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Sun, 29 Sep 2013, 14:47 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Night of Fire at Rocky Mountain Raceway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Alan Ellis                            500 Lou Ficco Jr.                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027  6.786 196.67                     0.043  7.285 180.14
        A/AA Index: 7.41 (+/-): -0.624            B/AA Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.605
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Kirkman   ) 0.124  7.515  0.105      (R Jones     ) 0.034  7.871 -0.019
 Qualified:             #5  6.757 -0.653                        #8  7.316 -0.574

12:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 25.67 inches, adjusted altitude 6,465 feet, track temperature 73 degrees.

A big CIC hit for Ellis to take the nine foot win over Ficco.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                   710 Doug Lambeck                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.043  7.582 166.57                     0.004  8.753 158.67
        A/EA Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.598           D/SMA Index: 9.29 (+/-): -0.537
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Leonard   ) 0.066  8.176 -0.004      (D Giroux    ) 0.013  8.785 -0.575
 Qualified:             #6  7.528 -0.652                        #3  8.670 -0.690

Lambeck gets a 0.004 light and holds off a quicker Van Paepeghem to take the five foot win. A big CIC for him too and he races Ellis later.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Jeff Lane                               7 Mike DePalma                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.526 157.06                     0.014  9.388 142.56
       C/SMA Index: 9.13 (+/-): -0.604            I/SM Index: 9.95 (+/-): -0.562
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Goff      ) 0.044  8.908 -0.222      (S Parks     ) 0.054  9.442 -0.528
 Qualified:             #4  8.456 -0.674                        #1  9.264 -0.706

Another CIC penality. This time for Lane, as he runs sixty under to defeat the number one qualifier, DePalma.
He does get the bye run to the final round for his efforts.

12:43 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink