Sat, 12 Nov 2016, 15:21 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing
Series, 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
76 Joe Mozeris 769Y Josh Lee
E1 0.146 6.937 189.84 ****WINNER**** 0.091 8.969 127.34
B/ED Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.613 H/EA Index: 9.57 (+/-): -0.601
Qualified: #13 6.941 -0.609 #1 8.818 -0.752
11:34 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent,
barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,808 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.Mozeris is
way late and Lee gets an easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem 104 Frank Affronti
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.036 7.495 155.63 0.109 9.667 95.01
A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.315 B/EA Index: 8.27 (+/-): 1.397
Qualified: #10 7.278 -0.632 #22 8.278 0.008
Affronti slows and Van Paepeghem gets the easy.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7117 Mark Prothero 6060 Brian Hyerstay
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.042 9.089 117.04
H/EA Index: 9.57 (+/-): 90.429 G/D Index: 9.61 (+/-): -0.521
Qualified: #20 9.077 -0.493 #8 9.068 -0.642
Prothero is a no show and Hyerstay gets a free pass to round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7771 Ed Sigmon 799 Steve Graham
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.033 8.463 153.46 0.011 7.421 175.00
C/SR Index: 9.05 (+/-): -0.587 C/A Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.539
Qualified: #21 8.576 -0.474 #9 7.321 -0.639
Sigmon steps up a bunch to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
705 Tony Mandella 610 John Edwards
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.039 8.800 117.33 -0.004 7.546 154.79
C/TA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.220 C/AA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.394
Qualified: #5 8.389 -0.651 #17 7.378 -0.562
Tony Mandella's MOV: opponent's -0.004 red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Alan Ellis 7009 Ross Wilson
E1 0.109 6.602 190.48 ****WINNER**** 0.010 8.222 166.99
A/AP Index: 7.14 (+/-): -0.538 C/SM Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.628
Qualified: #2 6.502 -0.728 #14 8.249 -0.601
Ellis takes the long way down after a bad light and gives the win, to a quicker Wilson.He
races Hyerstay later.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7235 Scott McClay 601 Cody Lane
E1 0.033 7.318 168.47 ****WINNER**** 0.047 8.356 157.43
C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.552 E/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.624
Qualified: #6 7.287 -0.643 #18 8.442 -0.538
Two good Comp lights and Lane steps it up a bunch to take the fourteen foot win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7298 Scott Hedlund 4 Jeff Lane
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 1.817 No Time
A/SM Index: 8.45 (+/-): 91.549 C/SMA Index: 8.66 (+/-): 91.339
Qualified: #24 14.608 6.158 #12 8.096 -0.614
Hedlund is a no show, so Lane takes the green and backs out for the easy win.C. Lane will
face J. Lane next round!
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
23 David Rampy 717 Mike DePalma
E1 0.009 7.253 176.53 ****WINNER**** 0.026 7.446 180.38
A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.607 PST Index: 8.07 (+/-): -0.624
Qualified: #4 7.231 -0.679 #16 7.506 -0.564
Great nine light fore Rampy, but DePalma stays out in front by just two inches for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7230 Randy Jones 710 Doug Lambeck
E1 0.208 8.884 151.68 ****WINNER**** 0.097 8.485 131.79
H/A Index: 9.32 (+/-): -0.436 D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.495
Qualified: #23 10.970 1.650 #11 8.355 -0.625
Jones is dead late and Lambeck goes to round two. He will face Mandella.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5622 Jim Greenheck 7189 Dean Carter
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.138 7.722 131.73 No Time
C/AA Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.128 B/ND Index: 7.56 (+/-): 92.439
Qualified: #3 7.219 -0.721 #15 6.971 -0.589
Carter is a no show. Greenheck will race Sigmon later.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1781 Dan Fletcher 7011 Brad Brewer
E1 0.049 8.123 150.48 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.126 193.77
C/EA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.557 B/A Index: 7.66 (+/-): -0.534
Qualified: #7 8.058 -0.642 #19 7.154 -0.506
Brewer gets the starting line advantage and parlays it into a really close win. MOV: 0.0067
seconds (approximately 18 inches).11:49 a.m. Lee will be in the other lane in round
two.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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