Sun, 1 Nov 2009, 12:02 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ninth annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6618 Dale Giroux                          4097 Pete Carbery                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  7.415 191.38                     0.076 10.571  87.89
       B/AA Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.345             B/A Index: 7.59 (+/-):  2.981
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Ladwig    ) 0.034  7.435 -0.325      (E Sigmon    ) 0.057  7.084 -0.606
 Qualified:            #17  7.139 -0.621                        #9  7.049 -0.641

8:47 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,786 feet, track temperature 68 degrees.

Giroux makes a quick move to the right at the hit but gets it back in the groove and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7004 Art Hodges                           7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.010  7.099 144.91                    -0.023  8.372 116.93
       A/PM Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.011             PST Index: 8.13 (+/-):  0.242
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.128 11.300  4.190      (B Fitzpatric) 0.072  7.821 -0.309
 Qualified:            #14  6.484 -0.626                       #22  7.527 -0.603

Meettler turns on the red light and gives the win to Hodges.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          6944 Bob Marshall                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052  8.952 140.34                     0.171  7.217 180.38
      G/SMA Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.538            B/AA Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.543
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Holloway  ) 0.014  9.419 -0.071      (B Klein     ) 0.134  7.545 -0.215
 Qualified:            #19  8.879 -0.611                       #11  7.127 -0.633

Marshall is way late off the line and can't run down Lamb.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4264 Chris McGaha                           75 Alan Ellis                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.059  7.502 180.98                     0.035  6.745 201.52
        C/A Index: 8.12 (+/-): -0.618            A/AP Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.515
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Mc Clay   ) 0.037  8.124  0.004      (G Lewis     ) 0.009  6.754 -0.636
 Qualified:            #29  7.556 -0.564                        #5  6.732 -0.658

Alan Ellis won the first round yesterday but it cost him a 0.13 CIC penalty. Ellis gets the advantage off the line but he can't run down McGaha. McGaha will take a .11 CIC adjustment in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                           514 Clint Sallee                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  8.332 154.56                     0.074  6.794 175.11
      C/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.608             B/D Index: 7.37 (+/-): -0.576
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Butner III) 0.029  8.583 -0.357      (J Edwards   ) 0.068  7.456  0.086
 Qualified:            #12  8.310 -0.630                       #20  6.759 -0.611

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7298 Scott Hedlund                        6054 Brandon Huhtala              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  7.941 165.21                     0.039  7.647 154.79
       A/SM Index: 8.46 (+/-): -0.519             C/A Index: 8.12 (+/-): -0.473
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Matusek   ) 0.028  7.952 -0.548      (S Graham    ) 0.078  7.876 -0.244
 Qualified:            #18  7.888 -0.612                       #10  7.482 -0.638

Scott Hedlund has a 0.04 CIC penalty going into this round and has to take another .01 to hold off Huhtala.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Mike DePalma                          207 Lee Sharp                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.053  8.325 154.33                     0.047  7.796 151.73
        C/T Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.705            D/AA Index: 8.37 (+/-): -0.574
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Huggins   ) 0.045  9.141  0.111      (D Carter    ) 0.032  8.356 -0.014
 Qualified:             #8  8.386 -0.644                       #16  7.748 -0.622

Depalma holds off Sharp for the win but it costs him a big CIC adjustment.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4208 James Caro                              1 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                  -0.057  8.589 123.51     ****WINNER****  0.031  8.413 122.67
      B/SMA Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.151            B/EA Index: 8.46 (+/-): -0.047
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Pittman   ) 0.004  8.235 -0.615      (W Hatcher   ) 0.021  7.952 -0.528
 Qualified:            #33  8.304 -0.546                        #7  7.834 -0.646

Caro leaves too early and gives the win to Fletcher.

in the next round it will be Giroux vs. McGaha, Lamb vs. Fletcher, Hedlund vs. Hodges, and Wilson vs. DePalme.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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