Sat, 10 Nov 2018, 15:28 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, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Brian Hyerstay                         71 Tony Mandella                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.667 147.31                     0.071  7.891 171.90
         G/D Index: 9.15 (+/-): -0.483           A/SMA Index: 8.42 (+/-): -0.529
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Miller    ) 0.022  8.649 -0.631      (F Aragona Jr) 0.017  7.919 -0.571
 Qualified:            #13  8.677 -0.603                       #19  7.931 -0.559

12:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 12 percent, barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 2,670 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Great light for Hyerstay and the hole shot win by just seven inches!

Looks like the hood blew off of Mandella's Camaro right at the lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                         6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052  9.007 111.74                    -0.287  7.286 173.38
       D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-):  0.067            A/EA Index: 7.77 (+/-): -0.484
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lane      )       No Time            (D Engels    ) 0.044  7.270 -0.540
 Qualified:             #4  8.291 -0.649                       #21  7.322 -0.488

Van Paepeghem goes red by a bunch and Doug Lambeck gets the free ticket to round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Ryan Warter                          7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.042  8.680 151.54                     0.029  7.367 171.84
        F/SM Index: 9.30 (+/-): -0.620             PST Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.513
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Jones     ) 0.121 10.261  0.961      (T Gusso     ) 0.145  7.375 -0.615
 Qualified:             #9  8.676 -0.624                       #14  7.388 -0.602

Mettler has the better light and pushes Warter into CIC territory to get the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                    5622 Jim Greenheck                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.079 163.97                     0.082  7.523 179.09
        D/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.641            D/AA Index: 8.15 (+/-): -0.627
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Forrester ) 0.043  8.429 -0.291      (B Huhtala   ) 0.070  7.775 -0.375
 Qualified:             #6  8.079 -0.641                       #12  7.543 -0.607

Winner faces Warter in the next round.

David Billingsley has the better RT and stays in front for the hoe shot win. He'll get some CIC for next round too. MOV: 0.0735 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 769Y Josh Lee                                1 David Rampy                  
E2                   0.000  8.963 130.38     ****WINNER****  0.037  7.221 165.80
        H/EA Index: 9.44 (+/-): -0.477            A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.599
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Edwards   ) 0.101  8.936 -0.554      (A Wilson    ) 0.017  7.466 -0.354
 Qualified:             #5  8.847 -0.643                       #11  7.212 -0.608

Lee is perfect on the tree, but his little Bantam can't hold off Rampy for the win.

He will race Hyerstay in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  233 Art Hodges                           7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E2                   0.037 12.058  70.42     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.435 151.61
         D/A Index: 8.35 (+/-):  3.708            C/SR Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.505
 Prior rounds:
E1                   -0.134 10.651  2.301      (S Olsson    ) 0.093  8.431 -0.599
 Qualified:             #1  7.628 -0.722                        #7  8.394 -0.636

Lambeck will be in the other lane later.

UPSET!

Sigmon has the better light and gets the decisive win, as, number one qualifier, Hodges has problems early and is coasting!

12:23 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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