Mon, 8 Oct 2007, 02:12 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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
  718 Alan Freese                          7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E2                   0.121  7.645 180.48     ****WINNER****  0.140  8.645 153.21
       C/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.395            C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.475
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Fitzgerald) 0.017  7.744 -0.296      (R Wilson    ) 0.075  8.613 -0.507
 Qualified:             #6  7.465 -0.575                       #12  8.597 -0.523

10:55 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 29.95 inches.

Freeze gets the advantage off the line and still can't catch Sigmon.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Alan Ellis                             77 David Beckley                
E2                   0.053  7.225 144.24     ****WINNER****  0.050  6.735 189.60
       A/AP Index: 7.35 (+/-): -0.125            A/AA Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.455
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Brown     ) 0.080  8.160  0.810                     0.069  6.885 -0.305
 Qualified:             #8  6.784 -0.566                        #1  6.559 -0.631

Two high horsepower cars to the line. Both altereds, but one "old style" and the other "new style"

Ellis snakes his way down the track with lots of left/right darts and it costs him. Beckley runs straight and true and lifts early to protect his CIC for later.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  76 Vinnie Deceglie              
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.013  6.855 165.40
                                                  A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.255
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (J Mozeris   ) 0.109  7.150  0.040
 Qualified:                                                       #2  6.495 -0.615

Deceglie leaves hard on his Bye run and clicks it way early. He face Sigmon in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 751D Skip Dunn                             710 Doug Lambeck                 
E2                  -0.005  7.171 190.03     ****WINNER****  0.095  8.771 119.51
       B/AA Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.479           D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.249
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Edwards   ) 0.161  7.162 -0.488      (S Graham    ) 0.062  8.590 -0.430
 Qualified:            #16  7.171 -0.479                       #10  8.470 -0.550

Dunn red lights by -0.005 and gives Lambeck a free pass to round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  720 J.D. Zink                            7244 Fred Gross                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.978 183.15                     0.080  8.529 158.45
       A/ND Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.522             G/A Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.501
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Raybourn  ) 0.128  7.420 -0.080      (T Huggins   ) 0.025  8.545 -0.485
 Qualified:             #9  6.950 -0.550                       #15  8.539 -0.491

The winner gets the Bye run in round three. Zink has all the numbers, but takes a little CIC hit to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7916 Bryan Morrison                        735 Jeff Gracia                  
E2                  -0.037  8.360 139.08     ****WINNER****  0.021  8.658 147.55
       F/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.280            C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.062
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Mettler   ) 0.019  8.678  0.038      (C Thomas    ) 0.093 10.897  2.177
 Qualified:            #17  8.187 -0.453                       #11  8.188 -0.532

Red light Morrison. Gracia will meet #1 qualifier, Beckley, in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                             7 Dean Carter                  
E2                   0.030  8.933 151.00     ****WINNER****  0.044  7.227 155.19
        H/A Index: 9.34 (+/-): -0.407            B/ND Index: 7.71 (+/-): -0.483
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Byron     ) 0.036  9.252 -0.088      (B Moscini   ) 0.069  7.202 -0.518
 Qualified:            #13  8.839 -0.501                        #7  7.146 -0.574

Jones leaves wheels up and move out of the groove, it may have cost him.Carter drives on by for the win. He'll meet Lambeck in the next round.

11:07 a.m.

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