Sun, 5 Apr 2009, 01:00 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Tenth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7298 Scott Hedlund                           5 Dean Carter                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  9.018 108.95                    -0.007  7.776 122.09
       A/SM Index: 8.56 (+/-):  0.458            B/ND Index: 7.68 (+/-):  0.096
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Giroux    ) 0.031  8.288 -0.272      (W Oman      ) 0.031  7.410 -0.270
 Qualified:             #3  7.900 -0.660                        #8  7.081 -0.599

9:33 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.14 inches, adjusted altitude 2,795 feet, track temperature 73 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                             4 Doug Lambeck                 
E2                   0.052  8.426 154.03     ****WINNER****  0.059  8.544 153.20
      C/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.514           D/SMA Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.526
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.008  8.431 -0.549      (J Edwards   ) 0.052  8.567 -0.563
 Qualified:             #7  8.378 -0.602                       #13  8.570 -0.560

Doug Lambeck's MOV: 0.0055 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                         6944 Bob Marshall                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.136  9.279 119.90                     0.094  9.754 108.49
       H/SM Index: 9.70 (+/-): -0.421            B/AA Index: 7.77 (+/-):  1.984
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Dunn      ) 0.042  9.196 -0.534      (T Brown     ) -0.032  8.045  0.275
 Qualified:             #6  9.125 -0.605                       #11  7.205 -0.565

Marshall was out of the groove at half track and he lifted. Bowdish will face Hedlund in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7771 Ed Sigmon                               1 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                   0.053  8.702 147.75     ****WINNER****  0.038  8.204 154.53
       C/SR Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.578            C/EA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.586
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Hoerner   ) 0.082  9.349  0.069      (R Jones     ) 0.063  8.791  0.001
 Qualified:            #10  8.706 -0.574                        #5  8.172 -0.618

Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0231 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He'll face Lambeck in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 717 Mike DePalma                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.055  8.781 115.13
                                                  I/A Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.079
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (S Holloway  ) 0.049  9.202  0.342
 Qualified:                                                       #1  8.171 -0.689

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                           514 Clint Sallee                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.484 107.01                    -0.085 No Time      
      G/SMA Index: 9.52 (+/-): -0.036             B/D Index: 7.39 (+/-): 92.609
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Adams     ) 0.029  9.122 -0.398      (L Ficco     ) 0.056  7.755  0.365
 Qualified:             #9  8.930 -0.590                       #15  6.890 -0.500

Sallee broke something on the hit. The engine went silent almost immediately, and he slowly rolled down the track and pulled into the left lane before he crossed the finish line. Lamb will face DePalma in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink