Sat, 21 Feb 2009, 04:52 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Darryl Jackman |
CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
717 Mike DePalma 63 Pat Byron
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.009 8.276 150.36 0.028 7.011 175.73
I/A Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.494 C/D Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.489
Qualified: #2 8.072 -0.698 #17 6.959 -0.541
2:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,481 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.
Mike DePalma's MOV: 0.0244 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Great light for DePalma as well.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6325 Frank Nelson 330 Brian Browell
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.062 8.693 112.50
A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): 92.889 D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): 0.873
Qualified: #29 7.229 0.119 #14 7.262 -0.558
Nelson was a noshow and Browell gets the automatic win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
450D Dean Howerton 730G Shane Gray
E1 -0.017 7.480 145.50 ****WINNER**** 0.049 7.472 141.31
C/D Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.020 B/A Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.128
Qualified: #23 7.057 -0.443 #8 6.977 -0.623
Someone had to do it, this IS Comp! Howerton turns on the red and sends Gray to the second round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
550 Will Hatcher 7098 Tom Mettler
E1 0.035 6.695 196.59 ****WINNER**** 0.086 7.420 173.56
A/DA Index: 7.14 (+/-): -0.445 PST Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.590
Qualified: #20 6.614 -0.526 #5 7.381 -0.629
Mettler defies the CIC gods and darn near takes that dreaded forever CIC. As it is he gets the win but loses darn near a tenth
in index in the second round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7298 Scott Hedlund 75 Alan Ellis
E1 0.059 7.846 168.87 ****WINNER**** 0.044 6.701 205.76
A/SM Index: 8.41 (+/-): -0.564 A/AP Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.559
Qualified: #4 7.776 -0.634 #19 6.725 -0.535
Ellis makes his best run of the weekend and still has a close MOV: 0.0108 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He loses a nickel to
CIC in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
529Y Steve Holloway 4444 Bob Hass
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.074 8.956 98.26 No Time
A/AA Index: 7.17 (+/-): 1.786 B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): 92.359
Qualified: #26 6.996 -0.174 #11 7.059 -0.581
Hass throws away a #11 qualifying position as his Grand Am dragged him through the lights at the hit and he left before the tree
came down. Holloway got the benefit of Hass's problems.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4799 Bill Kent 7474 Justin Lamb
E1 -0.032 10.700 80.19 ****WINNER**** 0.021 9.360 116.21
C/D Index: 7.50 (+/-): 3.200 G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): 0.000
Qualified: #30 7.734 0.234 #15 8.810 -0.550
Kent goes red and shuts the car off early. Lamb will move on after he shut off early as well.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7 Jim Cowan 703 Joe Mozeris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.010 9.141 103.54 -0.050 7.166 160.04
I/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-): 0.351 C/DA Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.404
Qualified: #6 8.162 -0.628 #21 7.050 -0.520
Mozeris takes a shot at the tree and misses by -.050. Cowan would have been tough with his .010 light anyway.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
744P Thomas Shambaugh 6 Lou Ficco
E1 -0.032 9.698 115.80 ****WINNER**** 0.103 12.476 69.34
DD/AT Index: 7.90 (+/-): 1.798 B/AP Index: 7.88 (+/-): 4.596
Qualified: #28 7.928 0.028 #13 7.318 -0.562
This just wasn't Shambaugh's day. He redlights then appears to explode a turbo so badly that both cars were lost behind the wall
of smoke. There's not a single mosquito to be found within miles of Firebird Raceway.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1214 Matt Hartford 2000 Lee Sharp
E1 -0.065 6.965 191.40 ****WINNER**** 0.023 9.635 93.73
A/D Index: 7.04 (+/-): -0.075 D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): 0.665
Qualified: #27 7.055 0.015 #12 8.395 -0.575
2:41 p.m. That was a bit of a cleanup. We were down for about 15 minutes but were back to work. After all of that waiting
Hartford goes red and Sharp advances to the second round with little effort and no CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 5250 Todd Patterson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.059 8.126 135.67
E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.234
Qualified: #1 7.649 -0.711
Patterson gets the single as the top qualifier and a 31 car field. He clicks it off very early and takes no chance with a
accidental index hit.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
590 Clint Neff 469 Clark Smiley
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.012 8.413 120.84 No Time
K/A Index: 8.55 (+/-): -0.137 B/SM Index: 8.68 (+/-): 91.319
Qualified: #3 7.859 -0.691 #18 8.144 -0.536
Smiley is a noshow and Neff gets the walkover win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
610 John Edwards 76 Steve Graham
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.326 8.798 105.66 No Time
C/AA Index: 7.99 (+/-): 0.808 C/A Index: 7.98 (+/-): 92.019
Qualified: #7 7.366 -0.624 #22 7.494 -0.486
Graham is another noshow and Edwards shuts off before half track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Doug Lambeck 737H Tom Radeff
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.004 8.664 128.07 No Time
D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.306 A/AA Index: 7.17 (+/-): 92.829
Qualified: #16 8.427 -0.543 #31 7.463 0.293
Another walkover.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4995 Ray Goodman 1 Dan Fletcher
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.063 8.733 117.29
A/EA Index: 7.87 (+/-): 92.129 C/EA Index: 8.64 (+/-): 0.093
Qualified: #25 7.527 -0.343 #10 8.034 -0.606
And another. Fletcher singles as Goodman is nowhere to be found.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
706 Art Hodges 5 Dean Carter
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.054 7.221 141.91
A/PM Index: 7.07 (+/-): 92.929 B/ND Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.349
Qualified: #24 6.659 -0.411 #9 6.951 -0.619
This time it's Hodges that's a noshow against Carter. That's all for round 1.
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