Sat, 24 Feb 2007, 02:08 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Darryl Jackman
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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual Checker Schuck's
Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7230 Randy Jones 7265 Tom Brown
E1 0.135 15.230 56.63 ****WINNER**** 0.079 8.678 128.74
D/SM Index: 9.10 (+/-): 6.130 F/ED Index: 8.91 (+/-): -0.232
Qualified: #15 8.508 -0.592 #31 8.551 -0.359
11:31 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 29.10 inches, adjusted
altitude 1815 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.
Jones was a bit late then had mechanical problems. Brown takes the gift to the second round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7298 Scott Hedlund 77 David Beckley
E1 0.039 8.113 157.63 ****WINNER**** 0.082 6.642 192.85
B/SM Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.627 A/AA Index: 7.33 (+/-): -0.688
Qualified: #18 8.165 -0.575 #2 6.598 -0.732
No problem here for #2 qualifier, Beckley. The Vette was flying and after he passed Hedlund you could hear his ride slow. David
Beckley's MOV: 0.0188 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7771 Ed Sigmon 720 J.D. Zink
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.114 8.818 119.01 -0.500 7.424 141.00
C/SR Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.402 A/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.096
Qualified: #3 8.495 -0.725 #19 6.956 -0.564
Zink is really red here in round one. Sigmon gets the win and says thank you.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7828 Wayne Ramay 54 Bill Morse
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 7.064 182.11 0.123 9.004 133.41
A/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.456 G/SM Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.486
Qualified: #22 6.962 -0.558 #6 8.853 -0.637
Ramay has the new slide valve injectors on this weekend. Or so I've heard. He does not have to stretch the legs of his A/ND to
get the win over Morse.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
73 Tom Mettler 450D Dean Howerton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.100 7.757 141.82 -0.014 7.169 187.99
PST Index: 8.07 (+/-): -0.313 C/D Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.401
Qualified: #12 7.463 -0.607 #28 7.148 -0.422
Howerton goes red and hands a win to Mettler.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
14 Frank Aragona 4025 Joey Tanksley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.019 8.515 139.53 0.041 7.167 177.35
G/EA Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.555 C/DA Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.503
Qualified: #11 8.453 -0.617 #27 7.210 -0.460
Two good lights blow the myth about Comp drivers out of the water. Aragona gets the win but will give a bit to the CIC gods next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
75 Alan Ellis 730 Bryan Fitzgerald
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.047 6.805 171.55 0.116 7.847 171.12
A/AA Index: 7.33 (+/-): -0.525 E/AA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.463
Qualified: #13 6.726 -0.604 #29 7.895 -0.415
Ellis, with the much better light, tiptoed next to the center stripe all the way down.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
72 Jim Cowan 717 Mike DePalma
E1 0.014 8.426 141.28 ****WINNER**** 0.022 8.077 159.80
D/EA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.504 F/A Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.613
Qualified: #4 8.261 -0.669 #20 8.128 -0.562
Another pair of great lights but DePalma takes a perm CIC as he goes more than .60 under for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
610 John Edwards 51 Clint Sallee
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.139 7.537 163.18 0.049 6.950 183.44
C/AA Index: 8.05 (+/-): -0.513 B/D Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.320
Qualified: #21 7.490 -0.560 #5 6.633 -0.637
Edwards wasn't real sharp on the lights but gets the win on performance.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5800 Al Bresch 62 Dave Barcelon
E1 0.070 9.090 149.48 ****WINNER**** 0.049 8.648 145.86
G/SM Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.400 G/A Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.402
Qualified: #33 9.290 -0.200 #16 8.475 -0.575
Barcelon was away first and held off Bresch to go to round two. Best part for Barcelon is it keeps his entire index.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
529Y Steve Holloway 7 Dean Carter
E1 0.125 7.036 155.96 ****WINNER**** 0.015 7.007 172.87
A/AA Index: 7.33 (+/-): -0.294 A/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.513
Qualified: #8 6.701 -0.629 #24 6.983 -0.537
This was over on the starting line. Carter has a psychic light and is able to pull well away from Holloway.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
178 Dan Fletcher 550 Will Hatcher
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.088 8.229 139.67 0.043 6.903 195.31
C/EA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.521 A/DA Index: 7.20 (+/-): -0.297
Qualified: #14 8.149 -0.601 #30 6.805 -0.395
Hatcher can only muster a -.297 and the win goes to Fletcher.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
58 Bruno Massel 57 Bub Miller
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.085 7.430 167.70 0.071 8.368 140.77
DD/AT Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.750 D/EA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.562
Qualified: #9 7.551 -0.629 #25 8.396 -0.534
Pretty even at the hit but Massel hits the hair drier hard and goes -.750 on the index. I hope he's the only one running DD/AT!
Miller only went the normal -.562 under in the other lane.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
600 Jeff Lane 703 Joe Mozeris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 7.975 157.89 0.352 7.085 187.05
B/SR Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.615 C/DA Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.585
Qualified: #10 7.964 -0.626 #26 7.174 -0.496
Lane takes a perm CIC into the second round even after Mozeris has this horrible light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
452 Steve Kent 500 Lou Ficco Jr.
E1 -0.064 9.153 126.58 ****WINNER**** 0.041 14.101 69.18
G/SM Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.337 B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-): 6.371
Qualified: #23 8.948 -0.542 #7 7.096 -0.634
Ficco had problems getting the car off the starting line and the win goes to Kent.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7916 Bryan Morrison 10 Thomas Schmidt
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.006 8.145 152.99 0.032 8.645 144.86
F/AA Index: 8.71 (+/-): -0.565 C/SR Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.575
Qualified: #17 8.135 -0.575 #1 8.478 -0.742
Morrison parlays his great light into a 0.0163 seconds (approximately 3 feet)win. He still takes a CIC to the next round.Next
round looks like this: Morrison vs Massel; Edwards vs Ellis; Sigmon vs Aragona; Kent vs Brown; Beckley vs Lane; Ramay vs Fletcher;
DePalma vs Mettler and Carter vs Barcelon.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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