Sat, 14 Nov 2015, 18:15 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 769Y Joshua Lee                            799 Steve Graham                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052  9.050 122.20                     0.125  8.030 136.72
        H/EA Index: 9.51 (+/-): -0.460             C/A Index: 7.79 (+/-):  0.240
 Prior rounds:
E1    (Bye         ) 0.073  9.476 -0.034      (B Huhtala   ) 0.037  7.283 -0.577
 Qualified:             #1  8.853 -0.657                       #18  7.336 -0.524

3:03 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 28.78 inches, adjusted altitude 2,827 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Joshua Lee has no CIC penalty; Steve Graham has a 0.07 CIC penalty.

Graham is late and clicks it early. Lee gets an easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                         1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                  -0.001  9.739  82.81     ****WINNER****  0.008  8.521 125.48
        C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-):  1.909            C/EA Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.069
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Snyder    ) 0.002  7.331 -0.499      (J Lane      ) 0.001  8.087 -0.513
 Qualified:            #10  7.243 -0.587                        #4  7.974 -0.626

Winner will face Lee tomorrow.

McClay goes red by -0.001! OUCH.

Great eight light for Fletcher.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                            1 David Rampy                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.119  7.432 177.70                     0.000  7.528 166.91
        C/AA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.428            A/EA Index: 7.78 (+/-): -0.252
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.089  7.776 -0.084      (E Sigmon    ) 0.027  7.273 -0.547
 Qualified:            #23  7.977  0.117                        #6  7.210 -0.610

John Edwards has no CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.04 CIC penalty.

Rampy has a perfect light and gives up the stripe to Edwards.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Jim Greenheck                        6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E2                   0.667  7.262 183.69     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.257 180.84
        C/AA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.598            A/EA Index: 7.77 (+/-): -0.513
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.070  7.882  0.022      (T Hogan     ) 0.027  7.266 -0.554
 Qualified:             #2  7.211 -0.649                        #8  7.226 -0.594

Greenheck misses the tree by a ton and gives a easy win to Van Paepeghem. He will just nip at the CIC. for round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Tony Mandella                         358 David Billingsley            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.044  8.390 153.25                     0.058  8.728 155.04
        C/TA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.550             L/A Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.542
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Jones     ) 0.032  8.571 -0.369      (M Lelchook  ) 0.045  8.834 -0.436
 Qualified:            #11  8.357 -0.583                        #5  8.648 -0.622

Tony Mandella has a better light and runs further under for the close win. He'll take a little CIC hit too. MOV: 0.0222 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

He races Van Paepeghem later.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7011 Brad Brewer                           710 Doug Lambeck                 
E2                   0.031  7.171 191.95     ****WINNER****  0.069  8.370 160.16
         B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.389           D/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.510
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lamb      ) -0.055  7.378 -0.182      (R Skillman  ) 0.066  8.622 -0.258
 Qualified:            #20  7.194 -0.366                       #14  8.334 -0.546

Lambeck uses a better RT and power to take the win.

He faces Edwards tomorrow.

3:12 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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