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Sat, 01 Nov 2014, 14:51 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 14th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Alan Ellis                           7298 Scott Hedlund                
E1                   0.035  7.001 197.39     ****WINNER****  0.034  7.921 157.34
        A/AP Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.219            A/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-): -0.549
 Qualified:            #19  6.723 -0.497                        #4  7.869 -0.601

11:22 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 27.70 inches, adjusted altitude 3,883 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.

Ellis gets out of shape off the line, pedals a couple of times, gets it under control but was well behind at that point. Hedlund is off the throttle a little early but still takes a small hit to his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Tyler Hogan                          5248 Shaun Vincent                
E1                  -0.020  7.836 124.86     ****WINNER****  0.100  9.458  96.13
        C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-):  0.206            C/TA Index: 9.13 (+/-):  0.328
 Qualified:            #20  7.168 -0.462                        #5  8.540 -0.590

Hogan leaves too early and goes red, giving the win to Vincent.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                          432 Barry Forrester              
E1                  -0.003  9.555 109.51     ****WINNER****  0.158  8.189 115.24
       D/SMA Index: 9.02 (+/-):  0.535            C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-):  0.259
 Qualified:            #31 10.423  1.403                       #16  7.415 -0.515

Lambeck just misses the tree and gives the win to Forrester.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7063 Mark Lelchook                        7098 Tom Mettler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034  7.566 175.05                     0.074  7.680 154.83
        D/ED Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.454             PST Index: 8.07 (+/-): -0.390
 Qualified:            #27  7.774 -0.246                       #12  7.522 -0.548

Lelchook gets the advantage off the line and pulls away for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Joe Roubicek                           67 Aaron Strong                 
E1                   0.092  6.671 206.73     ****WINNER****  0.076  8.329 160.08
        A/AA Index: 7.16 (+/-): -0.489             B/T Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.501
 Qualified:            #26  6.909 -0.251                       #11  8.280 -0.550


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                           7009 Ross Wilson                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.064  7.901 162.25                     0.188  8.305 162.80
        K/AA Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.459            C/SM Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.575
 Qualified:            #18  7.858 -0.502                        #3  8.272 -0.608

Neff gets the advantage off the line and goes around Wilson for the win.

Clint Neff's MOV: 0.0083 seconds (approximately 24 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Jim Greenheck                        6619 Garth Giroux                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.497 163.14                     0.054  7.488 179.66
        C/AA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.473            C/AA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.482
 Qualified:            #13  7.430 -0.540                       #28  7.827 -0.143

Green gets out of the gate first and hangs on for the holeshot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          6618 Dale Giroux                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039  8.297 136.69                     8.099 No Time      
       C/SMA Index: 8.78 (+/-): -0.483            B/AA Index: 7.61 (+/-): 92.389
 Qualified:             #8  8.208 -0.572                       #23  7.234 -0.376

The tree came down and Giroux never moved.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                   750 Jim Cowan                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.075  7.433 160.06                     0.035  8.419 159.70
        A/EA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.487            D/EA Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.431
 Qualified:             #9  7.362 -0.558                       #24  8.476 -0.374


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  703 Joe Mozeris                           390 Ray Skillman                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.148 174.98                     0.243 18.192  48.04
        B/ED Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.412            C/AA Index: 7.97 (+/-): 10.222
 Qualified:            #30  7.923  0.363                       #15  7.442 -0.528

Skillman had problems off the line and was out of the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3909 Drew Skillman                          39 Robert Bailey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  8.470 149.36                     0.077  6.610 207.02
       E/SMA Index: 9.04 (+/-): -0.570            A/DA Index: 7.17 (+/-): -0.560
 Qualified:             #2  8.420 -0.620                       #17  6.659 -0.511


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6990 Howie Stevens                        7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E1                   0.063  7.564 181.98     ****WINNER****  0.067  8.567 150.31
         C/A Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.406            C/SR Index: 9.13 (+/-): -0.563
 Qualified:            #29  8.226  0.256                       #14  8.592 -0.538


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Jeff Lane                             514 Clint Sallee                 
E1                   0.060  8.143 160.52     ****WINNER****  0.045  6.732 174.26
       B/SMA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.537             B/D Index: 7.31 (+/-): -0.578
 Qualified:             #7  8.104 -0.576                       #22  6.909 -0.401


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 David Rampy                           705 Tony Mandella                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048  7.398 166.68                     0.030  8.640 153.39
        A/EA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.522            C/TA Index: 9.13 (+/-): -0.490
 Qualified:            #10  7.370 -0.550                       #25  8.774 -0.356


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Dean Carter                          6016 Gary Anderson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003  7.478 132.70                           No Time      
        B/ND Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.172           B/SMA Index: 8.68 (+/-): 91.319
 Qualified:             #6  7.071 -0.579                       #21  8.242 -0.438

Anderson did not make the call to the line.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                5250 Todd Patterson               
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.021  8.069 146.37
                                                 A/SMA Index: 8.61 (+/-): -0.541
 Qualified:                                                       #1  7.967 -0.643

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink