Sun, 02 Nov 2014, 11:47 AM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 14th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                             67 Aaron Strong                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.807 160.98                     0.084  8.233 162.16
        K/AA Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.553             B/T Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.597
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.064  7.901 -0.459      (J Roubicek  ) 0.076  8.329 -0.501
 Qualified:            #18  7.858 -0.502                       #11  8.280 -0.550

8:31 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 27.83 inches, adjusted altitude 3,136 feet, track temperature 64 degrees.

Neff gets the win but has to take a bite out of his index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Jim Greenheck                        5248 Shaun Vincent                
E2                   0.005  7.431 183.24     ****WINNER****  0.045  8.492 152.59
        C/AA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.539            C/TA Index: 9.13 (+/-): -0.638
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Giroux    ) 0.038  7.497 -0.473      (T Hogan     ) 0.100  9.458  0.328
 Qualified:            #13  7.430 -0.540                        #5  8.540 -0.590

Vincent is a little behind out of the gate and takes a .13 hit to his index in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  703 Joe Mozeris                           514 Clint Sallee                 
E2                   0.025  7.042 187.86     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.652 191.16
        B/ED Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.518             B/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.588
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Skillman  ) 0.038  7.148 -0.412      (J Lane      ) 0.045  6.732 -0.578
 Qualified:            #30  7.923  0.363                       #22  6.909 -0.401

Salle gets the win but takes another .08 hit to his index to ad to the .07 he took in the first round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                  5250 Todd Patterson               
E2                   0.053  7.362 177.16     ****WINNER****  0.064  7.998 165.60
        A/EA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.558           A/SMA Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.572
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cowan     ) 0.075  7.433 -0.487                     0.021  8.069 -0.541
 Qualified:             #9  7.362 -0.558                        #1  7.967 -0.643

Todd Patterson's MOV: 0.0036 seconds (approximately 11 inches). He will add another .04 to his CIC adjustment in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7063 Mark Lelchook                        7298 Scott Hedlund                
E2                  -0.005  8.116 118.89     ****WINNER****  0.010  8.806 113.44
        D/ED Index: 8.02 (+/-):  0.096            A/SM Index: 8.43 (+/-):  0.376
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Mettler   ) 0.034  7.566 -0.454      (A Ellis     ) 0.034  7.921 -0.549
 Qualified:            #27  7.774 -0.246                        #4  7.869 -0.601

Lelchook leaves a tick too soon and gives the win to Hedlund.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3909 Drew Skillman                           5 David Rampy                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  8.577 134.30                     0.025  7.593 173.14
       E/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.393            A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.307
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Bailey    ) 0.053  8.470 -0.570      (T Mandella  ) 0.048  7.398 -0.522
 Qualified:             #2  8.420 -0.620                       #10  7.370 -0.550

Skillman gets the win without doing further damage to his index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                           432 Barry Forrester              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.044  8.204 152.33                     0.109  7.331 178.02
       C/SMA Index: 8.78 (+/-): -0.576            C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.599
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Giroux    ) 0.039  8.297 -0.483      (D Lambeck   ) 0.158  8.189  0.259
 Qualified:             #8  8.208 -0.572                       #16  7.415 -0.515

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7771 Ed Sigmon                              75 Dean Carter                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.053  8.562 152.06                     0.026  7.257 187.05
        C/SR Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.508            B/ND Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.393
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Stevens   ) 0.067  8.567 -0.563      (G Anderson  ) 0.003  7.478 -0.172
 Qualified:            #14  8.592 -0.538                        #6  7.071 -0.579

Carter rattles the tires off the line and can't recover quick enough to run down Sigmon.

In the next round it will be Patterson vs. Vincent, Neff vs. Sallee, Skillman vs. Sigmon, and Hedlund vs. Lamb.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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