Mon, 8 Oct 2007, 04:48 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 4 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
 7771 Ed Sigmon                               7 Dean Carter                  
E4                   0.039  8.710 151.99     ****WINNER****  0.011  7.202 161.87
       C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.410            B/ND Index: 7.67 (+/-): -0.468
 Prior rounds:
E3    (V Deceglie  ) 0.033  8.645 -0.475      (D Lambeck   ) 0.033  7.163 -0.547
E2    (A Freese    ) 0.140  8.645 -0.475      (R Jones     ) 0.044  7.227 -0.483
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.075  8.613 -0.507      (B Moscini   ) 0.069  7.202 -0.518
 Qualified:            #12  8.597 -0.523                        #7  7.146 -0.574

1:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 8 percent, barometer 29.89 inches. We have a chance for an "All Nostalgia" Final with two FED's in the semi-finals.

Ed Sigmon has no CIC penalty; Dean Carter has a 0.05 CIC penalty.

Carter complete his half of the deals with a great light and a strong run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  720 J.D. Zink                              77 David Beckley                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.064  7.021 188.73                     0.094  6.712 207.88
       A/ND Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.459            A/AA Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.478
 Prior rounds:
E3                   0.218  7.878  0.398      (J Gracia    ) 0.062  6.836 -0.354
E2    (F Gross     ) 0.035  6.978 -0.522      (A Ellis     ) 0.050  6.735 -0.455
E1    (D Raybourn  ) 0.128  7.420 -0.080                     0.069  6.885 -0.305
 Qualified:             #9  6.950 -0.550                        #1  6.559 -0.631

J.D. Zink has a 0.02 CIC penalty; David Beckley has no CIC penalty.

Zink seals the deal with another good RT to take a hole shot win. J.D. Zink's MOV: 0.0118 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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