Mon, 8 Oct 2007, 12:54 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Second annual NHRA Pacific
SPORTSnationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
703 Joe Mozeris 76 Vinnie Deceglie
E1 -0.021 7.265 154.99 ****WINNER**** 0.109 7.150 138.20
C/DA Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.375 A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): 0.040
Qualified: #14 7.149 -0.491 #2 6.495 -0.615
9:26 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent,
barometer 29.94 inches. Mozeris will get over a half second head start, but he adds a -0.0221
red to give the race to Deceglie. The powerful Vette coasts on down to ensure no CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
751D Skip Dunn 610 John Edwards
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.161 7.162 187.00 0.027 7.723 153.26
B/AA Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.488 C/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.317
Qualified: #16 7.171 -0.479 #4 7.451 -0.589
Dunn is late, but runs further under his index to take the win. Skip Dunn's MOV: 0.0373 seconds
(approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7265 Tom Brown 75 Alan Ellis
E1 0.126 12.907 60.81 ****WINNER**** 0.080 8.160 101.19
F/ED Index: 8.85 (+/-): 4.057 A/AP Index: 7.35 (+/-): 0.810
Qualified: #20 8.513 -0.337 #8 6.784 -0.566
David and Goliath on the line. Brown is late shuts it off early. Ellis uses up a bunch of his
lane and has to lift. He gets the coasting win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7109 Ross Wilson 7771 Ed Sigmon
E1 0.034 8.421 159.40 ****WINNER**** 0.075 8.613 153.32
C/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.449 C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.507
Qualified: #24 9.938 1.068 #12 8.597 -0.523
Sigmon uses a lot of track and nibbles at the CIC to get the close win.Ed Sigmon's MOV: 0.0177
seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
718 Alan Freese 730 Bryan Fitzgerald
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.017 7.744 144.55 0.204 9.488 104.89
C/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.296 F/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-): 0.848
Qualified: #6 7.465 -0.575 #18 8.222 -0.418
Fitzgerald is late off the line and clicks it early to give the easy win to
Fitzgerald.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7 Dean Carter 768M Brian Moscini
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.069 7.202 173.32 0.010 7.628 175.39
B/ND Index: 7.72 (+/-): -0.518 C/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.412
Qualified: #7 7.146 -0.574 #19 7.643 -0.397
Moscini gets an advantage off the line and Carter takes a bite of the CIC to pull out the win
on the top end.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
710 Doug Lambeck 799 Steve Graham
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.062 8.590 136.44 0.005 7.721 175.68
D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.430 C/A Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.259
Qualified: #10 8.470 -0.550 #22 7.725 -0.255
Graham has a great light and has to watch the back of Lambecks car all the way down the
track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7244 Fred Gross 751 Tom Huggins
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 8.545 156.55 No Time
G/A Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.485 B/A Index: 7.67 (+/-): 92.329
Qualified: #15 8.539 -0.491 #3 7.071 -0.599
Singles from here on for a while.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6033 Patrick Byron 7230 Randy Jones
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.036 9.252 126.28
B/D Index: 7.26 (+/-): 92.739 H/A Index: 9.34 (+/-): -0.088
Qualified: #25 9.840 2.580 #13 8.839 -0.501
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7916 Bryan Morrison 73 Tom Mettler
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.019 8.678 118.04 No Time
F/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-): 0.038 PST Index: 8.01 (+/-): 91.989
Qualified: #17 8.187 -0.453 #5 7.423 -0.587
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7700 Clarence Thomas 735 Jeff Gracia
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.093 10.897 115.21
B/AA Index: 7.65 (+/-): 92.349 C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): 2.177
Qualified: #23 7.426 -0.224 #11 8.188 -0.532
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
732 Dave Raybourn 720 J.D. Zink
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.128 7.420 132.78
D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): 90.979 A/ND Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.080
Qualified: #21 8.756 -0.264 #9 6.950 -0.550
Zink is left and right off the line and then clicks it early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 77 David Beckley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.069 6.885 162.22
A/AA Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.305
Qualified: #1 6.559 -0.631
Beckly is the #1 qualifier and gets the Bye run into round two. He'll meet Ellis. In other
pairings: Morrison vs. Gracia; Gross vs. Zink; Freeze vs. Sigmon; Dunn vs. Lambeck; Carter vs.
Jonees and DeCeglie gets the Bye run.9:47 a.m.
Timing data courtesy of
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