Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 04:32 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Ross Wilson                          7230 Randy Jones                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.142 168.41                     0.058  8.060 168.22
      B/SMA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.528           A/SMA Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.460
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Cocuzza   ) 0.070 11.311  2.641      (T Hogan     ) 0.098  8.059 -0.461
 Qualified:             #3  8.074 -0.596                        #9  7.951 -0.569

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 1,826 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  211 Glen Treadwell                       7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.014  7.738 131.86
       F/EA Index: 8.49 (+/-): 91.509             PST Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.172
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Plaizier  ) 0.047  7.981 -0.549      (T Brown     ) 0.053  7.401 -0.569
 Qualified:             #2  7.918 -0.612                        #8  7.388 -0.582

Treadwell broke and Mettler gets the freebie...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                            3 Mike DePalma                 
E2                  -0.027  9.148  99.22     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.098 109.09
       C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-):  1.188             C/T Index: 8.82 (+/-):  0.278
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Zink      ) 0.004  7.480 -0.480                     0.040  8.903  0.083
 Qualified:             #7  7.377 -0.583                        #1  8.152 -0.668

Edwards turns on the red light...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6054 Brandon Huhtala                        76 Dean Carter                  
E2                   0.038 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.030  6.995 188.10
        C/A Index: 7.96 (+/-): 92.039            B/ND Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.535
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.107  7.653 -0.307      (E Sigmon    ) 0.005  7.213 -0.317
 Qualified:            #11  7.395 -0.565                        #5  6.940 -0.590

Huhtala takes the win by about 8 feet, and then after crossing the finish line gets on the brakes too hard and then gets over into the right lane and hits the wall. The car then gets up on it's nose and comes back to the track on all four. The word is Huhtala is DQ'd for excessive breaking, so Carter is back in. Carter will face Mettler...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Dan Fletcher                           74 Steve Graham                 
E2                   0.038  7.860 166.21     ****WINNER****  0.031  7.425 183.19
       B/EA Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.480             C/A Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.475
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Moscini   ) 0.045  8.250 -0.090      (J Lane      ) 0.051  7.400 -0.560
 Qualified:             #6  7.756 -0.584                       #12  7.397 -0.563

Steve Graham's MOV: 0.0021 seconds (approximately 6 inches). Graham will face Wilson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Doug Lambeck                           73 Justin Lamb                  
E2                   0.048  8.416 159.21     ****WINNER****  0.031  8.813 145.94
      D/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.454           G/SMA Index: 9.29 (+/-): -0.477
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cowan     ) 0.032  8.361 -0.609      (M Hartford  ) 0.046  8.783 -0.547
 Qualified:            #10  8.402 -0.568                        #4  8.735 -0.595

Justin Lamb's MOV: 0.0404 seconds (approximately 9 feet). Lamb will face DePalma in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink