Sun, 14 Oct 2012, 23:54 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Seventh annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                          6660 Adam Bowdish                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.066 186.10                     0.015  8.144 163.95
        B/ND Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.534           B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.476
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Goff      ) 0.019  7.164 -0.436      (M Hartford  ) 0.022  8.120 -0.580
 Qualified:             #9  7.031 -0.569                        #4  8.082 -0.618

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Adam Bowdish has a 0.08 CIC penalty. Dean Carter takes the win and a small CIC penalty into round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                           74 Tom Mettler                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  8.529 156.70                     0.008  7.821 170.71
       D/SMA Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.551            PSTA Index: 8.33 (+/-): -0.509
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Lelchook  ) 0.076  8.572 -0.508      (B Huhtala   ) 0.038  7.859 -0.471
 Qualified:             #7  8.497 -0.583                       #12  7.783 -0.547

Doug Lambeck takes some CIC to get the win, as Mettler is 0.008 off the line. MOV: 0.0140 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Brian Fitzpatrick                     703 Joe Mozeris                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.057  6.437 192.19                     0.055  7.139 186.07
         H/D Index: 6.95 (+/-): -0.513            B/ED Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.431
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.044 19.553 12.603      (C Sallee    ) 0.010  7.096 -0.474
 Qualified:            #11  6.390 -0.560                       #16  7.072 -0.498

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                         7230 Randy Jones                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.007  7.479 182.40                     0.073  8.597 153.77
        C/AA Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.531            C/TA Index: 9.13 (+/-): -0.533
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Wolfe     ) -0.142  8.082  0.072      (T Hogan     ) 0.008  8.622 -0.558
 Qualified:            #10  7.442 -0.568                        #5  8.569 -0.611

John Edwards gets the hole shot win with a 0.007 light. MOV: 0.0640 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Alan Ellis                             10 Bo Butner                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.063  7.254 130.17                    -0.015  9.102 115.60
        A/AA Index: 7.18 (+/-):  0.074            E/SM Index: 9.21 (+/-): -0.108
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Dunn      ) 0.043  7.064 -0.116      (E Sigmon    )       No Time      
 Qualified:             #8  6.608 -0.572                        #3  8.589 -0.621

Alan Ellis' MOV: opponent's red light.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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