Sat, 15 Nov 2008, 08:42 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2000 Lee Sharp 2780 Grant Lewis
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.010 8.369 159.40 0.051 9.059 139.10
D/SMA Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.531 H/SMA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.501
Prior rounds:
E1 (K Rizzoli ) 0.025 8.400 -0.600 (M DePalma ) 0.020 9.341 -0.219
Qualified: #11 8.401 -0.599 #19 9.011 -0.549
Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 28.89
inches, adjusted altitude 2,853 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.It's full dark and the lights
on the Christmas Tree will look huge to the drivers. Sharp is sharp on the tree with a great 0.010
light and takes the car length win, even with his dime CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7298 Scott Hedlund 3335 David Connolly
E2 0.126 7.808 171.69 ****WINNER**** 0.030 8.028 160.63
A/SM Index: 8.43 (+/-): -0.622 F/AA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.572
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Brown ) 0.071 7.935 -0.495 (P Adams ) 0.020 8.100 -0.500
Qualified: #14 7.848 -0.582 #6 7.985 -0.615
Ouch, Hedlund is late off the line and will get a permanent CIC in his losing effort. Good
light for Connolly and a 0.07 CIC hit for round three.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7771 Ed Sigmon 7910 Frank Cervelli
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.092 8.592 150.65 0.109 7.043 187.31
C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.528 C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.517
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Weems ) 0.054 8.754 -0.366 (B Darcy ) 0.008 7.054 -0.516
Qualified: #31 8.666 -0.454 #23 7.044 -0.526
Sigmon gets it all together to take the win from a late Cervelli. Just a little CIC for
tomorrow. Ed Sigmon's MOV: 0.0284 seconds (approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt 7 Jim Cowan
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.074 6.557 199.17 0.043 8.245 147.12
A/DA Index: 7.14 (+/-): -0.583 I/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.545
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Moscini ) 0.028 6.703 -0.437 (S Benham ) 0.067 9.949 1.159
Qualified: #16 6.568 -0.572 #8 8.176 -0.614
Cowan gets off the line first and Gebhardt runs him down for a close win. Jacklyn Gebhardt's
MOV: 0.0073 seconds (approximately 19 inches). She'll get some CIC tomorrow too.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
74 Doug Lambeck 5250 Todd Patterson
E2 0.082 8.418 158.93 ****WINNER**** 0.107 7.679 166.95
D/SMA Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.582 D/A Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.631
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Martel ) 0.071 8.997 -0.003 (A Ellis ) 0.048 8.064 -0.246
Qualified: #12 8.409 -0.591 #4 7.685 -0.625
Patterson is late and takes a permanent CIC getting the win. Todd Patterson's MOV: 0.0242
seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
707M John Mihovetz 738 Jay Payne
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.058 6.845 144.72 -0.096 6.571 194.86
AA/AT Index: 6.95 (+/-): -0.105 AA/PM Index: 6.85 (+/-): -0.279
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Edwards ) 0.086 6.448 -0.592 (B Marshall ) 0.024 6.950 0.100
Qualified: #21 6.509 -0.531 #13 6.267 -0.583
Payne is -0.096 red and "The Tunder Kitty" gets a free pass to round three.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7009 Ross Wilson 730G Shane Gray
E2 0.104 8.288 153.81 ****WINNER**** 0.033 6.998 177.04
C/SMA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.442 B/A Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.572
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Kaplan ) 0.008 8.228 -0.622 (B Hass ) 0.066 7.067 -0.553
Qualified: #18 8.287 -0.563 #10 7.020 -0.600
Ross Wilson has a 0.12 CIC penalty; Shane Gray has a 0.05 CIC penalty. Wilson is way late and
slows on the top end. Gray had a huge lead and still gets a big bite of the CIC apple.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
178 Dan Fletcher 5450 Steve Matusek
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.036 8.121 149.45 0.040 6.790 216.38
C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.479 BB/AT Index: 7.16 (+/-): -0.370
Prior rounds:
E1 (P Byron ) 0.036 8.097 -0.563 (S Holloway ) 0.079 6.658 -0.662
Qualified: #9 8.055 -0.605 #1 6.520 -0.800
Dan Fletcher has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Steve Matusek has a 0.16 CIC penalty. Two close lights and
Fletcher wins the dumping contest by a ton. The hair dryer can't run the number.5:30 p.m.
Tomorrow's Round Three Pairing: Fletcher vs. Mihovetz; Sharp vs. Sigmon; Gray vs. Connolly; and
Patterson vs. Gebhardt.
Timing data courtesy of
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