Sat, 29 Oct 2016, 18:40 PM 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, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  666 Ken Reich                               4 Jeff Lane                    
E2                  -0.170  8.513 129.21     ****WINNER****  0.049  8.947 107.82
       C/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.327           C/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-):  0.107
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Skillman  ) 0.213  8.428 -0.412      (M Leonard   ) 0.053 10.361  1.571
 Qualified:            #18  8.320 -0.520                       #12  8.261 -0.579

3:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 27.83 inches, adjusted altitude 4,717 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Reich leaves too soon and goes red giving Lane the win. Lane backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6060 Brian Hyerstay                         51 Todd Patterson               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  9.171 140.11                     0.019  7.952 168.22
         G/D Index: 9.78 (+/-): -0.609           A/SMA Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.538
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.022  9.279 -0.561      (T Mandella  ) 0.002  7.985 -0.615
 Qualified:             #3  9.201 -0.689                       #10  8.073 -0.597

Patterson gets the advantage off the line but can't run down Hyerstay. Hyerstay will take a hit to his index in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Joe Mozeris                           514 Clint Sallee                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.142  7.817 126.38                    -0.017  7.960 121.43
        B/ED Index: 7.57 (+/-):  0.247             B/D Index: 7.35 (+/-):  0.610
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Greenheck ) 0.035  7.068 -0.572      (S Graham    ) 0.078  7.253 -0.097
 Qualified:            #19  7.129 -0.511                       #26  9.093  1.743

Sallee leaves a little too early and goes red giving Mozeris the win.

Mozeris will take on Hyerstay in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                         769Y Josh Lee                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.098  8.572 147.49                     0.129  9.585 108.74
       D/SMA Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.548            H/EA Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.145
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Carter    ) 0.037  8.764 -0.356                     0.057  9.700 -0.030
 Qualified:             #8  8.503 -0.617                        #1  8.979 -0.751

Lambeck gets the advantage off the line and goes around Lee for the win. Lee's car slowed late in the run, not sure why.

Lambeck will take on Lane in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                          7230 Randy Jones                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052  8.603 138.51                     0.005 10.688  96.89
        C/SM Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.327             H/A Index: 9.47 (+/-):  1.218
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.005  8.426 -0.564      (T Gusso     ) -0.011  9.769  0.299
 Qualified:            #20  8.501 -0.489                       #27 28.000 18.530

Jones gets the holeshot but has problems and is off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  432 Barry Forrester                        23 David Rampy                  
E2                  -0.012  8.054 116.05     ****WINNER****  0.020  8.079 116.97
        C/ED Index: 7.98 (+/-):  0.074            A/EA Index: 8.02 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Van Paepeg) 0.093  7.475 -0.565      (F Affronti  ) 0.060  7.596 -0.424
 Qualified:            #24  7.640 -0.400                        #4  7.371 -0.649

Forrester leaves a little too soon and goes red giving Rampy the win.

Rampy will take on Wilson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                          717 Mike DePalma                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  8.246 161.00                     0.074  7.711 175.62
        C/EA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.504             PST Index: 8.13 (+/-): -0.419
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Engels    ) 0.032  8.242 -0.568      (B Schmiedl  ) 0.045  7.621 -0.559
 Qualified:            #15  8.265 -0.565                       #22  7.704 -0.476

Fletcher gets the advantage off the line and is able to hold off DePalma without hurting his index. Fletcher will have a bye in the next round.

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