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Sat, 8 Nov 2003, 08:47 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    8 Mike De Palma Jr                     4937 Buddy Nickens
E2                   0.105  7.216 -0.484     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.456 -0.524
        B/A Index: 7.70                          B/TA Index: 8.98
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Zink      ) 0.052  7.191 -0.589      (J Gebhardt  ) 0.105  8.474 -0.546
 Qualified:             #3  7.123 -0.657                       #11  8.412 -0.608

5:27 PM Current weather conditions: 68 degrees, 36 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.02 inches. It's full dark now, as the Sportsmen racers come to the line.

De Palma is late and gives up the race to Nickens. Lots of CIC's in the first round that may impact the results in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5019 Paul Pittman                         7828 Wayne Ramay
E2                  -0.038  7.317 -0.483     ****WINNER****  0.018  7.880  0.240
       B/AA Index: 7.80                          A/ND Index: 7.64
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Jondahl   ) 0.058  7.291 -0.509      (S Hedlund   ) 0.028  7.139 -0.561
 Qualified:            #34  7.333 -0.467                       #22  7.162 -0.538

Ramay gets a free ticket to the third round, as Pittman misses the light. He clicks it and coasts on down for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    9 Doug Engels                            53 Clint Sallee
E2                   0.090  7.498 -0.502     ****WINNER****  0.068  6.886 -0.514
       D/ED Index: 8.00                           B/D Index: 7.40
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Butner    ) 0.017  7.658 -0.342      (J Lane      ) 0.177  7.251 -0.149
 Qualified:            #23  7.470 -0.530                       #15  6.812 -0.588

Two long cars this time. Sallee has the better RT and runs further under the index to take the win. Clint Sallee's MOV: 0.0344 seconds (approximately 9 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  775 Rick Braun                           7406 Vinnie Deceglie
E2                   0.063  7.988 -0.482     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.651 -0.579
       B/EA Index: 8.47                           A/A Index: 7.23
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Dingle    ) 0.045  7.962 -0.568      (B Self      ) 0.192  7.205 -0.025
 Qualified:            #20  7.989 -0.541                       #28  6.717 -0.513

Great light for Deceglie, as he runs down Braun for the win. He'll take a .08 CIC hit.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   10 Adam Bowdish                          706 Art Hodges
E2                   0.202  8.874 -0.536     ****WINNER****  0.118  7.432 -0.558
       F/SM Index: 9.41                           C/A Index: 7.99
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.001  8.901 -0.579      (J Kaplan    ) 0.102  7.485 -0.515
 Qualified:             #2  8.799 -0.681                       #26  7.478 -0.522

Both cars are late off the line. Hodges still takes a .05 CIC into tomorrow's round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7189 Dean Carter                          6016 Gary Anderson
E2   ****WINNER****  0.109  7.187 -0.513                     0.212  8.554 -0.586
       A/ND Index: 7.70                           G/A Index: 9.14
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Myers     ) 0.071  7.571 -0.129      (D Beckley   ) 0.041  9.367  0.227
 Qualified:             #5  7.055 -0.645                       #13  8.540 -0.600

Carter has a big advantage off the line and almost gives up to much at the stripe. Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0302 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    5 Scott Tidwell                        707M John Mihovetz
E2   ****WINNER****  0.116  7.787 -0.413                     0.121  7.706  0.116
       PSTA Index: 8.20                         BB/AT Index: 7.59
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Biondo    ) 0.040  7.695 -0.595      (T Stephenson) 0.001  7.086 -0.524
 Qualified:             #9  7.675 -0.615                        #1  6.834 -0.776

Mihovetz has his hands full at mid track as the car gets way loose. Tidwell backs out on the top end to save a CIC.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7230 Randy Jones                           710 Doug Lambeck
E2                   0.049  8.181 -0.549     ****WINNER****  0.038  8.625 -0.575
      B/SMA Index: 8.73                         D/SMA Index: 9.20
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Cocuzza   ) 0.011  8.223 -0.587      (R Wilson    ) 0.046  8.732 -0.468
 Qualified:            #24  8.280 -0.530                       #16  8.619 -0.581

Jones almost gets back in the race after getting loose near mid track and then gathering it back up. Lambeck will take an .07 CIC hit to his index tomorrow. Doug Lambeck's MOV: 0.0371 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink