Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 22:25 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Ninth annual Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  705 Tony Mandella                        769Y Joshua Lee                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  8.672 142.25                     0.114  9.479 115.18
        C/TA Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.448            H/EA Index: 9.70 (+/-): -0.221
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.042  8.616 -0.524      (D Giroux    ) 0.062  9.195 -0.535
 Qualified:            #10  8.730 -0.410                        #1  9.061 -0.669

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Tony Mandella has a 0.02 CIC penalty; Joshua Lee has a 0.03 CIC penalty.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                         7236 Jeff Isbell                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.094  7.569 180.77                     0.052  7.051 169.25
        C/AA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.401            B/DA Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.349
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Hogan     ) 0.084  8.054  0.084      (R Van Paepeg) 0.024  6.900 -0.570
 Qualified:             #6  7.492 -0.478                        #9  7.059 -0.411

John Edwards has no CIC penalty; Jeff Isbell has a 0.07 CIC penalty.

John Edwards' MOV: 0.0100 seconds (approximately 2 feet) and his index is still intact.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   67 Aaron Strong                          703 Joe Mozeris                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.092  8.345 157.65                     0.086  7.174 184.95
         B/T Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.485            B/ED Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.386
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Anderson  ) 0.106  8.721 -0.109      (R Wilson    ) 0.157  7.307 -0.253
 Qualified:             #5  8.315 -0.515                        #8  7.143 -0.417

Neither driver has a CIC penalty.

Aaron Strong's MOV: 0.0930 seconds (approximately 25 feet) and his index is also intact. He faces Edwards in the semifinals, Mandella gets a bye to the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink