Sat, 3 Nov 2007, 01:56 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
43nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
73 Tom Mettler 720 J.D. Zink
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.033 7.506 161.52 0.188 6.912 191.76
PST Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.504 A/ND Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.588
Qualified: #11 7.414 -0.596 #27 6.961 -0.539
10:34 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent,
barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 1,909 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.Hole shot win
for Mettler.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4487 Sean Dodd 738 Jay Payne
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.110 7.372 148.97 -0.111 6.660 153.91
B/AA Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.278 AA/PM Index: 6.85 (+/-): -0.190
Qualified: #17 7.080 -0.570 #1 6.085 -0.765
Dodd gets a free pass, as Payne goes way red and then gets way out of shape. The number one
qualifier is out of here.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Jeff Taylor 76 Vinnie Deceglie
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.008 8.578 144.32 0.076 6.547 203.25
E/SM Index: 9.16 (+/-): -0.582 A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.563
Qualified: #7 8.549 -0.611 #23 6.556 -0.554
Taylor wire to wire.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
751 Tom Huggins 5250 Todd Patterson
E1 0.065 7.117 191.81 ****WINNER**** 0.009 7.475 177.30
B/AA Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.533 C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.545
Qualified: #14 7.070 -0.580 #30 7.495 -0.525
Great light for Patterson.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6660 Adam Bowdish 7771 Ed Sigmon
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.083 9.422 116.98 -0.046 8.874 114.46
H/SM Index: 9.66 (+/-): -0.238 C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.246
Qualified: #3 9.008 -0.652 #19 8.559 -0.561
Red light win for Bowdish.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7109 Ross Wilson 529Y Steve Holloway
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.096 8.743 125.12 0.045 13.120 66.47
C/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.127 A/AA Index: 7.19 (+/-): 5.930
Qualified: #13 8.282 -0.588 #29 6.659 -0.531
Holloway is away first and then the car made a hard move to the center line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
710 Doug Lambeck 718 Alan Freese
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 8.444 149.73 0.056 8.568 119.19
D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.576 C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-): 0.548
Qualified: #9 8.417 -0.603 #25 7.475 -0.545
Freeze slows on the top end.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
178 Dan Fletcher 1 Bo Butner
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.015 8.157 146.91 0.017 7.098 168.62
C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.563 CC/A Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.502
Qualified: #18 8.150 -0.570 #2 6.940 -0.660
Two good lights and Butner can't catch Fletcher. Too much HP?
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1160 Al Ackerman 6016 Gary Anderson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.046 8.126 159.64 0.021 8.817 155.04
F/D Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.564 H/A Index: 9.34 (+/-): -0.523
Qualified: #15 8.110 -0.580 #31 8.819 -0.521
Al Ackerman's MOV: 0.0164 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4171 Rodger Brogdon 7230 Randy Jones
E1 0.024 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.063 8.906 154.05
G/A Index: 9.03 (+/-): 90.969 H/A Index: 9.34 (+/-): -0.434
Qualified: #4 8.380 -0.650 #20 8.781 -0.559
Brogdon breaks and stops on the track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
72 Jim Cowan 3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.005 8.240 155.27 0.049 6.710 201.52
I/AA Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.610 A/ED Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.510
Qualified: #6 8.237 -0.613 #22 6.663 -0.557
Cowan has a great light and nibbles at a permanent CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
610 John Edwards 2000 Lee Sharp
E1 0.038 7.489 181.89 ****WINNER**** 0.029 7.730 176.28
C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.531 D/AA Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.570
Qualified: #21 7.462 -0.558 #5 7.674 -0.626
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Lee Zane 6180 Jirka Kaplan
E1 -0.019 12.590 90.58 ****WINNER**** 0.044 7.005 132.11
L/AA Index: 9.55 (+/-): 3.040 AA/AM Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.105
Qualified: #26 9.011 -0.539 #10 6.512 -0.598
Zane can't wait and gives Kaplan a free one.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6944 Bob Marshall 7 Dean Carter
E1 0.109 7.123 193.90 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.035 188.78
B/AA Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.527 A/ND Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.465
Qualified: #28 7.116 -0.534 #12 6.904 -0.596
Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0202 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6003 Dan Barton 7474 Justin Lamb
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 8.764 154.02 0.072 8.491 150.00
G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.596 D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.529
Qualified: #16 8.787 -0.573 #32 8.500 -0.520
Nice light for Barton and a bite at the CIC for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 David Rampy 1902 Robbie Hudlow
E1 0.020 7.307 170.69 ****WINNER**** 0.033 7.251 173.14
A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.593 CC/AT Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.649
Qualified: #8 7.292 -0.608 #24 7.354 -0.546
Hudlow gets a permanent CIC in the heads up race. Rampy had the advantage off the line and
Hudlow drove by early to take the win. David Rampy's incremental times: 60ft-1.028 sec.,
330ft-2.961, 660ft-4.610/148.23mph, 1,000ft-6.050
Robbie Hudlow's incremental times: 60ft-1.105
sec., 330ft-3.021, 660ft-4.613/154.49mph, 1,000ft-5.99010:47 a.m. Round Two: Dodd vs. Lambeck;
Sharp vs. Wilson; Bowdish vs. Mettler; Taylor vs. Ackerman; Fletcher vs. Kaplan; Cowan vs.
Patterson; Jones vs. Carter; and Hudlow vs. Barton.
Timing data courtesy of
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