Sun, 28 Oct 2012, 13:29 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 12th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
751D Skip Dunn 6 Jeff Lane
E2 0.054 7.110 192.49 ****WINNER**** 0.043 8.124 152.80
B/AA Index: 7.61 (+/-): -0.500 B/SMA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.576
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Wilson ) 0.070 7.105 -0.515 (P Carbery ) 0.075 8.336 -0.364
Qualified: #23 7.065 -0.555 #15 8.079 -0.621
10:16 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 27.96 inches,
adjusted altitude 3,258 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.Lane gets out of the gate first and takes the win. He will
lose .07 off his index in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Lou Ficco 74 Tom Mettler
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.067 7.003 195.51 0.035 7.736 173.90
B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.617 PSTA Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.584
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Lelchook ) 0.042 7.191 -0.429 (C Sallee ) 0.123 7.817 -0.513
Qualified: #10 6.980 -0.640 #18 7.718 -0.612
Lou Ficco's MOV: 0.0017 seconds (approximately 5 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
62 Brandon Huhtala 4799 Bill Kent
E2 0.012 7.609 153.39 ****WINNER**** 0.099 6.705 199.52
C/A Index: 8.03 (+/-): -0.421 B/D Index: 7.28 (+/-): -0.575
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Forrester ) 0.005 8.159 0.129 (M Hartford ) 0.179 6.773 -0.547
Qualified: #6 7.379 -0.651 #30 10.182 2.862
Kent is late off the line and has to take another CIC adjustment to his index to take the win.Ficco will take on
Kent in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
717 Mike DePalma 7230 Randy Jones
E2 -0.009 9.180 126.33 ****WINNER**** 0.047 8.750 125.68
I/SM Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.550 C/TA Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.320
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Giroux ) 0.014 9.466 -0.264 (J Lamb ) 0.078 8.561 -0.619
Qualified: #13 9.098 -0.632 #5 8.525 -0.655
DePalma leaves a little too quickly and gives the win to Jones.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6660 Adam Bowdish 72 Alan Ellis
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.031 8.080 166.50 0.107 6.584 204.73
B/SMA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.620 A/AA Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.596
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Patterson ) 0.051 8.866 0.166 (L Wofford ) -0.003 7.346 0.166
Qualified: #3 8.033 -0.667 #11 6.543 -0.637
Bowdish gets a big advantage off the line and pulls away for the win.Bowdish will take on Lane in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
77 Brian Fitzpatrick 73 Steve Graham
E2 0.122 7.360 175.73 ****WINNER**** 0.125 7.499 167.41
H/D Index: 6.95 (+/-): 0.410 C/A Index: 8.03 (+/-): -0.531
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Edwards ) 0.062 8.501 1.551 (C Neff ) 0.069 7.625 -0.405
Qualified: #32 13.102 6.152 #24 7.602 -0.428
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
710 Doug Lambeck 10 Bo Butner
E2 0.070 8.476 151.09 ****WINNER**** 0.036 8.646 140.78
D/SMA Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.534 E/SM Index: 9.20 (+/-): -0.554
Prior rounds:
E1 (E Sigmon ) 0.092 8.509 -0.571 (S Hedlund ) 0.076 9.423 0.223
Qualified: #9 8.431 -0.649 #1 8.517 -0.683
Butner gets the hole shot and takes the win. he will take on Jones in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1781 Dan Fletcher 34 Chuck Haubiel
E2 0.012 7.898 174.64 ****WINNER**** 0.030 8.248 162.29
B/EA Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.502 C/SM Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.542
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Billingsle) 0.054 7.964 -0.436 (D Rampy ) 0.092 8.285 -0.605
Qualified: #28 8.519 0.119 #4 8.231 -0.659
Haubiel will take on Graham in the next round.
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