Fri, 15 Nov 2019, 13:52 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 55th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6990 Howie Stevens                        318J Jesse Alexandra              
E1                   0.026 25.797  31.27     ****WINNER****  0.147  8.515 170.08
         C/A Index: 7.95 (+/-): 17.847           FS/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:            #11  7.370 -0.580                       #23  8.147 -0.323

10:26 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 1,952 feet, track temperature 67 degrees.

Steven's Mustang goes left at the green and then slows. Clean pass for Jesse Alexandra and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  800 Jason Grima                           562 Lucky Snyder                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.120  7.142 169.34                     0.102  8.197 165.70
         B/A Index: 7.66 (+/-): -0.518             F/A Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.443
 Qualified:             #8  7.049 -0.611                       #20  8.180 -0.460

Grima's B/A is an Australian Pro Stock Mustang.

Two "Not So Good" lights and he is still able to take the win by fourteen feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                   799 Steve Graham                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  7.459 149.15                     0.065  8.705 136.93
        A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.351            C/SM Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.145
 Qualified:            #19  7.314 -0.496                        #7  8.236 -0.614

Better lights this time and Graham slows to give Ralph Van Paepeghem the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7167 Ryan Priddy                           705 Tony Mandella                
E1                  -0.019 12.446  80.66     ****WINNER****  0.066  8.371 121.90
       FS/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-):  3.976           A/SMA Index: 8.46 (+/-): -0.089
 Qualified:            #18  7.961 -0.509                        #6  7.838 -0.622

Just 0.001 difference in their Index, but Priddy misses the green.

Tony Mandella will get to race again tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Ryan Warter                           710 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                   0.046  8.811 157.26     ****WINNER****  0.068  8.423 152.00
        F/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.469           D/SMA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.507
 Qualified:            #17  8.754 -0.526                        #5  8.306 -0.624

Doug Lambeck just catches and gets by Warter for the close win. MOV: 0.0164 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7634 Kurt Hugger                          7235 Scott McClay                 
E1                   0.026  7.574 154.39     ****WINNER****  0.054  7.280 178.00
         PST Index: 8.03 (+/-): -0.456            C/ED Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.540
 Qualified:             #1  7.358 -0.672                       #13  7.257 -0.563

Number one qualifier, Hugger, gets a starting line advantage and stays in front until near the finish line.

Scott McClay powers on by for the win. MOV: 0.0561 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 David Rampy                          7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  7.291 162.41                     0.077  8.482 154.00
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.529            C/SR Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.548
 Qualified:             #4  7.189 -0.631                       #16  8.501 -0.529

Sigmon picks up ET from qualifying, but gives the starting line advantage to David Rampy.

Rampy drives on by for the close win. MOV: 0.0133 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 601C Cody Lane                              77 Josh Lee                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.023 156.66                     0.003  8.936 130.73
       B/SMA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.577            H/EA Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.554
 Qualified:            #14  8.042 -0.558                        #2  8.839 -0.651

Terrific 0.003 light for Lee and he looks to have given up too much stripe.

You could easily hear Lane on nd off the throttle near the lights to just get by for the super close win. MOV: 0.0036 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7098 Tom Mettler                          7230 Randy Jones                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.446 175.89                     0.016  8.369 145.67
         PST Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.524             C/T Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.441
 Qualified:            #10  7.385 -0.585                       #22  8.385 -0.425

Mettler's Dakota goes dead right at the green and he still catches an improving Jones for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  233 Art Hodges                           7534 Paul Mitsos                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.056  7.679 177.79                     0.119  6.765 203.74
         D/A Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.561            A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.385
 Qualified:             #9  7.631 -0.609                       #21  6.721 -0.429

Mitsos gives up any chance of defeating Hodges with a late light.

Hodges takes the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Alan Freese                             8 Jim Greenheck                
E1                   0.109  8.860 157.85     ****WINNER****  0.111  7.539 166.79
       F/SMA Index: 9.26 (+/-): -0.400            D/AA Index: 8.08 (+/-): -0.541
 Qualified:            #24 12.684  3.424                       #12  7.513 -0.567

Freeze's Firebird moves left out of the groove at the green and he gets it back into the groove.

Both cars left with a RT starting with .1, but Jim Greenheck get the easy win. MOV: 0.1395 seconds (approximately 32 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona                         703 Joe Mozeris                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.528 165.48                     0.039  6.982 189.66
        J/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.512            B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.498
 Qualified:             #3  7.390 -0.650                       #15  6.935 -0.545

Frank Aragona leaves with a terrific 0.008 light and holds off Mozeris for the win. MOV: 0.0452 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

10:46 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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