler gets away first and keeps in front to take the win over Mettler's truck.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
411 Colt Mikel 73 Steve Wilmoth
E2 0.056 11.675 2.775 ****WINNER**** 0.126 8.745 -0.475
B/TA Index: 8.90 C/SR Index: 9.22
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Martin ) 0.042 8.391 -0.629 (J Cowan ) 0.037 8.718 -0.542
Qualified: #6 8.340 -0.680 #14 8.621 -0.639
Mikel took a big CIC hit last round. He gets a much better RT, but the truck gets way loose
at the shift and he has to lift to keep the truck in his lane.Wilmoth takes an easy
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
717 Mike DePalma 10 Sal Biondo
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.029 7.248 -0.492 0.045 7.971 -0.479
B/A Index: 7.74 B/EA Index: 8.45
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Ellis ) 0.074 7.326 -0.414 (D Mikel ) 0.023 7.948 -0.582
Qualified: #15 7.116 -0.624 #23 7.941 -0.589
Biondo has a good light, but DePalma's is better. He takes the win and saves some
CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
75 Vincent Deceglie 7058 Michael Stone
E2 0.000 11.105 3.985 ****WINNER**** -0.003 7.521 -0.419
A/A Index: 7.12 C/ED Index: 7.94
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Mihovetz ) 0.043 6.612 -0.578 (C Sallee ) 0.021 7.466 -0.474
Qualified: #18 6.582 -0.608 #26 7.359 -0.581
Deceglie takes a perfect light and then lifts when he sees the win light in his lane. Stone
just misses the great light and loses.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
5 Brian Self 2125 Tony Stephenson
E2 0.078 7.565 -0.425 ****WINNER**** 0.005 8.309 -0.501
PST Index: 7.99 C/EA Index: 8.81
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Carter ) 0.066 7.482 -0.598 (C Stewart ) 0.084 9.105 0.295
Qualified: #11 7.434 -0.646 #3 8.098 -0.712
The Comp guys must like the dark as Stephenson has another great RT to take the win 5:48
p.m. Tomorrow:Stephenson will race DePalma; Stone will race Wilmoth; Treadwell will race hodges; and Barcelon will race Butner.
Timing data courtesy of
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