Sun, 12 Nov 2006, 03:47 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                           62 Dave Barcelon                
E2                   0.238  7.503 181.89     ****WINNER****  0.036  8.513 156.83
       C/AA Index: 8.05 (+/-): -0.547             G/A Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.497
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Warter    ) 0.064  8.330  0.280      (A Bresch    ) 0.079  8.510 -0.540
 Qualified:            #22  7.508 -0.542                       #14  8.460 -0.590

6:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.08 inches, adjusted altitude 1,773 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Comp is next out as the temp drops and full night sets in. Horrible light for Edwards and Barcelon takes the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt                     7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E2                   0.198 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.054  8.715 147.96
       A/ED Index: 7.21 (+/-): 92.789            C/SR Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.505
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M DePalma Jr) 0.054  6.709 -0.521      (J Lane      ) 0.044  8.720 -0.500
 Qualified:             #5  6.615 -0.615                       #29  8.710 -0.510

Gebhardt had some big problems in tghe A/ED. The car got loose and appeared hit the left wall and then go across into the other lane. It's really dark out and hard to see. Some reported the car actually did a few snap rolls. Word back from the site of the incident is that Gebhardt is out of her Spitzer dragster and walking around. We're down for a clean up.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Alan Ellis                           7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  6.747 201.94                     0.006  7.507 181.52
       A/AA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.613             PST Index: 8.07 (+/-): -0.563
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mihovetz  ) 0.062  6.857 -0.503      (M Stewart   ) 0.046  7.563 -0.507
 Qualified:            #17  6.776 -0.584                        #9  7.463 -0.607

Ellis will Sigmon in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Tom Huggins                          6660 Adam Bowdish                 
E2                  -0.500 16.024 131.92     ****WINNER****  0.069  9.383 116.15
        B/A Index: 7.59 (+/-):  8.434            F/SM Index: 9.38 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Biondo    ) 0.117  7.088 -0.602      (D Sumek     ) 0.044  8.880 -0.540
 Qualified:            #11  7.094 -0.596                       #19  8.846 -0.574

Huggins rolled the beam and then just drove on down the lane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Vinnie Deceglie                      5017 Kevin Smith                  
E2                  -0.086  7.512 122.90     ****WINNER****  0.051  7.762 136.88
        A/A Index: 7.16 (+/-):  0.352            B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Stone     ) 0.057  6.772 -0.388      (R Wilson    ) 0.063  7.299 -0.431
 Qualified:             #7  6.547 -0.613                       #15  7.141 -0.589

Deceglie was too quick on the tree and Smith gets the freebie. Smith will face Bowdish in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5250 Todd Patterson                         78 Scott Hedlund                
E2                   0.112  7.762 174.71     ****WINNER****  0.049  8.136 165.44
        E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.598            B/SM Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.604
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Marshall  ) 0.046  7.978 -0.382      (L Snyder    ) 0.014  8.464 -0.276
 Qualified:             #8  7.753 -0.607                       #16  8.156 -0.584

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jeff Taylor                          7916 Bryan Morrison               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  8.751 127.92                    -0.015  8.170 155.04
       E/SM Index: 9.11 (+/-): -0.359            F/AA Index: 8.71 (+/-): -0.540
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Gross     ) 0.034  8.604 -0.606      (L Sharp     ) 0.001  8.248 -0.462
 Qualified:             #2  8.536 -0.674                       #26  8.188 -0.522

Morrison was too quick on the tree and Taylor with the freebie. Taylor will Barcelon in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                          750 Jim Cowan                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  8.526 149.12                     0.152  8.445 138.78
      D/SMA Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.564            D/EA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.425
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Beckley   ) 0.037  8.828 -0.262      (B Butner    ) 0.072  8.364 -0.566
 Qualified:            #12  8.495 -0.595                        #4  8.312 -0.618

Lambeck will take a hit and the win. He will face Hedlund in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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