Sat, 14 Nov 2009, 02:40 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Alan Ellis                            738 Jay Payne                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.064 140.77                    -0.034  6.235 233.28
       A/AP Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.156           AA/PM Index: 6.80 (+/-): -0.565
 Qualified:            #25  6.735 -0.485                       #34  6.976  0.176

10:56 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 28.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,238 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.

Payne is in for Bo Butner, who couldn't make the call.

Two high HP classes and sub-seven second performance.

...and we start the round with the traditional Red Light! Ellis clicks it early to save any CIC hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7023 Tyler Hogan                          768M Brian Moscini                
E1                   0.148  7.124 185.28     ****WINNER****  0.058  7.480 164.49
       C/DA Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.446            C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.480
 Qualified:            #29  7.194 -0.376                       #13  7.418 -0.542

Moscini's Grand Am gets out of the the groove, but still gets the win, as Hogan is late.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 765A Ron Weems                            141G Chris Rado                   
E1                   0.327  7.056 197.13     ****WINNER****  0.559 No Time      
       A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.094           AA/AF Index: 7.92 (+/-): 92.079
 Qualified:            #31  7.034 -0.116                       #15  7.381 -0.539

Weems is late and Rado has another bogus 0.620 sixty foot time. The -0.960 under the index is not a permanent CIC. [The 6.960 ET @ 146.43MPH are wrong and he will not get a CIC going into round two.]

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  220 Jeff Taylor                          7238 David Beckley                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.076  9.154 122.23                    -0.018  8.703 116.07
      H/SMA Index: 9.53 (+/-): -0.376             C/A Index: 7.97 (+/-):  0.733
 Qualified:            #11  8.978 -0.552                       #27  7.520 -0.450

Jeff Taylor wins on a -0.018 red light by Beckley.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                          717 Mike DePalma                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  7.333 167.09                     0.095  8.218 162.70
       C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.537             C/T Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.612
 Qualified:            #21  7.351 -0.519                        #5  8.242 -0.588

Scott McClay gets a big advantage off the line and the win. MOV: 0.0166 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

DePalma gets a permanent CIC for his efforts.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7298 Scott Hedlund                        7004 Art Hodges                   
E1                   0.127 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.197  8.199 135.70
       A/SM Index: 8.36 (+/-): 91.639            A/PM Index: 7.05 (+/-):  1.149
 Qualified:            #18  7.834 -0.526                        #2  6.443 -0.607

That was weird. Both cars are way late at the green. Hedlund gets to leave first and the engine goes dead right off the line.

Hodges' Stratus makes an abrupt left turn by the tree and he has to lift to keep the car in the lane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 711N Nicole Lyons                           76 Steve Graham                 
E1                  -0.156  7.060 195.51     ****WINNER****  0.065  7.492 181.40
       A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.090             C/A Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.478
 Qualified:            #33  7.107 -0.043                       #26  7.513 -0.457

Lyons is in for Cowan.

Steve Graham wins on a red light and has his own big moment, when the Grand Am makes a hard move towards the center line..

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  677 Aaron Strong                         7098 Tom Mettler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.040 168.98                     0.083  7.363 183.97
        F/A Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.580             PST Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.627
 Qualified:            #19  8.096 -0.524                        #3  7.396 -0.594

Aaron Strong's MOV: 0.0189 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Mettler is late and gets a permanent CIC.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 529Y Steve Holloway                       3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt-Still       
E1                   0.044  7.243 154.19     ****WINNER****  0.172  6.670 196.96
       B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.377            A/ED Index: 7.20 (+/-): -0.530
 Qualified:             #6  7.037 -0.583                       #22  6.697 -0.503

Upset! Gebhardt has a terrible light, but gets the six foot win, as Holloway slows after mid-track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  207 Lee Sharp                             600 Jeff Lane                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.114  7.593 178.02                     0.031  8.210 162.00
       D/AA Index: 8.23 (+/-): -0.637           C/SMA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.550
 Qualified:             #4  7.642 -0.588                       #20  8.236 -0.524

Sharp is late this time and nails a permanent CIC in the win. Lee Sharp's MOV: 0.0045 seconds (approximately 13 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  751 Tom Huggins                          4310 Marty Ladwig                 
E1                  -0.037  7.018 195.51     ****WINNER****  0.023  7.271 173.83
        B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.542           AA/AF Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.649
 Qualified:            #17  7.032 -0.528                        #1  7.241 -0.679

Huggins pushes too hard and goes red. Free pass to round two for Ladwig.

And the "Permanent CIC Fairy" taps her wand again. This time on Ladwig's red light win!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5019 Paul Pittman                         7009 Ross Wilson                  
E1                   0.020  7.063 195.93     ****WINNER****  0.043  8.168 159.25
       B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.557           C/SMA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.592
 Qualified:            #12  7.072 -0.548                       #28  8.311 -0.449

Ross Wilson's MOV: 0.0122 seconds (approximately 4 feet) and a big CIC into next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7265 Tom Brown                               1 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                   0.058  8.259 160.81     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.830 161.40
       F/ED Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.531            B/EA Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.510
 Qualified:            #23  8.288 -0.502                        #7  7.761 -0.579

Good wheel racing on the top end. Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0184 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7411 Gary Tackett                         7474 Justin Lamb                  
E1                   0.063  8.535 158.86     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.905 125.46
      B/SMA Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.155           G/SMA Index: 9.33 (+/-): -0.425
 Qualified:            #32  8.585 -0.105                       #16  8.801 -0.529

Huge wheelstand for Lamb off the line and big lead at the finish line. No CIC either.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                         4 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                   0.152  6.879 199.70     ****WINNER****  0.089  8.494 152.21
       A/AP Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.341           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.476
 Qualified:            #30  6.873 -0.347                       #14  8.430 -0.540

Alexander is late. Easy win for Lambeck.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7771 Ed Sigmon                             610 John Edwards                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  9.127 113.98                    -0.054  9.034 104.28
       C/SR Index: 9.09 (+/-):  0.037            C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-):  1.074
 Qualified:            #24  8.588 -0.502                        #8  7.382 -0.578

Last pair of the round. Ed Sigmon wins on a red light.

11:23 a.m. In round two: Ladwig vs. Ellis; McClay vs. Moscini; Strong vs. Taylor; Fletcher vs. Rado; Hodges vs. Graham; Gebhardt-Still vs. Lambeck; Sharp vs. Wilson; and Sigmon vs. Lamb.

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