Sun, 13 Nov 2011, 19:31 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, 47th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Sal Biondo                           6660 Adam Bowdish                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.711 144.04                     0.052  8.876 120.97
       C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.249           B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-):  0.256
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Fitzpatric) -0.006  7.809 -0.151      (R Weems     ) 0.034  8.884  0.264
 Qualified:             #8  7.317 -0.643                       #16  8.010 -0.610

4:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 28.76 inches, adjusted altitude 2,685 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Bowdish is second off the line and slows.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Randy Jones                          7273 Gary Ross                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.107  8.664 134.56                    -0.223  6.677 207.98
       C/TA Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.346            A/AA Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.433
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Parks     ) 0.030  8.507 -0.563      (T Smith     ) 0.123  7.703  0.593
 Qualified:            #23  8.478 -0.592                       #31  6.645 -0.465

Randy Jones has a 0.06 CIC penalty.

Ross ges red big time and gives Jones the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Brandon Huhtala                      7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  7.571 143.69                    -0.009  9.059 115.01
        C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.359            C/SR Index: 9.00 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lee       ) 0.084  7.675 -0.255      (P Adams     ) 0.072  8.492 -0.548
 Qualified:             #4  7.271 -0.659                       #12  8.417 -0.623

Ed Sigmon has a 0.04 CIC penalty and goes red by -0.009. Huhtala gets an easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  500 Lou Ficco Jr.                          75 Steve Graham                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.057  7.162 178.95                     0.060  7.375 183.37
       B/AP Index: 7.74 (+/-): -0.578             C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.555
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Hugger    ) 0.057  7.546 -0.194      (S Hedlund   ) 0.071  7.717 -0.213
 Qualified:            #11  7.115 -0.625                       #19  7.331 -0.599

Almost equal lights and Ficco keeps his chances alive with a seven foot win. He races Jones next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                           7280 Chuck Moore                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039  8.384 114.95                           No Time      
        K/A Index: 8.36 (+/-):  0.024           AA/AM Index: 7.01 (+/-): 92.989
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Browell   ) 0.003  8.462  0.102      (J Lamb      ) -0.393  7.100  0.090
 Qualified:            #18  7.760 -0.600                       #26  6.510 -0.500

Moore can't make the call and Neff gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 Ray Vierheller                       7235 Scott McClay                 
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.019  8.021 119.39
       D/DA Index: 7.89 (+/-): 92.109            C/ED Index: 7.85 (+/-):  0.171
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Hogan     ) 0.030  7.383 -0.537      (B Butner    ) 0.025  7.341 -0.519
 Qualified:            #13  7.298 -0.622                       #21  7.263 -0.597

Scott McClay has a 0.01 CIC penalty, but Vierheller is a no show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  600 Jeff Lane                             710 Doug Lambeck                 
E2                   0.041  8.073 165.64     ****WINNER****  0.048  8.413 159.97
      B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.547           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.557
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Marshall  ) 0.007  8.155 -0.465      (A Ellis     ) 0.056  8.732 -0.238
 Qualified:            #14  7.999 -0.621                        #6  8.325 -0.645

No CIC's for this pair.

They have similar RT's and run right together in the lights. Lambeck gets the eleven inch win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 707M John Mihovetz                        7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.192  7.722 126.91                    -0.003  7.878 138.39
      BB/AT Index: 6.83 (+/-):  0.892            PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.342
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Fletcher  ) 0.099  6.330 -0.940      (R Wilson    ) 0.059  8.065 -0.155
 Qualified:             #1  6.083 -1.187                        #9  7.588 -0.632

John Mihovetz wins on Tom Mettler's -0.003 red light.

4:29 p.m. He will race McClay; Ficco and Jones; Neff and Lambeck; and Huhtala in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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