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Sun, 5 Oct 2008, 07:20 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Third annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7265 Tom Brown                            751D Skip Dunn                    
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.047  8.535 134.31                           No Time      
       F/ED Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.295            B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): 92.359
 Qualified:             #7  8.319 -0.511                       #16  7.335 -0.305

3:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.69 inches, adjusted altitude 3,232 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Dunn is a "No Show", so Brown gets the single.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  799 Steve Graham                           78 Tom Mettler                  
E1                   0.111  7.735 154.97     ****WINNER****  0.066  7.579 160.88
        C/A Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.245             PST Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.431
 Qualified:            #13  7.522 -0.458                        #4  7.461 -0.549

Mettler wire to wire with all of the better numbers.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Alan Ellis                           7009 Ross Wilson                  
E1                   0.014 11.189  67.74     ****WINNER****  0.135  8.611 128.05
       A/AP Index: 7.29 (+/-):  3.899           C/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.249
 Qualified:            #12  6.825 -0.465                        #3  8.311 -0.549

Ellis' car is all over the track at the hit, after a great leave. He gives it up early and coasts on down. Wilson was lucky with a terrible light!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780M Mike Maggio                           717 Mike DePalma                 
E1                  -0.142  6.722 209.43     ****WINNER****  0.140  7.980 156.26
      AA/PM Index: 6.85 (+/-): -0.128            A/SM Index: 8.43 (+/-): -0.450
 Qualified:            #18  6.757 -0.093                        #9  7.929 -0.501

Maggio gets the yips and goes way red. DePalma was late and gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  718 Alan Freese                             7 Jim Cowan                    
E1                  -0.013  8.460 113.93     ****WINNER****  0.013  8.823 113.63
       C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-):  0.440            I/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-):  0.033
 Qualified:            #10  7.539 -0.481                        #1  8.185 -0.605

Freeze misses the green by -0.013 and gives Cowan the free pass to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7771 Ed Sigmon                               2 Dean Carter                  
E1                   0.117  8.706 151.15     ****WINNER****  0.043  7.047 169.57
       C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.414            A/ND Index: 7.46 (+/-): -0.413
 Qualified:            #17  8.894 -0.226                        #8  6.959 -0.501

Sigmon is a little late and Carter isn't! Car length win for Carter.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 768M Brian Moscini                          74 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                  -0.052  7.716 176.37     ****WINNER****  0.076  8.565 137.40
       C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.304           D/SMA Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.435
 Qualified:            #15  7.642 -0.378                        #6  8.468 -0.532

Moscini goes red and has the back end step out right after to boot. Lambeck goes on.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  724 Jon Rowley                            610 John Edwards                 
E1                   0.127  7.188 183.29     ****WINNER****  0.031  7.542 165.21
       A/ND Index: 7.46 (+/-): -0.272            C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.478
 Qualified:            #11  6.991 -0.469                        #2  7.426 -0.594

Rowley's dragster makes a move towards the center line after a late start. He wisely gives it up early. Edwards gets a easy one.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                           178 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                  -0.038  8.745 145.00     ****WINNER****  0.062  8.288 136.65
       E/SM Index: 9.14 (+/-): -0.395            C/EA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.372
 Qualified:            #14  8.725 -0.415                        #5  8.117 -0.543

The left lane is catching a lot of cars. Jones joins the red light and loose club. Fletcher saves the pieces for round two.

4:10 p.m. In Round two: Cowan gets the Bye Run; Mettler vs. Carter; Wilson vs. Brown; and Fletcher vs. De Palma.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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