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Sat, 20 Jul 2013, 16:17 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By Bob Orme





MORRISON, Colo. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Alan Ellis                                 Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  1.094 No Time           
        A/AA Index: 7.55 (+/-): 92.449    
 Qualified:             #1  6.940 -0.610                     Bye
1:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 24.18 inches, adjusted altitude 9,676 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Ellis took the green light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5179 Wade Oman                            4799 Bill Kent                    
E1                  -0.096  7.487 180.12     ****WINNER****  0.161  7.747 134.00
        B/DA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.333             B/D Index: 7.67 (+/-):  0.077
 Qualified:             #9  7.448 -0.372                        #2  7.113 -0.577


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Will Hatcher                         5115 Butch Nash                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.092  7.597 125.86                    -0.012  7.976 166.70
        A/DA Index: 7.51 (+/-):  0.087            C/DA Index: 8.03 (+/-): -0.054
 Qualified:             #7  6.977 -0.533                       #14  8.002 -0.028


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  532 Ricky Schadle                         514 Clint Sallee                 
E1                  -0.299  7.514 176.77     ****WINNER****  0.904  8.541 111.23
         A/A Index: 7.51 (+/-):  0.004             B/D Index: 7.67 (+/-):  0.871
 Qualified:            #11  7.191 -0.319                        #4  7.110 -0.560
Three red lights in a row...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5572 Torris Keilers                        500 Lou Ficco Jr.                
E1                   0.134  7.646 173.96     ****WINNER****  0.120  7.610 159.76
        B/DA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.174            B/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.410
 Qualified:            #12  7.558 -0.262                        #5  7.463 -0.557
Lou Ficco Jr.'s MOV: 0.2501 seconds (approximately 64 feet). He'll face Ellis in round two.

Lou Ficco Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-1.054 sec., 330ft-3.073, 660ft-4.780/144.38 mph, 1,000ft-6.256.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5248 Shaun Vincent                        4097 Pete Carbery                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.140  9.257 132.83                     0.113 11.820  77.77
        C/TA Index: 9.63 (+/-): -0.373            B/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-):  3.800
 Qualified:             #8  9.109 -0.521                       #15  8.878  0.858
A better leave for Carbery this time, but not good enough.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  562 Lucky Snyder                         5250 Todd Patterson               
E1                   0.067  9.182 147.86     ****WINNER****  0.057  8.741 147.68
         G/A Index: 9.48 (+/-): -0.298           A/SMA Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.339
 Qualified:            #10  9.153 -0.327                        #3  8.504 -0.576
Todd Patterson's MOV: 0.0513 seconds (approximately 11 feet). He'll face Hatcher in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Clint Neff                            594 Tom Snyder                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.095  8.267 157.65                     0.104  7.093 190.19
        K/AA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.543             A/A Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.417
 Qualified:             #6  8.253 -0.557                       #13  7.354 -0.156
Clint Neff's MOV: 0.1351 seconds (approximately 38 feet). He'll face Kent in round two.

Clint Neff's incremental times: 60ft-1.132 sec., 330ft-3.322, 660ft-5.206/130.37 mph, 1,000ft-6.852.
Tom Snyder's incremental times: 60ft-1.092 sec., 330ft-2.957, 660ft-4.536/159.25 mph, 1,000ft-5.914.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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