Sat, 26 Oct 2013, 17:58 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 13th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7098 Tom Mettler 4006 Mike Trumble
E2 0.060 7.538 179.85 ****WINNER**** 0.034 8.048 165.48
PST Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.452 A/SMA Index: 8.51 (+/-): -0.462
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Billingsle) 0.072 7.481 -0.609 (B Browell ) 0.043 8.007 -0.643
Qualified: #12 7.488 -0.602 #20 8.093 -0.557
2:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 27.96 inches,
adjusted altitude 4,666 feet. Trumble got out of the gate with the advantage and held off Mettler for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7 Mike DePalma 3073 Jeremy Bailey
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.054 6.495 182.97 0.015 7.363 163.65
AA/AT Index: 6.89 (+/-): -0.395 B/DA Index: 7.47 (+/-): -0.107
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Thomas ) 0.044 6.385 -0.645 (S Hedlund ) 0.018 11.070 3.600
Qualified: #1 6.120 -0.910 #25 6.942 -0.528
Bailey backed off the throttle early, not sure why.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
65 Ryan Warter 514 Clint Sallee
E2 0.089 8.883 151.02 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.817 172.96
H/A Index: 9.41 (+/-): -0.527 B/D Index: 7.33 (+/-): -0.513
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Huhtala ) 0.130 9.245 -0.165 (J Edwards ) 0.047 8.115 0.785
Qualified: #30 8.977 -0.433 #6 6.691 -0.639
Sallee got the advantage off the line and drove around Warter for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem 6660 Adam Bowdish
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.041 7.523 176.72 0.074 8.138 154.53
A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.417 B/SMA Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.442
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Patterson ) 0.163 9.437 1.497 (J Roubicek ) 0.014 8.077 -0.603
Qualified: #18 7.369 -0.571 #10 8.074 -0.606
Ralph Van Paepeghem's MOV: 0.0087 seconds (approximately 24 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
710 Doug Lambeck 7230 Randy Jones
E2 0.040 8.547 161.63 ****WINNER**** 0.025 9.161 144.36
D/SMA Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.533 I/SMA Index: 9.68 (+/-): -0.519
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Hogan ) 0.048 9.049 -0.031 (J Greenheck ) 0.081 9.180 -0.560
Qualified: #15 8.497 -0.583 #23 9.205 -0.535
Randy Jones' MOV: 0.0018 seconds (approximately 5 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
8 Jeff Lane 24 David Rampy
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.035 8.301 162.18 0.042 7.375 165.90
C/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.559 A/EA Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.515
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Mozeris ) 0.015 8.422 -0.438 (E Sigmon ) 0.037 7.389 -0.551
Qualified: #16 8.279 -0.581 #8 7.321 -0.619
Lane gets a small advantage off the line and hangs on to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Clint Neff 1781 Dan Fletcher
E2 0.105 7.828 166.23 ****WINNER**** 0.034 8.195 157.89
K/AA Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.572 C/EA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.535
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Withers ) 0.057 8.456 0.056 (D Giroux ) 0.008 8.227 -0.553
Qualified: #13 7.807 -0.593 #5 8.135 -0.645
Fletcher gets the holeshot and uses up a little more index in the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
368 Fred Allen 5 Arnie Martel
E2 -0.500 13.591 100.91 ****WINNER**** 0.008 7.983 138.60
B/SR Index: 8.38 (+/-): 5.211 B/EA Index: 8.29 (+/-): -0.307
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Bailey ) 0.065 7.871 -0.629 (M Lelchook ) 0.021 7.784 -0.606
Qualified: #3 7.846 -0.654 #11 7.786 -0.604
Allen rolls trough the lights giving Martel the win.In the next round it will be DePalma vs. Fletcher, Martel vs.
jones, Paepeghem vs. Sallee, and Trumble vs. Lane.
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