Drag Race Central - NHRA
Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 07:52 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
By Darryl Jackman



POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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
  610 John Edwards                         7265 Tom Brown                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.192  7.383 176.42                     0.090  8.301 147.10
       C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.637            F/ED Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.529
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cowan     ) 0.088  7.830 -0.190      (B Marshall  ) 0.144  8.958  0.128
 Qualified:            #14  7.517 -0.503                        #8  8.251 -0.579
4:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 1,666 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Edwards was late but comes from way behind for the win over Brown. Perm CIC for Edwards overcoming the late start. John Edwards' MOV: 0.0061 seconds (approximately 16 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Dean Carter                          4444 Bob Hass                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.188  7.314 140.39                     0.139  9.073 107.93
       B/ND Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.256            B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-):  1.433
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Moscini   ) 0.046  7.290 -0.280      (J Zink      ) -0.500  9.759  2.119
 Qualified:             #6  6.978 -0.592                       #24 No Time      
Hass just about lost the car before half track. The Grand Am got loose and he just barely saved it. Carter was late but certainly gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Dan Fletcher                         7009 Ross Wilson                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.067  8.588 117.42                    -0.008  8.832 121.88
       C/EA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.072           C/SMA Index: 8.83 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Hodges    ) 0.077  8.498 -0.162      (S Hedlund   ) 0.307  8.422 -0.408
 Qualified:             #9  8.087 -0.573                       #15  8.341 -0.489
Fletcher gets the win via the redlight by Wilson. Fletcher gets ex champ Carter next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7771 Ed Sigmon                               4 Doug Lambeck                 
E2                   0.028  8.636 152.23     ****WINNER****  0.059  8.422 148.20
       C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.484           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.548
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Gray      ) -0.060  8.793 -0.327      (T Mettler   ) 0.033  8.716 -0.254
 Qualified:            #19  8.663 -0.457                       #13  8.418 -0.552
Doug Lambeck's MOV: 0.0331 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          2000 Lee Sharp                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  8.765 151.68                     0.010  8.412 154.97
      G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.595           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.558
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Huhtala   ) 0.040  8.917 -0.443      (J Warter    ) 0.049  9.014  0.044
 Qualified:            #23  9.009 -0.351                        #5  8.362 -0.608
Justin Lamb's MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 3 inches). Lamb loses just about a tenth to CIC but he needed to get the round win over sharp. He face Edwards in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                          5250 Todd Patterson               
E2                   0.120  8.535 123.71     ****WINNER****  0.053  7.955 157.91
      A/SMA Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.025             D/A Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.305
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Ficco     ) 0.128 18.154  9.594      (S Graham    ) 0.566  8.095 -0.165
 Qualified:            #22  8.178 -0.382                        #4  7.650 -0.610
Patterson gets the easy win as Jones was off the pedal very early. Patterson gets Lambeck in the next round.

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