Sat, 27 Oct 2012, 21:57 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 12th annual Big
O Tires NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
717 Mike DePalma 6618 Dale Giroux
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.014 9.466 110.27 No Time
I/SM Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.264 B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): 92.379
Qualified: #13 9.098 -0.632 #29 9.284 1.664
6:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.85 inches,
adjusted altitude 3,660 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.Giroux is a no-show. DePalma makes a 1000 foot run and
clicks it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
432 Barry Forrester 62 Brandon Huhtala
E1 -0.155 7.832 167.14 ****WINNER**** 0.005 8.159 112.32
K/AA Index: 8.42 (+/-): -0.588 C/A Index: 8.03 (+/-): 0.129
Qualified: #22 7.833 -0.587 #6 7.379 -0.651
Forrester turns on the red light giving Huhala the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
430 Lloyd Wofford 72 Alan Ellis
E1 -0.111 8.453 161.96 ****WINNER**** -0.003 7.346 122.07
B/SMA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.247 A/AA Index: 7.18 (+/-): 0.166
Qualified: #27 8.377 -0.323 #11 6.543 -0.637
Wofford leaves way too soon and gives the win to Ellis.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1214 Matt Hartford 4799 Bill Kent
E1 0.006 7.163 148.69 ****WINNER**** 0.179 6.773 196.50
B/DA Index: 7.44 (+/-): -0.277 B/D Index: 7.32 (+/-): -0.547
Qualified: #14 6.810 -0.630 #30 10.182 2.862
Kent is really late off the line but Hartford clicks it early, not sure why.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7009 Ross Wilson 751D Skip Dunn
E1 0.091 8.367 147.20 ****WINNER**** 0.070 7.105 186.18
C/SM Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.523 B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.515
Qualified: #7 8.240 -0.650 #23 7.065 -0.555
Wilson makes a quick move to the left at the hit but he never backs off the throttle. Dunn gets the advantage off
the line and goes around Wilson just before they cross the finish line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Clint Neff 73 Steve Graham
E1 -0.005 8.642 112.16 ****WINNER**** 0.069 7.625 146.51
K/A Index: 8.42 (+/-): 0.222 C/A Index: 8.03 (+/-): -0.405
Qualified: #8 7.770 -0.650 #24 7.602 -0.428
Neff just misses the tree and gives the win to Graham.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
514 Clint Sallee 74 Tom Mettler
E1 0.025 9.206 105.05 ****WINNER**** 0.123 7.817 150.87
B/D Index: 7.32 (+/-): 1.886 PSTA Index: 8.33 (+/-): -0.513
Qualified: #2 6.650 -0.670 #18 7.718 -0.612
Sallee's car stumbles off the line and gives up on the run early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4097 Pete Carbery 6 Jeff Lane
E1 0.171 14.041 92.22 ****WINNER**** 0.075 8.336 130.97
B/A Index: 7.60 (+/-): 6.441 B/SMA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.364
Qualified: #31 13.659 6.059 #15 8.079 -0.621
Carbery has problems again and clicks it off early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5250 Todd Patterson 6660 Adam Bowdish
E1 -0.011 8.381 124.68 ****WINNER**** 0.051 8.866 120.26
A/SMA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.219 B/SMA Index: 8.70 (+/-): 0.166
Qualified: #19 7.988 -0.612 #3 8.033 -0.667
Patterson leaves a little too soon and gives the win to Bowdish.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
710 Doug Lambeck 7771 Ed Sigmon
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.092 8.509 162.51 0.105 8.624 150.66
D/SMA Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.571 C/SR Index: 9.18 (+/-): -0.556
Qualified: #9 8.431 -0.649 #25 8.762 -0.418
Lambeck gets the advantage off the line and drives around Sigmon near the end of the run.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7298 Scott Hedlund 10 Bo Butner
E1 -0.012 8.656 117.46 ****WINNER**** 0.076 9.423 102.52
A/SM Index: 8.46 (+/-): 0.196 E/SM Index: 9.20 (+/-): 0.223
Qualified: #17 7.840 -0.620 #1 8.517 -0.683
Hedlund turns on the red light and gives the win to Butner.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
34 Chuck Haubiel 4 David Rampy
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.092 8.285 161.71 0.098 7.359 178.05
C/SM Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.605 A/EA Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.571
Qualified: #4 8.231 -0.659 #20 7.326 -0.604
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
71 Justin Lamb 7230 Randy Jones
E1 0.041 8.792 145.58 ****WINNER**** 0.078 8.561 154.67
F/SMA Index: 9.31 (+/-): -0.518 C/TA Index: 9.18 (+/-): -0.619
Qualified: #21 8.717 -0.593 #5 8.525 -0.655
Jones takes the win but will take a big CIC hit in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
610 John Edwards 77 Brian Fitzpatrick
E1 -0.144 7.922 137.86 ****WINNER**** 0.062 8.501 102.89
C/AA Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.088 H/D Index: 6.95 (+/-): 1.551
Qualified: #16 7.389 -0.621 #32 13.102 6.152
Edwards leaves way too early and gives the win to Fitzpatrick.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Lou Ficco 7063 Mark Lelchook
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 7.191 185.10 0.034 7.650 176.56
B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.429 D/ED Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.360
Qualified: #10 6.980 -0.640 #26 7.641 -0.369
Ficco gets out of shape off the line but gets it under control and takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1781 Dan Fletcher 358 David Billingsley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.054 7.964 154.05 0.011 9.314 108.78
B/EA Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.436 L/AA Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.176
Qualified: #28 8.519 0.119 #12 8.857 -0.633
Billingsley gets the holeshot but has problems near the end of the run and slows.
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