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Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 06:00 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6944 Bob Marshall                         7265 Tom Brown                    
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.144  8.958 109.85
       B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): 92.359            F/ED Index: 8.83 (+/-):  0.128
 Qualified:            #20  7.186 -0.454                        #8  8.251 -0.579

2:41 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 1,712 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

We may just have twelve singles here in the first round of Comp. Brown gets the first single as I've just heard that all twelve of the slower qualifier have left the grounds.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                            7 Jim Cowan                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.088  7.830 139.13                           No Time      
       C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.190            I/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-): 91.209
 Qualified:            #14  7.517 -0.503                        #2  8.158 -0.632

Edwards takes the next single.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4444 Bob Hass                              720 J.D. Zink                    
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.500  9.759 132.65                           No Time      
       B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-):  2.119            A/ND Index: 7.46 (+/-): 92.539
 Qualified:            #24 No Time                             #12  6.906 -0.554

Hass is all over the left lane.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 730G Shane Gray                           7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.060  8.793 121.58
        B/A Index: 7.60 (+/-): 92.399            C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.327
 Qualified:             #7  7.009 -0.591                       #19  8.663 -0.457


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Dean Carter                          768M Brian Moscini                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  7.290 136.17                           No Time      
       B/ND Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.280            D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): 91.719
 Qualified:             #6  6.978 -0.592                       #18  7.811 -0.469

Carter singles and shuts off way early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                          7298 Scott Hedlund                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.307  8.422 132.52                           No Time      
      C/SMA Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.408            A/SM Index: 8.41 (+/-): 91.589
 Qualified:            #15  8.341 -0.489                        #3  7.792 -0.618

Wilson was straight as a string. There shouldn't be any CICs this round!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                             6 Lou Ficco                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.128 18.154  50.68                           No Time      
      A/SMA Index: 8.56 (+/-):  9.594            B/AP Index: 7.88 (+/-): 92.119
 Qualified:            #22  8.178 -0.382                       #10  7.308 -0.572

Jones turns dead left at the hit!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7098 Tom Mettler                             4 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.033  8.716 112.89
        PST Index: 8.01 (+/-): 91.989           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.254
 Qualified:             #1  7.374 -0.636                       #13  8.418 -0.552

Silly as it may seem we're still doing singles.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2000 Lee Sharp                            6018 Jim Warter                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  9.014 105.19                           No Time      
      D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-):  0.044            F/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): 90.719
 Qualified:             #5  8.362 -0.608                       #17  8.811 -0.469

Unopposed.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5250 Todd Patterson                         76 David Beckley                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.566  8.095 135.62                           No Time      
        D/A Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.165             C/A Index: 7.98 (+/-): 92.019
 Qualified:             #4  7.650 -0.610                       #99 No Time

Beckley is out in two classes now after losing in Pro Stock. Win to Patterson.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          6054 Brandon Huhtala              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  8.917 125.59                           No Time      
      G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.443             C/A Index: 7.98 (+/-): 92.019
 Qualified:            #23  9.009 -0.351                       #11  7.419 -0.561


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  706 Art Hodges                              1 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.077  8.498 115.04
       A/PM Index: 7.07 (+/-): 92.929            C/EA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.162
 Qualified:            #21  6.649 -0.421                        #9  8.087 -0.573

Fletcher closes out this weird round 1 of Comp.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink