Sat, 13 Feb 2010, 08:00 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7023 Tyler Hogan                          7522 Brian Fitzpatrick            
E2                   0.083 No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.053 No Time      
       C/DA Index: 7.57 (+/-): 92.429             H/D Index: 7.00 (+/-): 92.999
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.074  7.146 -0.424                     0.539  7.796  0.796
 Qualified:            #24  7.136 -0.434                        #1  6.223 -0.777

4:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,833 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Fitzpatrick throws away his #1 qualifier advantage with a -0.053 red light. He lifts and coasts on down.

Hogan looked to be on a free pass to round two, when the car made an abrupt move after mid-track and rolls several times, taking out the finish line lights, and stopping on the track in his lane after the finish line. The Safety Safari is quickly on the car and reports that Hogan is awake and responding well. They are keeping him in the car until they can stabilize him and ensure that he hasn't any severe injuries.

Fitzpatrick will get to race tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                         7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2                  -0.018  7.641 139.03     ****WINNER****  0.000  7.861 131.24
       C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.229             PST Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.109
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mihovetz  ) 0.053  7.937  0.067      (J Zink      ) 0.068  7.905 -0.065
 Qualified:            #17  7.309 -0.561                       #10  7.369 -0.601

4:25 p.m. and we are back to racing.

Red light start for McClay, after Mettler scores a perfect RT!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                          775 Peter Adams                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041  9.076 137.39                     0.070  8.246 122.83
       H/SM Index: 9.54 (+/-): -0.464             C/A Index: 7.97 (+/-):  0.276
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Johnson   ) 0.022  9.263 -0.277      (J Edwards   ) 0.075  7.480 -0.490
 Qualified:            #15  8.970 -0.570                       #22  7.476 -0.494

4:29 p.m. It's crazy time out there, as Bowdish is the next car to win the battle and lose the war. After an easy win, the Trans Am gets loose and bangs the wall after the finish line. Once again, the Safety Safari rolls to the site.

Adams had a good start and ran well for a while. I didn't see anything wrong, but he lifted early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7298 Scott Hedlund                          73 Justin Lamb                  
E2                   0.086  7.849 172.59     ****WINNER****  0.022  8.781 149.95
       A/SM Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.511           G/SMA Index: 9.29 (+/-): -0.509
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Lyons     ) 0.111  8.474  0.114      (T Brown     ) 0.000  8.781 -0.549
 Qualified:            #14  7.779 -0.581                        #6  8.693 -0.637

4:37 p.m. Well,I hope that the end of that kind of excitement! Lamb and Hedlund switch lanes before the burn outs.

Hedlund was late and Lamb gets the car length win, just nipping the CIC.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  500 Lou Ficco Jr.                        529Y Steve Holloway               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.623 145.55                     0.101  7.639 176.24
       B/AP Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.227            B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.029  7.344 -0.536      (R Weems     ) 0.041  7.743  0.123
 Qualified:             #3  7.151 -0.729                       #11  7.028 -0.592

Lou Ficco Jr. has a 0.03 CIC penalty.

Holloway is late and Ficco cuts an nice 0.023 RT. He dumps early, as Holloway slows.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Mike DePalma                            7 Doug Lambeck                 
E2                   0.074  8.241 164.39     ****WINNER****  0.002  8.447 157.36
        C/T Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.579           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.523
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Tackett   ) 0.035  8.386 -0.434      (C Neff      ) 0.004  8.535 -0.435
 Qualified:            #12  8.229 -0.591                       #19  8.415 -0.555

Both cars ran almost the same under their indexes last round. Just 0.001 difference.

Lambeck nails the tree with a stellar 0.002 RT and can't be caught by a quicker DePalma. He gets a small CIC for his efforts.

Doug Lambeck's MOV: 0.0168 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Alan Ellis                             76 Dean Carter                  
E2                   0.025  6.798 173.12     ****WINNER****  0.046  7.068 185.36
       A/AP Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.422            B/ND Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.462
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Jones     ) 0.090  8.457  1.237      (S Graham    ) 0.006  7.082 -0.448
 Qualified:             #8  6.594 -0.626                       #16  6.961 -0.569

Carter is all over his lane going down the track and hangs with it to take the five foot win. Ellis either dumped or couldn't run the number.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7273 Gary Ross                               2 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.034 13.071  68.05
       A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): 92.849            B/EA Index: 8.34 (+/-):  4.731
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Hodges    ) 0.267  6.645 -0.505      (B Moscini   ) 0.024  8.251 -0.089
 Qualified:            #28  7.047 -0.103                        #5  7.694 -0.646

Ross is a No Show and Fletcher gets the single into tomorrow's round 3. He launches the Cobalt and then quickly lifts.

4:46 p.m. Pairings: Fitzpatrick vs. Fletcher; Ficco vs. Bowdish; Mettler vs. Lamb; and Lambeck vs.Carter.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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