Sat, 16 Feb 2013, 14:35 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7063 Mark Lelchook                        7098 Tom Mettler                  
E1                   0.072  7.421 165.23     ****WINNER****  0.018  7.406 173.92
        D/DA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.519             PST Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.594
 Qualified:            #19  7.451 -0.489                        #7  7.377 -0.623

11:09 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 29.03 inches, adjusted altitude 2,203 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Mettler's truck does a little jink at the green and he drives on down for the easy win. He'll gets a CIC hit next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7298 Scott Hedlund                        7189 Dean Carter                  
E1                  -0.005  8.780 116.64     ****WINNER****  0.103  7.396 127.11
        A/SM Index: 8.35 (+/-):  0.430            B/ND Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.164
 Qualified:             #3  7.705 -0.645                       #15  6.987 -0.573

Hedlund qualified #3 and then goes red by-0.005 to give the free pass to round two to Carter.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Alan Ellis                           7522 Brian Fitzpatrick            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062  6.661 173.78                     0.130  6.641 204.35
        A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.489             H/D Index: 6.93 (+/-): -0.289
 Qualified:            #11  6.548 -0.602                       #23  6.814 -0.116

Ellis' engine is 2.5 times larger than Fitzpatrick. Ellis has all of the better numbers for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                          703 Joe Mozeris                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003  7.675 137.37                    -0.082  7.245 154.53
        C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.195            B/ED Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.275
 Qualified:             #9  7.256 -0.614                       #21  7.117 -0.403

Mozeris goes red big time and McClay gets an easy win.

He will race Carter in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                           62 Aaron Strong                 
E1                  -0.036  8.252 120.68     ****WINNER****  0.124  9.161  99.23
        C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-):  0.342             G/A Index: 8.93 (+/-):  0.231
 Qualified:            #14  7.333 -0.577                        #2  8.279 -0.651

Edwards is red this time. Both cars lift.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7023 Tyler Hogan                          7980 Joe Roubicek                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.081  7.907 117.15                    -0.500  6.971 206.83
        C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.307            A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.179
 Qualified:             #8  6.982 -0.618                       #20  6.717 -0.433

Roubicek's new engine/trans combination isn't happy and the Camaro stops on the track at the end of the burnout. They push him back and he stages and red lights by a ton.

Hogan lifts early in the easy win.

He faces Strong later today.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  500 Lou Ficco Jr.                          78 Steve Graham                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.083  7.043 177.86                     0.052  7.455 171.90
        B/AA Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.527             C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.475
 Qualified:             #5  6.932 -0.638                       #17  7.405 -0.525

Lou Ficco Jr.'s nibbles on the CIC for thew win. MOV: 0.0219 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

He races Ellis in round next.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 765A Ron Weems                             710 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                   0.273 13.291  65.46     ****WINNER****  0.093  8.704 119.84
         L/A Index: 7.11 (+/-):  6.181           D/SMA Index: 8.95 (+/-): -0.246
 Qualified:            #24 14.271  4.981                       #12  8.348 -0.602

Weems GTO continues to struggle, as the car makes a hard left turn at the green. He has to lift.

Lambeck gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                          7449 Chip Rumis                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.268 147.46                     0.111  6.783 203.46
        C/SM Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.492            A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.367
 Qualified:            #10  8.150 -0.610                       #22  6.797 -0.353

Wilson leaves with a little wiggle off the line, but he has the power to stay out in front for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                          7273 Gary Ross                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.081  8.522 156.26                     0.080  6.825 209.39
        C/TA Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.528            A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.325
 Qualified:             #4  8.411 -0.639                       #16  6.606 -0.544

Two "Not So Good" lights, but Jones takes a small CIC hit into round two for the win. He will race Wilson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Justin Lamb                             8 Jeff Lane                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  8.577 151.63                     0.037  8.024 161.73
       F/SMA Index: 9.18 (+/-): -0.603           B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.596
 Qualified:            #18  8.684 -0.496                        #6  7.996 -0.624

Great 0.002 light for Lamb and he just misses a permanent CIC in the ten foot win.

He will race Lambeck next round wit a big CIC.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7771 Ed Sigmon                            1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  8.440 154.09                     0.032  8.067 156.23
        C/SR Index: 9.04 (+/-): -0.600            C/EA Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.583
 Qualified:            #13  8.455 -0.585                        #1  7.971 -0.679

Sigmon has run every Winternationals and takes a five foot win over Fletcher.

Sigmon gets a big CIC for next round and will race Mettler

11:30 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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