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Mon, 8 Oct 2007, 12:54 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Second annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  703 Joe Mozeris                            76 Vinnie Deceglie              
E1                  -0.021  7.265 154.99     ****WINNER****  0.109  7.150 138.20
       C/DA Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.375             A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:            #14  7.149 -0.491                        #2  6.495 -0.615

9:26 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 29.94 inches.

Mozeris will get over a half second head start, but he adds a -0.0221 red to give the race to Deceglie. The powerful Vette coasts on down to ensure no CIC.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 751D Skip Dunn                             610 John Edwards                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.161  7.162 187.00                     0.027  7.723 153.26
       B/AA Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.488            C/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.317
 Qualified:            #16  7.171 -0.479                        #4  7.451 -0.589

Dunn is late, but runs further under his index to take the win. Skip Dunn's MOV: 0.0373 seconds (approximately 8 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7265 Tom Brown                              75 Alan Ellis                   
E1                   0.126 12.907  60.81     ****WINNER****  0.080  8.160 101.19
       F/ED Index: 8.85 (+/-):  4.057            A/AP Index: 7.35 (+/-):  0.810
 Qualified:            #20  8.513 -0.337                        #8  6.784 -0.566

David and Goliath on the line. Brown is late shuts it off early. Ellis uses up a bunch of his lane and has to lift. He gets the coasting win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7109 Ross Wilson                          7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E1                   0.034  8.421 159.40     ****WINNER****  0.075  8.613 153.32
      C/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.449            C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.507
 Qualified:            #24  9.938  1.068                       #12  8.597 -0.523

Sigmon uses a lot of track and nibbles at the CIC to get the close win.Ed Sigmon's MOV: 0.0177 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  718 Alan Freese                           730 Bryan Fitzgerald             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.744 144.55                     0.204  9.488 104.89
       C/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.296            F/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-):  0.848
 Qualified:             #6  7.465 -0.575                       #18  8.222 -0.418

Fitzgerald is late off the line and clicks it early to give the easy win to Fitzgerald.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Dean Carter                          768M Brian Moscini                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  7.202 173.32                     0.010  7.628 175.39
       B/ND Index: 7.72 (+/-): -0.518            C/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.412
 Qualified:             #7  7.146 -0.574                       #19  7.643 -0.397

Moscini gets an advantage off the line and Carter takes a bite of the CIC to pull out the win on the top end.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                          799 Steve Graham                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062  8.590 136.44                     0.005  7.721 175.68
      D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.430             C/A Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.259
 Qualified:            #10  8.470 -0.550                       #22  7.725 -0.255

Graham has a great light and has to watch the back of Lambecks car all the way down the track.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7244 Fred Gross                            751 Tom Huggins                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.545 156.55                           No Time      
        G/A Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.485             B/A Index: 7.67 (+/-): 92.329
 Qualified:            #15  8.539 -0.491                        #3  7.071 -0.599

Singles from here on for a while.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6033 Patrick Byron                        7230 Randy Jones                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.036  9.252 126.28
        B/D Index: 7.26 (+/-): 92.739             H/A Index: 9.34 (+/-): -0.088
 Qualified:            #25  9.840  2.580                       #13  8.839 -0.501


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7916 Bryan Morrison                         73 Tom Mettler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  8.678 118.04                           No Time      
       F/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-):  0.038             PST Index: 8.01 (+/-): 91.989
 Qualified:            #17  8.187 -0.453                        #5  7.423 -0.587


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7700 Clarence Thomas                       735 Jeff Gracia                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.093 10.897 115.21
       B/AA Index: 7.65 (+/-): 92.349            C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-):  2.177
 Qualified:            #23  7.426 -0.224                       #11  8.188 -0.532


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  732 Dave Raybourn                         720 J.D. Zink                    
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.128  7.420 132.78
      D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): 90.979            A/ND Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.080
 Qualified:            #21  8.756 -0.264                        #9  6.950 -0.550

Zink is left and right off the line and then clicks it early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  77 David Beckley                
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.069  6.885 162.22
                                                 A/AA Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.305
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.559 -0.631

Beckly is the #1 qualifier and gets the Bye run into round two. He'll meet Ellis. In other pairings: Morrison vs. Gracia; Gross vs. Zink; Freeze vs. Sigmon; Dunn vs. Lambeck; Carter vs. Jonees and DeCeglie gets the Bye run.

9:47 a.m.

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