Sun, 25 Mar 2012, 15:57 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                         7230 Randy Jones                  
E2                   0.046  8.645 146.29     ****WINNER****  0.024  8.727 138.48
       D/SMA Index: 9.11 (+/-): -0.465            C/TA Index: 9.21 (+/-): -0.483
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Graham    ) 0.070  8.737 -0.373      (R Wilson    ) 0.010  9.108 -0.102
 Qualified:            #25 15.447  6.337                        #7  8.637 -0.573

12:44 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.25 inches, adjusted altitude 4,321 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Randy Jones' MOV: 0.0405 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                            62 Brandon Huhtala              
E2                   0.093  7.050 188.46     ****WINNER****  0.082  7.446 183.62
        B/ND Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.550             C/A Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.544
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Goff      ) 0.034  8.423  0.823      (S Mc Clay   ) 0.059  7.485 -0.545
 Qualified:            #10  7.058 -0.542                        #4  7.428 -0.602

Dean Carter has no CIC penalty; Brandon Huhtala has a 0.04 CIC penalty.

Huhtala's GXP squirts out of the groove at the green and he drives it back to the middle. It's close at the finish line, as Carter was late. Another little CIC hit to boot.

Brandon Huhtala's incremental margins MOV: 0.0052 seconds (approximately 17 inches). He will race Jones later.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 769Y Joshua Lee                            703 Joe Mozeris                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.130  9.274 122.51                     0.103  7.105 187.03
        H/EA Index: 9.78 (+/-): -0.506            B/ED Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.465
 Prior rounds:
E1                   -0.057  9.960  0.180      (M Hartford  ) 0.080  7.279 -0.291
 Qualified:             #1  9.100 -0.680                       #20  7.202 -0.368

Joshua Lee is later than Mozeris and just nibbles at the CIC for the close win. MOV: 0.0144 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                         7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  8.237 145.96                     0.067  8.655 151.56
       B/SMA Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.503            C/SR Index: 9.18 (+/-): -0.525
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Marshall  ) 0.085  8.564 -0.176      (B Perkin    ) 0.056  8.682 -0.498
 Qualified:             #5  8.159 -0.581                       #11  8.649 -0.531

Bowdish has a strong 0.010 RT and there is a lot of throttle work in the lights for the win without a CIC hit.

He will race Lee in round next.

Adam Bowdish's MOV: 0.0352 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   35 Ray Vierheller                       768M Brian Moscini                
E2                  -0.031  7.547 169.15     ****WINNER****  0.076  8.092 121.76
        D/DA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.473            C/AA Index: 8.01 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Cooperman ) 0.089  7.566 -0.454      (S Hedlund   ) 0.053  7.716 -0.294
 Qualified:            #12  7.499 -0.521                       #18  7.544 -0.466

Brian Moscini's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   71 Justin Lamb                            72 Alan Ellis                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.051  8.769 153.16                     0.043  6.664 193.96
       F/SMA Index: 9.31 (+/-): -0.541            A/AA Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.516
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Fitzpatric) 0.021  8.806 -0.504      (D Giroux    ) 0.044  7.238  0.058
 Qualified:            #15  8.801 -0.509                        #9  6.628 -0.552

Winner get the bye run next round.

Small starting line advantage for Ellis, but Lamb dips further into the CIC to get the five foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 514 Clint Sallee                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****        No Time      
                                                   B/D Index: 7.32 (+/-): 92.679
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (J Edwards   ) 0.017  6.879 -0.441
 Qualified:                                                       #2  6.693 -0.627

Sallee takes the green and backs out on his bye run. He will race Moscini in the next round.

12:53 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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