Sat, 5 Nov 2005, 02:39 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, 41st annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6180 Jirka Kaplan 718 Alan Freese
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 7.825 115.76 -0.018 7.833 173.34
BB/AM Index: 7.75 (+/-): 0.075 D/AA Index: 8.35 (+/-): -0.517
Qualified: #12 7.144 -0.606 #28 7.808 -0.542
10:58 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent,
barometer 29.365 inches, adjusted altitude 1,341 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7767 Alan Ellis 5250 Todd Patterson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.170 144.30 -0.003 8.255 129.73
A/AA Index: 7.41 (+/-): -0.240 B/SR Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.345
Qualified: #24 6.842 -0.568 #8 7.966 -0.634
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
77 Randy Jones 64 Dave Barcelon
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.024 11.766 78.54
D/SM Index: 9.20 (+/-): 90.799 F/A Index: 8.73 (+/-): 3.036
Qualified: #31 8.690 -0.510 #15 8.132 -0.598
Jones rolled the beams...before the tree was activated.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
751 Tom Huggins 7771 Ed Sigmon
E1 -0.023 7.401 151.19 ****WINNER**** 0.026 8.905 125.02
B/A Index: 7.74 (+/-): -0.339 C/SR Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.325
Qualified: #6 7.094 -0.646 #22 8.656 -0.574
Four pairs, four red lights...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7265 Tom Brown 7109 Ross Wilson
E1 -0.069 8.622 130.12 ****WINNER**** 0.167 9.210 113.05
F/ED Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.358 C/SMA Index: 8.93 (+/-): 0.280
Qualified: #29 8.449 -0.531 #13 8.331 -0.599
Five for five...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Vinnie Deceglie 1423 Jake Crimmins
E1 -0.005 6.790 159.23 ****WINNER**** 0.025 No Time
A/A Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.400 AA/AM Index: 7.19 (+/-): 92.809
Qualified: #10 6.574 -0.616 #26 6.627 -0.563
Identical indexes, but not technically a heads-up race. Crimmins' crew had a difficult time
getting the starter off the supercharger after firing the engine, Deceglie making his burnout
and backing up before all the tugging and yanking did the job. Deceglie went red and Crimmins'
car stalled on the launch! Six for six...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
10 Bo Butner III 7098 Tom Mettler
E1 0.040 8.656 137.64 ****WINNER**** 0.001 7.520 179.71
D/SM Index: 9.20 (+/-): -0.544 PST Index: 8.07 (+/-): -0.550
Qualified: #2 8.522 -0.678 #18 7.482 -0.588
Two green lights. Tom Mettler's MOV: 0.0455 seconds (approximately 9 feet). He takes a 0.05
"hit" to get the win, the first CIC of the round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
79 Steve Wilmoth 600 Jeff Lane
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 8.651 146.08 0.083 8.030 163.65
C/SR Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.579 B/SR Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.570
Qualified: #27 8.676 -0.554 #11 7.985 -0.615
Steve Wilmoth's MOV: 0.0298 seconds (approximately 7 feet) and he'll lose 0.07 from his
index.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Tony Stephenson 9 Doug Lambeck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.018 8.179 161.48 0.049 8.490 157.32
C/EA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.571 D/SMA Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.600
Qualified: #23 8.180 -0.570 #7 8.448 -0.642
Tony Stephenson's MOV: 0.0023 seconds (approximately 6 inches) and he earns a 0.07 CIC
penalty.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
11 Al Ackerman 7041 David Sumek
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.095 8.190 143.08 0.063 7.715 118.36
F/D Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.530 AA/AM Index: 7.19 (+/-): 0.525
Qualified: #16 8.129 -0.591 #32 6.685 -0.505
Sumek's big BAE engine spit out the blower belt at half track. Ackerman took a 0.03 CIC
penalty just to make sure of the win...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7737 Ken Justice Sr. 6744 Chuck Smithfield
E1 0.252 7.194 186.85 ****WINNER**** 0.013 7.664 172.83
B/AA Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.606 BB/A Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.506
Qualified: #19 7.213 -0.587 #3 7.518 -0.652
Another blown car, this one stuffed into a Beretta. Justice was late and his car made a big
move out toward the wall. He still ran way under his index, in a losing cause.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
707M John Mihovetz 7298 Scott Hedlund
E1 -0.051 7.489 125.86 ****WINNER**** 0.109 8.679 119.34
BB/AT Index: 7.39 (+/-): 0.099 B/SM Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.081
Qualified: #1 6.711 -0.679 #17 8.172 -0.588
A turbocharged car was the quicker in this pairing, but Mihovetz' Cougar has been
inconsistent so far this weekend. He went red and Hedlund slowed as soon as his win light came
on. The #1 and #2 qualifiers are already gone, the highest-qualified survivor being #3-qualified
Smithfield.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
220 Jeff Taylor 1 Dean Carter
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.007 8.638 146.16 0.027 7.090 184.45
D/SM Index: 9.20 (+/-): -0.562 A/ND Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.450
Qualified: #4 8.550 -0.650 #20 6.954 -0.586
Carter's dragster made a hard left on the launch and he could not catch 2005 Lucas Oil
champion Taylor. Jeff Taylor's MOV: 0.1322 seconds (approximately 36 feet) and Taylor took a
0.06 CIC penalty.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
750 Jim Cowan 3112 Mike Smith
E1 0.068 7.951 171.14 ****WINNER**** 0.059 8.454 145.36
E/AA Index: 8.41 (+/-): -0.459 G/AA Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.556
Qualified: #30 7.897 -0.513 #14 8.411 -0.599
Mike Smith's MOV: 0.1068 seconds (approximately 27 feet) and he takes a 0.05 CIC
"hit."
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
13 Sal Biondo 7093 Jeff Lion
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 8.024 141.08 -0.025 8.225 165.84
E/AA Index: 8.41 (+/-): -0.386 F/A Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.505
Qualified: #9 7.787 -0.623 #25 8.166 -0.564
Biondo saved his index for later on in the event...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt 1937 Lee Zane
E1 -0.075 6.774 169.08 ****WINNER**** 0.110 9.419 105.97
A/ED Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.486 L/AA Index: 9.77 (+/-): -0.351
Qualified: #21 6.675 -0.585 #5 9.123 -0.647
In the second round it's Hedlund vs Biondo, Zane vs Wilson, Smithfield vs Wilmoth,
Stephenson vs Barcelon, Mettler vs Crimmins, Sigmon vs Mike Smith, Taylor vs Kaplan, and Ellis
vs Ackerman
Timing data courtesy of
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