Sat, 5 Nov 2005, 08:43 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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
3112 Mike Smith 7771 Ed Sigmon
E2 0.204 8.638 131.99 ****WINNER**** 0.042 8.692 150.06
G/AA Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.322 C/SR Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.538
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Cowan ) 0.059 8.454 -0.556 (T Huggins ) 0.026 8.905 -0.325
Qualified: #14 8.411 -0.599 #22 8.656 -0.574
5:23 p.m. Mike Smith has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Ed Sigmon has no CIC penalty. Smith was very
late, Sigmon didn't know it, and Sigmon earned a 0.03 CIC penalty for the remaining
rounds.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7098 Tom Mettler 1423 Jake Crimmins
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.078 7.897 137.11 -0.084 6.677 187.31
PST Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.123 AA/AM Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.513
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Butner ) 0.001 7.520 -0.550 (V Deceglie ) No Time
Qualified: #18 7.482 -0.588 #26 6.627 -0.563
Tom Mettler has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Jake Crimmins has no CIC penalty. Crimmins went red and
Mettler saved the rest of his index for later rounds.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Tony Stephenson 64 Dave Barcelon
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.037 8.454 130.64 0.026 10.507 92.40
C/EA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.226 F/A Index: 8.73 (+/-): 1.777
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Lambeck ) 0.018 8.179 -0.571 (R Jones ) 0.024 11.766 3.036
Qualified: #23 8.180 -0.570 #15 8.132 -0.598
Barcelon had problems and slowed at half track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6180 Jirka Kaplan 220 Jeff Taylor
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.064 7.117 184.27 0.068 8.601 150.45
BB/AM Index: 7.75 (+/-): -0.633 D/SM Index: 9.14 (+/-): -0.539
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Freese ) 0.026 7.825 0.075 (D Carter ) 0.007 8.638 -0.562
Qualified: #12 7.144 -0.606 #4 8.550 -0.650
Jirka Kaplan has no CIC penalty; Jeff Taylor has a 0.06 CIC penalty. Jirka Kaplan's MOV:
0.0985 seconds (approximately 22 feet). He earned a 0.13 CIC penalty in the process.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
11 Al Ackerman 7767 Alan Ellis
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.007 8.287 153.25 0.051 8.731 140.33
F/D Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.403 A/AA Index: 7.41 (+/-): 1.321
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Sumek ) 0.095 8.190 -0.530 (T Patterson ) 0.027 7.170 -0.240
Qualified: #16 8.129 -0.591 #24 6.842 -0.568
Ellis slowed early in the run.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7109 Ross Wilson 1937 Lee Zane
E2 0.139 8.762 128.60 ****WINNER**** 0.096 9.333 117.04
C/SMA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.168 L/AA Index: 9.77 (+/-): -0.437
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Brown ) 0.167 9.210 0.280 (J Gebhardt ) 0.110 9.419 -0.351
Qualified: #13 8.331 -0.599 #5 9.123 -0.647
Neither driver has a CIC penalty. Wilson had problems past half track and Zane saved his
index again.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
13 Sal Biondo 7298 Scott Hedlund
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.028 7.953 162.29 0.146 8.204 163.31
E/AA Index: 8.41 (+/-): -0.457 B/SM Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.556
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Lion ) 0.026 8.024 -0.386 (J Mihovetz ) 0.109 8.679 -0.081
Qualified: #9 7.787 -0.623 #17 8.172 -0.588
Neither driver has a CIC penalty. Hedlund spotted Biondo over a tenth of a second at the
green and Biondo was able to win without hurting his index. Sal Biondo's MOV: 0.0195 seconds
(approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
79 Steve Wilmoth 6744 Chuck Smithfield
E2 0.149 8.703 143.84 ****WINNER**** 0.034 7.751 157.06
C/SR Index: 9.16 (+/-): -0.457 BB/A Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.419
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Lane ) 0.063 8.651 -0.579 (K Justice ) 0.013 7.664 -0.506
Qualified: #27 8.676 -0.554 #3 7.518 -0.652
Steve Wilmoth has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Chuck Smithfield has no CIC penalty. Wilmoth gave up
a lot at the green and Smithfield was able to win without hurting his index. Chuck Smithfield's
MOV: 0.0778 seconds (approximately 16 feet). In the quarterfinals it's Biondo vs Zane,
Smithfield vs Stephenson, Mettler vs Sigmon, and Kaplan vs Ackerman.
Timing data courtesy of
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