Sun, 26 Feb 2012, 13:56 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Firebird International Raceway:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
750 Jim Cowan 598 Deric Kramer
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.075 7.131 158.71
D/EA Index: 8.78 (+/-): 91.219 B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.259
Qualified: #24 10.531 1.751 #12 6.866 -0.524
11:34 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 28.25 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,764 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.Cowan is a No Show.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
703 Joe Mozeris 35 Ray Vierheller
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.061 7.487 152.11
B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): 92.519 D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.433
Qualified: #23 7.404 -0.076 #11 7.393 -0.527
Well, that was weird! Mozeris' car just set in the beams when the lights went green and then he was pushed back.Vierheller
dumps on the top end to make sure of no CIC later.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
768M Brian Moscini 6 Jeff Lane
E1 0.006 7.484 182.30 ****WINNER**** 0.074 8.099 158.15
C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.426 B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.521
Qualified: #19 7.487 -0.423 #7 8.074 -0.546
Moscini guesses at the green an cards a 0.006 light but its not quite enough. Jeff Lane gets the win. MOV: 0.0273 seconds
(approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7667 Randy Goff 73 Steve Graham
E1 0.021 8.356 158.93 ****WINNER**** 0.074 7.462 172.76
B/T Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.344 C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.468
Qualified: #21 8.356 -0.344 #9 7.391 -0.539
Goff slows after a better light and gives the easy win to Graham.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7098 Tom Mettler 610 John Edwards
E1 0.084 8.023 142.61 ****WINNER**** 0.081 7.500 161.63
PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.197 C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.410
Qualified: #22 8.062 -0.158 #10 7.376 -0.534
Mettler's engine has a ton of smoke pouring out of the left bank and he slows.Edwards goes on.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7235 Scott McClay 1214 Matt Hartford
E1 0.018 7.351 179.44 ****WINNER**** 0.046 6.786 199.08
C/ED Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.509 B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.604
Qualified: #13 7.345 -0.515 #1 6.770 -0.620
Advantage McClay at the green and Hartford uses a bunch of CIC to run him down in the lights. A little too much maybe? Matt
Hartford's MOV: 0.0674 seconds (approximately 18 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4799 Bill Kent 7522 Brian Fitzpatrick
E1 0.009 6.785 202.67 ****WINNER**** 0.106 6.331 214.04
B/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.455 H/D Index: 6.92 (+/-): -0.589
Qualified: #20 6.836 -0.404 #8 6.378 -0.542
Kent has a great 0.009 light, but its not enough to hold off the little turbo.Fitzpatrick picks up on his qualifying times
for the eleven foot win and another big CIC hit for next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7230 Randy Jones 7009 Ross Wilson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.076 8.504 152.35 0.077 8.110 164.99
C/TA Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.566 B/SM Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.530
Qualified: #2 8.491 -0.579 #14 8.126 -0.514
Only 0.001 difference in RT's and a close race. Jones stays in front by just nine feet for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1781 Dan Fletcher 6660 Adam Bowdish
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.033 7.780 173.16 0.080 8.044 167.32
B/EA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.530 B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.576
Qualified: #16 7.807 -0.503 #4 8.051 -0.569
Hole shot win for Fletcher by just three inches!
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
72 Alan Ellis 71 Justin Lamb
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.008 6.607 205.41 0.041 8.640 156.26
A/AA Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.503 F/SMA Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.530
Qualified: #18 6.635 -0.475 #6 8.623 -0.547
Over a two second difference in indexes.Ellis nails the tree with a 0.008 light and flies on down the thack for an 18 inch
hole shot win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
717 Mike DePalma 710 Doug Lambeck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.091 9.021 149.05 0.068 8.443 159.42
I/SM Index: 9.61 (+/-): -0.589 D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.527
Qualified: #3 9.034 -0.576 #15 8.458 -0.512
DePalma is late and has to dip into the CIC bag to get the nine foot win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5149 Phil Unruh 7189 Dean Carter
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.005 8.812 123.71 No Time
F/SMA Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.358 B/ND Index: 7.51 (+/-): 92.489
Qualified: #5 8.615 -0.555 #17 7.009 -0.501
Carter is a no show.11:48 a.m. In round two: Hartford vs. Lane; Fletcher vs. Edwards; Jones vs. Fitzpatrick; Unruh vs.
Vierheller; DePalma vs. Graham; and Ellis vs. Kramer.
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