Sat, 26 Oct 2013, 13:46 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 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 13th annual NHRA
Toyota Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Clint Neff 5065 Mitch Withers
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.057 8.456 118.27 -0.017 6.724 198.58
K/AA Index: 8.40 (+/-): 0.056 A/A Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.456
Qualified: #13 7.807 -0.593 #29 6.745 -0.435
10:24 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 28.06 inches,
adjusted altitude 3,479 feet. Withers turns on the red light and gives the win to Neff.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5622 Jim Greenheck 7230 Randy Jones
E1 0.091 7.502 181.76 ****WINNER**** 0.081 9.180 143.95
C/AA Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.508 I/SMA Index: 9.74 (+/-): -0.560
Qualified: #7 7.376 -0.634 #23 9.205 -0.535
Jones gets the holeshot and chews up a little index in the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
34 Brian Browell 4006 Mike Trumble
E1 0.017 7.306 174.66 ****WINNER**** 0.043 8.007 168.53
D/D Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.584 A/SMA Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.643
Qualified: #4 7.242 -0.648 #20 8.093 -0.557
Trumble is a little behind off the line and has to use up a lot of index to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3073 Jeremy Bailey 7298 Scott Hedlund
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.018 11.070 74.26 -0.004 8.699 119.51
B/DA Index: 7.47 (+/-): 3.600 A/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-): 0.229
Qualified: #25 6.942 -0.528 #9 7.863 -0.607
Hedlund just misses the tree giving the win to Bailey.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7 Mike DePalma 42 Donald Thomas
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.044 6.385 192.66 0.039 7.343 172.92
AA/AT Index: 7.03 (+/-): -0.645 C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.587
Qualified: #1 6.120 -0.910 #17 7.358 -0.572
DePalma takes the win but will take a big hit to his index.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7023 Tyler Hogan 710 Doug Lambeck
E1 -0.019 7.260 157.43 ****WINNER**** 0.048 9.049 110.54
C/DA Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.390 D/SMA Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.031
Qualified: #31 7.240 -0.410 #15 8.497 -0.583
Hogan turns on the red light and gives the win to Lambeck.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
65 Ryan Warter 64 Brandon Huhtala
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.130 9.245 117.38 -0.025 9.686 97.08
H/A Index: 9.41 (+/-): -0.165 C/A Index: 7.99 (+/-): 1.696
Qualified: #30 8.977 -0.433 #14 7.405 -0.585
Huhtala leaves a little early and gives Warter the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 David Billingsley 7098 Tom Mettler
E1 0.041 8.915 148.84 ****WINNER**** 0.072 7.481 172.92
L/AA Index: 9.46 (+/-): -0.545 PST Index: 8.09 (+/-): -0.609
Qualified: #28 8.973 -0.487 #12 7.488 -0.602
Mettler is a little behind off the line and has to use a little index to run down Billingsley.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7980 Joe Roubicek 6660 Adam Bowdish
E1 0.028 6.612 208.84 ****WINNER**** 0.014 8.077 162.84
A/AA Index: 7.16 (+/-): -0.548 B/SMA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.603
Qualified: #26 6.642 -0.518 #10 8.074 -0.606
Roubicek makes his quickest pass of the weekend but can't run down Bowdish.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
514 Clint Sallee 610 John Edwards
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.047 8.115 115.67 -0.071 7.889 138.60
B/D Index: 7.33 (+/-): 0.785 C/AA Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.121
Qualified: #6 6.691 -0.639 #22 7.458 -0.552
Edwards leaves too early; Sallee backs off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem 5250 Todd Patterson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.163 9.437 96.23 -0.006 8.748 110.40
A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): 1.497 A/SMA Index: 8.65 (+/-): 0.098
Qualified: #18 7.369 -0.571 #2 7.990 -0.660
Patterson just misses the tree and gives the win to Paepeghem.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
703 Joe Mozeris 8 Jeff Lane
E1 0.094 7.193 184.52 ****WINNER**** 0.015 8.422 140.17
B/ED Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.367 C/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.438
Qualified: #32 7.230 -0.330 #16 8.279 -0.581
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
38 Robert Bailey 368 Fred Allen
E1 0.039 6.703 194.24 ****WINNER**** 0.065 7.871 156.10
A/ED Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.587 B/SR Index: 8.50 (+/-): -0.629
Qualified: #19 6.720 -0.570 #3 7.846 -0.654
Allen is a little behind off the line and has to use up a lot of index in the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7063 Mark Lelchook 5 Arnie Martel
E1 0.008 7.472 176.33 ****WINNER**** 0.021 7.784 165.29
D/DA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.548 B/EA Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.606
Qualified: #27 7.525 -0.495 #11 7.786 -0.604
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7771 Ed Sigmon 24 David Rampy
E1 0.036 8.597 151.61 ****WINNER**** 0.037 7.389 160.31
C/SR Index: 9.13 (+/-): -0.533 A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.551
Qualified: #24 8.602 -0.528 #8 7.321 -0.619
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6618 Dale Giroux 1781 Dan Fletcher
E1 0.069 7.085 194.74 ****WINNER**** 0.008 8.227 155.51
B/AA Index: 7.66 (+/-): -0.575 C/EA Index: 8.78 (+/-): -0.553
Qualified: #21 7.105 -0.555 #5 8.135 -0.645
Fletcher gets out of the gate first and holds off Giroux for the win.
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