Sat, 10 Jul 2010, 11:36 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6033 Pat Byron                            7000 Craig Schuck                 
E2                   0.108  7.160 192.60     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.652 178.73
        C/D Index: 7.41 (+/-): -0.250            C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.218
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Plourd    ) 0.069  7.206 -0.204      (D Giroux    ) 0.046  7.893  0.023
 Qualified:            #12  6.890 -0.520                       #18  7.396 -0.474

7:53 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,473 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Terrific 0.003 RT gives hole shot advantage to Schuck

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Alan Ellis                           7230 Randy Jones                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.071 10.109  80.71                    -0.005  8.046 146.91
       A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-):  2.959           A/SMA Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.444
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Myers     ) 0.043  6.789 -0.361      (B Marshall  ) 0.121  7.986 -0.534
 Qualified:             #8  6.571 -0.579                        #2  7.864 -0.656

Alan Ellis has no CIC penalty; Randy Jones has a 0.03 CIC penalty.

Jones goes red by -0.005 to give a easy win to Ellis.

Ellis uses a lot of his lane getting to the finish line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                         6054 Brandon Huhtala              
E2                   0.098  9.054 147.54     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.426 164.87
       H/SM Index: 9.54 (+/-): -0.486             C/A Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.544
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Hobson    ) 0.045  9.289 -0.251      (J Warter    ) 0.014  7.511 -0.459
 Qualified:            #11  9.014 -0.526                        #5  7.354 -0.616

Nice 0.014 light for Huhtala and a little CIC hit to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  670 Mark Wolfe                              7 Doug Lambeck                 
E2                   0.170  6.509 218.72     ****WINNER****  0.081  8.441 155.20
      AA/AT Index: 7.04 (+/-): -0.531           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.529
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Harrison  ) 0.213  8.426  1.386      (J Lane      ) 0.056  8.522 -0.448
 Qualified:            #13  6.521 -0.519                        #7  8.374 -0.596

7:58 p.m. We are now in a Official Time Out Hold, as the sun is creating staging problems for the drivers.

8:26 p.m. and it's time to go racing again.

Wolfe is late and can't catch Lambeck. But its enough to force Lambeck into a CIC hit for tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   67 Aaron Strong                          211 Glen Treadwell               
E2                   0.026  8.357 141.50     ****WINNER****  0.058  8.019 150.83
        F/A Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.263            F/EA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.511
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Jondahl   ) 0.104  8.539 -0.081      (R Hadford   ) 0.042  8.050 -0.480
 Qualified:            #10  8.089 -0.531                        #4  7.891 -0.639

Strong gets a small RT advantage and then can't run the number. Treadwell nibbles at the CIC in the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 Justin Lamb                            76 Dean Carter                  
E2                   0.031  8.813 149.53     ****WINNER****  0.001  7.012 187.13
      G/SMA Index: 9.33 (+/-): -0.517            B/ND Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.518
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Plaizier  ) 0.033  8.867 -0.463      (F Nelson    ) 0.069  7.374 -0.156
 Qualified:             #3  8.688 -0.642                        #9  6.970 -0.560

Carter cuts a 0.001 light and gets by Lamb in the lights for a seven foot win.

8:31 p.m. In round three: Carter vs. Schuck; Lambeck vs. Treadwell; and Ellis vs. Huhtala.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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