Sun, 10 Feb 2008, 04:00 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
48th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
74 Doug Lambeck 7828 Wayne Ramay
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.016 8.463 160.90 0.056 6.981 190.73
D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.517 A/ND Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.519
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Shambaugh ) 0.067 8.819 -0.161 (G Anderson ) 0.080 7.005 -0.495
E1 (R Bryan Morr) 0.019 8.476 -0.544 (P Cocuzza ) 0.029 7.190 -0.310
Qualified: #7 8.390 -0.630 #27 7.179 -0.321
12:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent,
barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,580 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.Doug Lambeck
comes into the round with a 0.04 CIC penalty. He has the advantage at the light and takes another
nibble at the CIC taking the car length win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7771 Ed Sigmon 6660 Adam Bowdish
E3 0.017 8.527 153.32 ****WINNER**** 0.125 9.043 148.94
C/SR Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.503 H/SM Index: 9.66 (+/-): -0.617
Prior rounds:
E2 (A Ellis ) 0.064 8.879 -0.151 (T Mettler ) 0.088 9.427 -0.233
E1 (J Zink ) 0.161 8.530 -0.590 (S Holloway ) 0.073 9.503 -0.157
Qualified: #6 8.484 -0.636 #2 8.947 -0.713
Ed Sigmon has a 0.09 CIC penalty. Bowdish is way late and will take a permanent CIC hit, but
gets the win. Sigmon with a great light, but a early lift to save the CIC will lose the race.. Adam
Bowdish's MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 17 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
707M John Mihovetz 7 Jim Cowan
E3 0.108 6.507 214.93 ****WINNER**** 0.016 8.306 159.63
AA/AT Index: 6.99 (+/-): -0.483 I/AA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.494
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Brown ) 0.165 6.585 -0.405 (R Jones ) 0.088 8.302 -0.498
E1 (M DePalma ) 0.008 6.490 -0.640 (B Fitzgerald) 0.001 8.889 0.089
Qualified: #28 6.883 -0.247 #8 8.170 -0.630
John Mihovetz has a 0.14 CIC penalty and lots of problems.Cowan gets a safe win. Nice
light!.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7235 Scott McClay 178 Dan Fletcher
E3 -0.010 7.431 176.74 ****WINNER**** 0.030 8.582 120.69
C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.439 C/EA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.098
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Payne ) 0.006 7.399 -0.471 (D Carter ) 0.028 8.180 -0.500
E1 (C Neff ) 0.016 7.456 -0.414 (B Miller ) 0.045 8.173 -0.547
Qualified: #25 7.451 -0.419 #5 8.072 -0.648
Dan Fletcher has a 0.04 CIC penalty. McClay is -0.010 too quick on the lights to give the free
pass to round four to Fletcher.12:49 p.m. He will meet Lambeck and Bowdish will meet
Cowan.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink


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