Sun, 12 Nov 2006, 06:05 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Darryl Jackman
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 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
5017 Kevin Smith 6660 Adam Bowdish
E3 0.008 7.276 187.57 ****WINNER**** 0.030 8.882 150.72
B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-): -0.454 F/SM Index: 9.38 (+/-): -0.498
Prior rounds:
E2 (V Deceglie ) 0.051 7.762 0.032 (T Huggins ) 0.069 9.383 0.003
E1 (R Wilson ) 0.063 7.299 -0.431 (D Sumek ) 0.044 8.880 -0.540
Qualified: #15 7.141 -0.589 #19 8.846 -0.574
2:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.19 inches, adjusted
altitude 1,931 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.
Smith goes .008 green but still can't catch Bowdish. Smith turned right at the hit and rode the center line to the finish.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Jeff Taylor 62 Dave Barcelon
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.017 8.557 155.67 0.041 8.451 160.88
E/SM Index: 9.11 (+/-): -0.553 G/A Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.559
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Bryan Morr) 0.008 8.751 -0.359 (J Edwards ) 0.036 8.513 -0.497
E1 (F Gross ) 0.034 8.604 -0.606 (A Bresch ) 0.079 8.510 -0.540
Qualified: #2 8.536 -0.674 #14 8.460 -0.590
Both drivers go .55 under but for Taylor the cost is permanent.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
74 Alan Ellis 7771 Ed Sigmon
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.043 7.703 116.43 -0.079 8.786 138.74
A/AA Index: 7.25 (+/-): 0.453 C/SR Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.434
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Mettler ) 0.018 6.747 -0.613 (J Gebhardt ) 0.054 8.715 -0.505
E1 (J Mihovetz ) 0.062 6.857 -0.503 (J Lane ) 0.044 8.720 -0.500
Qualified: #17 6.776 -0.584 #29 8.710 -0.510
Sigmon can't wait and Ellis gets the automatic win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
710 Doug Lambeck 78 Scott Hedlund
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.012 8.569 142.57 0.060 8.194 165.54
D/SMA Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.461 B/SM Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.446
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Cowan ) 0.037 8.526 -0.564 (T Patterson ) 0.049 8.136 -0.604
E1 (D Beckley ) 0.037 8.828 -0.262 (L Snyder ) 0.014 8.464 -0.276
Qualified: #12 8.495 -0.595 #16 8.156 -0.584
Lambeck with the great light and so far he's only lost .06 to CIC. The semis will have Ellis vs Bowdish and Taylor vs
Lambeck.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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