Mon, 8 Oct 2007, 03:48 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 3 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
   76 Vinnie Deceglie                      7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E3                   0.066  6.913 165.56     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.645 153.11
        A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.197            C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.475
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.013  6.855 -0.255      (A Freese    ) 0.140  8.645 -0.475
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.109  7.150  0.040      (R Wilson    ) 0.075  8.613 -0.507
 Qualified:             #2  6.495 -0.615                       #12  8.597 -0.523

12:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 10 percent, barometer 29.92 inches.

Two second head start for Sigmon and it's good thing! He is away with a good RT and misses the excitement behind him. Deceglie leaves with a strong 1.014 sixty-foot time and the Vette make a hard move towards the centerline right after that. He pulls the car back towards the center of the lane and initially looked OK, but the car headed back towards the center line again. He fights the car back and forth and then drifts over the 1000 foot block. He finally gets the chutes out and barely stays off the guard rail in the lights. WAAAY TOO MUCH FUN!!

We are down for cone replacement.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  735 Jeff Gracia                            77 David Beckley                
E3                   0.000  8.805 142.13     ****WINNER****  0.062  6.836 183.62
       C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-):  0.085            A/AA Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.354
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Bryan Morr) 0.021  8.658 -0.062      (A Ellis     ) 0.050  6.735 -0.455
E1    (C Thomas    ) 0.093 10.897  2.177                     0.069  6.885 -0.305
 Qualified:            #11  8.188 -0.532                        #1  6.559 -0.631

12:42 p.m. That took a while to clean up and fix the cones

Gracia guesses at the lights and gets a perfect 0.000 RT, but to no avail, as Beckley drives on by to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                            7 Dean Carter                  
E3                   0.031  8.496 157.56     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.163 170.19
      D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.524            B/ND Index: 7.71 (+/-): -0.547
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Dunn      ) 0.095  8.771 -0.249      (R Jones     ) 0.044  7.227 -0.483
E1    (S Graham    ) 0.062  8.590 -0.430      (B Moscini   ) 0.069  7.202 -0.518
 Qualified:            #10  8.470 -0.550                        #7  7.146 -0.574

Almost identical RT and Carter drives on by to take the close win. He'll race Sigmon in round four. Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0213 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 720 J.D. Zink                    
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.218  7.878 119.18
                                                 A/ND Index: 7.48 (+/-):  0.398
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (F Gross     ) 0.035  6.978 -0.522
E1                                           (D Raybourn  ) 0.128  7.420 -0.080
 Qualified:                                                       #9  6.950 -0.550

Zink takes the Bye run and will face Beckley next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink