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Sun, 21 Oct 2012, 19:16 PM

Junior Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Junior Fuel at the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, California Hot Rod Reunion XXI:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  730 Fred Notkza                           723 Don Enriquez                 
E2                   0.317  7.135 184.47     ****WINNER****  0.013  7.514 180.07
         JFB Index: 6.98 (+/-):  0.155             JFC Index: 7.24 (+/-):  0.274
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Rowley    ) 0.049  7.211  0.231      (T Beeman    ) 0.056  7.441  0.201
 Qualified:             #4  7.195  0.215                        #3  7.371  0.131

3:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.17 inches, adjusted altitude 2,727 feet.

Winner will get a bye run to the final round.Notkza is way late and gives the easy win to Enriquez.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7031 Bob Lander                                 Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.368  7.076 186.82     
         JFB Index: 6.98 (+/-):  0.096    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N on File   ) 0.167  7.067  0.087   
 Qualified:             #2  7.095  0.115                     Bye

Lander will take the bye run to round three. He makes another clean pass, close to his prior best.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7717 Bud Hammer                           4454 Mike Millsap                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.224  6.998 187.89                     0.165  7.441 178.24
         JFB Index: 6.98 (+/-):  0.018             JFC Index: 7.24 (+/-):  0.201
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.113  7.053  0.073      (Bye         ) 0.125  7.529  0.289
 Qualified:             #1  7.080  0.100                        #6  7.519  0.279

The winner will face Lander in the next round.

Millsap has the starting line advantage, but Hammer runs just 0.018 to the tough index to get the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink