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Sun, 26 Feb 2012, 13:56 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Firebird International Raceway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  750 Jim Cowan                             598 Deric Kramer                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.075  7.131 158.71
        D/EA Index: 8.78 (+/-): 91.219            B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.259
 Qualified:            #24 10.531  1.751                       #12  6.866 -0.524

11:34 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 28.25 inches, adjusted altitude 2,764 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Cowan is a No Show.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  703 Joe Mozeris                            35 Ray Vierheller               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.061  7.487 152.11
        B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): 92.519            D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.433
 Qualified:            #23  7.404 -0.076                       #11  7.393 -0.527

Well, that was weird! Mozeris' car just set in the beams when the lights went green and then he was pushed back.

Vierheller dumps on the top end to make sure of no CIC later.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 768M Brian Moscini                           6 Jeff Lane                    
E1                   0.006  7.484 182.30     ****WINNER****  0.074  8.099 158.15
        C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.426           B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.521
 Qualified:            #19  7.487 -0.423                        #7  8.074 -0.546

Moscini guesses at the green an cards a 0.006 light but its not quite enough. Jeff Lane gets the win. MOV: 0.0273 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7667 Randy Goff                             73 Steve Graham                 
E1                   0.021  8.356 158.93     ****WINNER****  0.074  7.462 172.76
         B/T Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.344             C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.468
 Qualified:            #21  8.356 -0.344                        #9  7.391 -0.539

Goff slows after a better light and gives the easy win to Graham.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7098 Tom Mettler                           610 John Edwards                 
E1                   0.084  8.023 142.61     ****WINNER****  0.081  7.500 161.63
        PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.197            C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.410
 Qualified:            #22  8.062 -0.158                       #10  7.376 -0.534

Mettler's engine has a ton of smoke pouring out of the left bank and he slows.

Edwards goes on.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                         1214 Matt Hartford                
E1                   0.018  7.351 179.44     ****WINNER****  0.046  6.786 199.08
        C/ED Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.509            B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.604
 Qualified:            #13  7.345 -0.515                        #1  6.770 -0.620

Advantage McClay at the green and Hartford uses a bunch of CIC to run him down in the lights. A little too much maybe? Matt Hartford's MOV: 0.0674 seconds (approximately 18 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4799 Bill Kent                            7522 Brian Fitzpatrick            
E1                   0.009  6.785 202.67     ****WINNER****  0.106  6.331 214.04
         B/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.455             H/D Index: 6.92 (+/-): -0.589
 Qualified:            #20  6.836 -0.404                        #8  6.378 -0.542

Kent has a great 0.009 light, but its not enough to hold off the little turbo.

Fitzpatrick picks up on his qualifying times for the eleven foot win and another big CIC hit for next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                          7009 Ross Wilson                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.076  8.504 152.35                     0.077  8.110 164.99
        C/TA Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.566            B/SM Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.530
 Qualified:             #2  8.491 -0.579                       #14  8.126 -0.514

Only 0.001 difference in RT's and a close race. Jones stays in front by just nine feet for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         6660 Adam Bowdish                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  7.780 173.16                     0.080  8.044 167.32
        B/EA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.530           B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.576
 Qualified:            #16  7.807 -0.503                        #4  8.051 -0.569

Hole shot win for Fletcher by just three inches!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Alan Ellis                             71 Justin Lamb                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.607 205.41                     0.041  8.640 156.26
        A/AA Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.503           F/SMA Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.530
 Qualified:            #18  6.635 -0.475                        #6  8.623 -0.547

Over a two second difference in indexes.

Ellis nails the tree with a 0.008 light and flies on down the thack for an 18 inch hole shot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Mike DePalma                          710 Doug Lambeck                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.091  9.021 149.05                     0.068  8.443 159.42
        I/SM Index: 9.61 (+/-): -0.589           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.527
 Qualified:             #3  9.034 -0.576                       #15  8.458 -0.512

DePalma is late and has to dip into the CIC bag to get the nine foot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5149 Phil Unruh                           7189 Dean Carter                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005  8.812 123.71                           No Time      
       F/SMA Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.358            B/ND Index: 7.51 (+/-): 92.489
 Qualified:             #5  8.615 -0.555                       #17  7.009 -0.501

Carter is a no show.

11:48 a.m. In round two: Hartford vs. Lane; Fletcher vs. Edwards; Jones vs. Fitzpatrick; Unruh vs. Vierheller; DePalma vs. Graham; and Ellis vs. Kramer.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink