Sun, 29 Sep 2013, 13:29 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Night of Fire at Rocky Mountain Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  519 Scott Parks                             7 Mike DePalma                 
E1                   0.016 16.881  56.26     ****WINNER****  0.054  9.442 122.44
        A/ND Index: 7.73 (+/-):  9.151            I/SM Index: 9.97 (+/-): -0.528
 Qualified:             #7  7.120 -0.610                        #1  9.264 -0.706

10:58 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 25.69 inches, adjusted altitude 6,065 feet, track temperature 63 degrees.

Parks is running a super trick front engine dragster he and his father built, but has the RPM's go sky high right off the starting line.

DePalma clicks it early and just nips at the CIC.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                  7789 Matthew Leonard              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066  8.176 116.44                           No Time      
        A/EA Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.004           AA/AM Index: 7.10 (+/-): 92.899
 Qualified:             #6  7.528 -0.652                       #12  7.824  0.724

Leonard had problems yesterday and is a No Show today. Van Paepeghem gets a free pass to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Alan Ellis                           604A Tom Kirkman                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.124  7.515 119.37                    -0.037  9.039 143.79
        A/AA Index: 7.41 (+/-):  0.105            E/EA Index: 9.31 (+/-): -0.271
 Qualified:             #5  6.757 -0.653                       #11  9.016 -0.294

Kirkman can't wait and goes red. Ellis leaves hard and then clicks it way early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6618 Dale Giroux                           710 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                   0.097  7.425 188.04     ****WINNER****  0.013  8.785 153.47
        B/AA Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.465           D/SMA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.575
 Qualified:             #9  7.423 -0.467                        #3  8.670 -0.690

Lambeck legs it through the lights to get the easy win, as Giroux is late.

He races Van Paepeghem in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7667 Randy Goff                              8 Jeff Lane                    
E1                  -0.032 14.691  54.47     ****WINNER****  0.044  8.908 112.95
       A/SMA Index: 8.92 (+/-):  5.771           C/SMA Index: 9.13 (+/-): -0.222
 Qualified:            #10  8.625 -0.295                        #4  8.456 -0.674

Jeff Lane dumps way early. MOV: opponent's red light. He races DePalma in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                           500 Lou Ficco Jr.                
E1                  -0.017 10.809  79.33     ****WINNER****  0.034  7.871 125.17
       I/SMA Index: 10.09 (+/-):  0.719           B/AA Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.019
 Qualified:             #2  9.391 -0.699                        #8  7.316 -0.574

Upset! Number two qualifier, Jones, goes red by -0.017 and gives the easy win to Ficco.

11:09 a.m. Ficco vs. Ellis in round next.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink