Sat, 16 Feb 2013, 13:49 PM Super Comp Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7796 John Richardson                       785 George Garbiso               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  8.915 177.42                     0.026  8.924 178.87
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Alonzo    ) 0.087  8.904  0.004      (H Pierce    ) 0.013  9.125  0.225
 Qualified:             #5  8.904  0.004                       #25  9.125  0.225

10:22 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,017 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Close race to start the round. John Richardson's MOV: 0.0042 seconds (approximately 13 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4885 Jimmy Lewis                            73 Aaron Kinard                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  8.912 183.49                     0.048  8.881 171.73
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Woodard   ) 0.018  8.904  0.004      (A Broussard ) 0.034  9.114  0.214
 Qualified:             #4  8.904  0.004                       #24  9.114  0.214

Jimmy Lewis cut a ten light for the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0070 seconds (approximately 21 inches), opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Colton Hiatt                         773L Lynn Welfringer              
E2                  -0.014  8.899 178.14     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.793 148.20
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.001             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.107
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Chennault ) 0.069  8.904  0.004      (R Symons    ) 0.054  9.114  0.214
 Qualified:             #3  8.904  0.004                       #23  9.114  0.214

Red light for Hiatt. Welfringer gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7160 Andy Spiegel                         7013 Bobby Dye Jr.                
E2                   0.022  8.865 183.42     ****WINNER****  0.022  8.905 167.47
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.035             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Mc Bride  ) 0.048  8.896 -0.004      (N Markuson  ) 0.004  8.905  0.005
 Qualified:            #28  8.896 -0.004                        #8  8.905  0.005

Identical RT's for the pair!

Bobby Dye Jr. runs 0.005 to the index for the win. MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Mike Hiatt                           784N Josh Newton                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  8.904 170.45                     0.018  8.913 170.32
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.004             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T McCann    ) 0.016  9.130  0.230      (G Aguayo    ) 0.031  8.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #26  9.130  0.230                        #6  8.904  0.004

Close at the start and close at the finish. Mike Hiatt runs 0.004 to the index. MOV: 0.0127 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 F700 Cameron Fauset                       D712 Phil Dion                    
E2                   0.068  8.869 172.04     ****WINNER****  0.007  8.885 167.97
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.031             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Molinari  ) 0.040  8.885 -0.015      (D Londagin  ) 0.003  8.908  0.008
 Qualified:            #33  8.885 -0.015                       #13  8.908  0.008

Phil Dion leaves with a 0.007 light. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0450 seconds (approximately 11 feet) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   64 Bob Woodruff                         7280 Glenn Kern                   
E2                  -0.001  8.895 183.32     ****WINNER****  0.029  8.897 176.03
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.005             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Torres    ) 0.018  8.908  0.008      (Bye         ) 0.034  8.885 -0.015
 Qualified:            #14  8.908  0.008                       #34  8.885 -0.015

Woodruff goes red by -0.001. Kern goes on to round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780F Danny Aguayo                         701Y Steve Parsons                
E2                   0.003  8.882 175.66     ****WINNER****  0.016  8.897 164.69
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.018             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Moldenhaue) 0.021  8.935  0.035      (C Waggoner  ) 0.033  8.848 -0.052
 Qualified:            #20  8.935  0.035                       #40  8.848 -0.052

Steve Parsons' MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 708B Bobby Mirizio                        706C Chad Langdon                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  8.873 174.98                    -0.005  8.891 173.29
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.027             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Marshall  ) 0.023  8.873 -0.027      (M Freischel ) 0.010  8.923  0.023
 Qualified:            #38  8.873 -0.027                       #18  8.923  0.023

Bobby Mirizio's MOV: opponent's -0.005 red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7337 Hollis Colleasure                    7817 Michael Lane                 
E2                   0.006  8.985 153.16     ****WINNER****  0.005  8.936 160.94
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.085             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Vander Mee) 0.021  8.895 -0.005      (C Babcock   ) 0.005  8.905  0.005
 Qualified:            #29  8.895 -0.005                        #9  8.905  0.005

Only 0.001 difference at the green. Michael Lane gets the win. MOV: 0.0503 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 M757 Melissa Quigley                      6444 Scott Taylor                 
E2                  -0.030  8.866 173.34     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.860 175.75
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.034             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.040
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Meziere   ) 0.003  8.908  0.008      (T Smith     ) 0.047  8.886 -0.014
 Qualified:            #12  8.908  0.008                       #32  8.886 -0.014

Red light for Quigley and a win for Taylor.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7354 James Outram                         7924 Kenneth Speed                
E2                  -0.343 17.873 132.90     ****WINNER**** -0.028  8.841 146.77
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  8.973             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Alves     ) 0.032  8.899 -0.001      (P Johnson   ) 0.008  8.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #27  8.899 -0.001                        #7  8.904  0.004

Kenneth Speed gets the win, as Outram is way early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  569 Greg Krause                          T522 Shawn Anderson               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  8.905 166.87                     0.041  8.914 175.66
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.005             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Kenyon    ) 0.010  8.921  0.021      (B Botelho   ) 0.037  8.877 -0.023
 Qualified:            #17  8.921  0.021                       #37  8.877 -0.023

Greg Krause runs 0.005 to the index for the win. MOV: 0.0246 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4357 Jeremy Maples                        7855 Greg Boutte                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  8.939 162.53                     0.054  8.933 178.76
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.039             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E1    (Z Meziere   ) 0.010  8.866 -0.034      (J DeRencin  ) 0.042  8.930  0.030
 Qualified:            #39  8.866 -0.034                       #19  8.930  0.030

Nice 0.005 light for Maples and the eleven foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7387 Joe Ghyselinck                       7094 Jim Willoughby               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  8.898 177.44                     0.012  8.876 173.23
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Comstock  ) 0.007  8.907  0.007      (C Forsyth   ) 0.016  8.890 -0.010
 Qualified:            #11  8.907  0.007                       #31  8.890 -0.010

Joe Ghyselinck's MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7528 Cameron Ferre                          59 Kevin Wright                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  8.905 170.84                     0.013  8.888 171.49
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.005             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Henderson ) 0.014  8.879 -0.021      (S Nelson    ) 0.016  8.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #36  8.879 -0.021                       #16  8.919  0.019

Another good pair of RT's and Cameron Ferre runs 0.005 to the index too. MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 747L Ryen Lamb                            7295 Raquel Roper                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  8.913 184.12                     0.008  8.878 163.16
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.013             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Foley     ) 0.011  8.941  0.041      (T Bayer     ) 0.034  8.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #21  8.941  0.041                        #1  8.903  0.003

Ryen Lamb's MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Tommy Phillips                       703D Kyle Rizzoli                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  8.911 166.31                     0.021  8.918 176.10
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.011             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Medrano   ) 0.015  8.903  0.003      (G Torres    ) 0.016  8.943  0.043
 Qualified:             #2  8.903  0.003                       #22  8.943  0.043

Great race and a close finish. Tommy Phillips runs closer to the index for the win. MOV: 0.0041 seconds (approximately 13 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  735 Steve Williams                        644 Blu Hayball                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.935 172.50                     0.005  8.894 170.60
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.035             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Murdock   ) 0.026  8.914  0.014      (J Davis     ) 0.001  8.884 -0.016
 Qualified:            #15  8.914  0.014                       #35  8.884 -0.016

Steve Williams' MOV: Opponent broke out by just -0.006.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  731 Rick Beckstrom                       721X Andrew Madrid                
E2                   0.024  8.926 164.29     ****WINNER****  0.009  8.908 165.64
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.026             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Bogacki   ) 0.049  8.894 -0.006      (R Naber     ) 0.016  8.906  0.006
 Qualified:            #30  8.894 -0.006                       #10  8.906  0.006

Last pair of the session.

Andrew Madrid's MOV: 0.0332 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

Andrew Madrid's package: 0.017.

10:45 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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