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Sun, 22 Feb 2009, 12:04 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 2 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
  590 Clint Neff                           529Y Steve Holloway               
E2                   0.051  8.000 157.41     ****WINNER****  0.083  6.566 207.30
        K/A Index: 8.55 (+/-): -0.550            A/AA Index: 7.17 (+/-): -0.604
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Smiley    ) -0.012  8.413 -0.137      (R Hass      ) -0.074  8.956  1.786
 Qualified:             #3  7.859 -0.691                       #26  6.996 -0.174

9:48 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 28.95 inches, adjusted altitude 1,797 feet, track temperature 65 degrees.

Conditions look a bit different this morning there are high clouds just about covering that layer of blue. If that holds it might be warm but less direct sun on the track might be helpful. Steve Holloway's MOV: 0.0223 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2000 Lee Sharp                              75 Alan Ellis                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.096  8.450 160.33                     0.068 10.110 103.24
      D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.520            A/AP Index: 7.21 (+/-):  2.900
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hartford  ) 0.023  9.635  0.665      (S Hedlund   ) 0.044  6.701 -0.559
 Qualified:            #12  8.395 -0.575                       #19  6.725 -0.535

Ellis's roadster stumbles after about 60ft and would not come back to life. Sharp with a round win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Lou Ficco                            7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.127  7.296 178.10                     0.008  7.478 163.02
       B/AP Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.584             PST Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.442
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Shambaugh ) 0.103 12.476  4.596      (W Hatcher   ) 0.086  7.420 -0.590
 Qualified:            #13  7.318 -0.562                        #5  7.381 -0.629

Lou Ficco's MOV: 0.0232 seconds (approximately 6 feet). That was expensive for Ficco as he tosses away almost a tenth to CIC in the next round. Ouch!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 730G Shane Gray                              4 Doug Lambeck                 
E2                  -0.029  7.277 150.41     ****WINNER****  0.055  8.761 115.68
        B/A Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.323           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.209
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Howerton  ) 0.049  7.472 -0.128      (T Radeff    ) -0.004  8.664 -0.306
 Qualified:             #8  6.977 -0.623                       #16  8.427 -0.543

Gray can't wait and that ugly red light shines on the tree. Lambeck takes the automatic win and clicks it early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Mike DePalma                            1 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                  -0.010  8.587 117.57     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.722 112.80
        I/A Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.183            C/EA Index: 8.64 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Byron     ) 0.009  8.276 -0.494      (R Goodman   ) 0.063  8.733  0.093
 Qualified:             #2  8.072 -0.698                       #10  8.034 -0.606

DePalma is next to toss out a chance at the win with a red bulb. Fletcher clicks it early and saves index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Jim Cowan                             330 Brian Browell                
E2                   0.015  8.381 145.74     ****WINNER****  0.045  7.277 160.88
       I/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.409             D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.543
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.010  9.141  0.351      (F Nelson    ) 0.062  8.693  0.873
 Qualified:             #6  8.162 -0.628                       #14  7.262 -0.558

Browell takes a little to much stripe over Cowan and it'll cost him almost a nickel in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Dean Carter                          5250 Todd Patterson               
E2                   0.028  7.168 188.17     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.829 156.99
       B/ND Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.402             E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.531
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Hodges    ) 0.054  7.221 -0.349                     0.059  8.126 -0.234
 Qualified:             #9  6.951 -0.619                        #1  7.649 -0.711

Two great Comp lights but Carter chooses not to use up the index to close on a streaking Patterson. To early in the season to hit indexes.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                         7474 Justin Lamb                  
E2                   0.039  7.435 174.89     ****WINNER****  0.005  8.788 150.50
       C/AA Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.555           G/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.572
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Graham    ) 0.326  8.798  0.808      (B Kent      ) 0.021  9.360  0.000
 Qualified:             #7  7.366 -0.624                       #15  8.810 -0.550

Lamb with the better light and the win over Edwards. Next round looks like this: Patterson vs Ficco; Holloway vs Lamb; Fletcher vs Browell and Sharp vs Lambeck.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink