Sat, 12 Nov 2016, 17:03 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, 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Jeff Lane                             601 Cody Lane                    
E2   ****WINNER****  1.637 No Time                                 No Time      
       C/SMA Index: 8.66 (+/-): 91.339           E/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): 91.139
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Hedlund   )       No Time            (S McClay    ) 0.047  8.356 -0.624
 Qualified:            #12  8.096 -0.614                       #18  8.442 -0.538

1:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 8 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.94 inches, adjusted altitude 2,970 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Jeff Lane takes the green for the win, as Cody can't make the call.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7011 Brad Brewer                          769Y Josh Lee                     
E2                   0.065  7.172 191.81     ****WINNER****  0.140  8.887 131.42
         B/A Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.458            H/EA Index: 9.47 (+/-): -0.583
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Fletcher  ) 0.020  7.126 -0.534      (J Mozeris   ) 0.091  8.969 -0.601
 Qualified:            #19  7.154 -0.506                        #1  8.818 -0.752

Lee was late at the green, but has the power to hold off Brewer.

Brewer makes his best run of the weekend to no avail.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6060 Brian Hyerstay                       7009 Ross Wilson                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.109 136.07                     0.021  8.255 165.70
         G/D Index: 9.59 (+/-): -0.481            C/SM Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.475
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Prothero  ) 0.042  9.089 -0.521      (A Ellis     ) 0.010  8.222 -0.628
 Qualified:             #8  9.068 -0.642                       #14  8.249 -0.601

Two great lights, just six apart. Lee holds off Wilson for the three foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                   717 Mike DePalma                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.981  8.001 115.71                           No Time      
        A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-):  0.191             PST Index: 7.95 (+/-): 92.049
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Affronti  ) 0.036  7.495 -0.315      (D Rampy     ) 0.026  7.446 -0.624
 Qualified:            #10  7.278 -0.632                       #16  7.506 -0.564

DePalma broke before he staged and gives the easy win to Van Paepeghem.

He will race Lee later.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  705 Tony Mandella                         710 Doug Lambeck                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039  8.476 154.05                     0.006  8.469 151.29
        C/TA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.544           D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.511
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Edwards   ) 0.039  8.800 -0.220      (R Jones     ) 0.097  8.485 -0.495
 Qualified:             #5  8.389 -0.651                       #11  8.355 -0.625

Mandella truck makes a hard move towards the tree and he has to horse it back into the groove.

Lambeck has a stellar six light, but can't catch Mandella to lose by just 0.0001.

He will race Hyerstay in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5622 Jim Greenheck                        7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.561 151.54                     0.201  9.073 147.10
        C/AA Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.289            C/SR Index: 8.97 (+/-):  0.103
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Carter    ) 0.138  7.722 -0.128      (S Graham    ) 0.033  8.463 -0.587
 Qualified:             #3  7.219 -0.721                       #21  8.576 -0.474

Sigmon slows and give the easy win to Greenheck. He races Lane later.

1:57 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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