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Sat, 15 Nov 2014, 14:40 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                   590 Clint Neff                   
E1                   0.158  7.268 180.21     ****WINNER****  0.007  7.719 159.42
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.552            K/AA Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.531
 Qualified:            #14  7.265 -0.555                        #2  7.617 -0.633

11:11 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,448 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Van Paepeghem is way late and Neff score a 0.007 light for the win. He just nips at the CIC to boot and will get the bye run for his efforts.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Tyler Hogan                          7098 Tom Mettler                  
E1                   0.026  7.073 186.28     ****WINNER****  0.077  7.402 181.91
        C/DA Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.467             PST Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.568
 Qualified:            #21  7.056 -0.484                        #9  7.396 -0.574

Hogan gets the better light, but Mettler takes the win with a small CIC hit for the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Dean Carter                          7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.990 185.13                     0.014  8.461 153.54
        B/ND Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.570            C/SR Index: 8.99 (+/-): -0.529
 Qualified:             #8  6.984 -0.576                       #20  8.476 -0.514

Winner will race Mihovetz in round two. Just four thousands difference in RT's and Carter has to run almost sixty under for the wim.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                          7063 Mark Lelchook                
E1                   0.175  8.216 165.40     ****WINNER****  0.026  7.445 166.58
        C/SM Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.534            D/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.475
 Qualified:             #3  8.143 -0.607                       #15  7.378 -0.542

Winner races Mettler later.

Lelchook takes the easy win, as Wilson is way late.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7273 Gary Ross                              67 Aaron Strong                 
E1                  -0.028  6.638 206.86     ****WINNER****  0.067  8.520 129.74
        A/AA Index: 7.09 (+/-): -0.452             B/T Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.180
 Qualified:            #23  6.641 -0.449                       #11  8.138 -0.562

Ross goes red, so Strong gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                            3 Jeff Lane                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.114  8.024 167.32                     0.068  8.026 166.99
       C/SMA Index: 8.61 (+/-): -0.586           B/SMA Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.534
 Qualified:            #18  8.080 -0.530                        #6  7.975 -0.585

Bowdish is late and still gets a super close win. Lots of CIC for round two. MOV: 0.0065 seconds (approximately 19 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                         5571 John Keilers                 
E1                   0.073  8.314 126.83     ****WINNER****  0.038  6.828 169.96
        C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-):  0.444            A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.272
 Qualified:            #13  7.312 -0.558                       #25  6.938 -0.162

Edwards is all over the track at the green. The car drives directly at the center line and then drives towards the wall, as he tries to correct. He ties to drive though all of that, but there is no change and he has to lift. Keilers gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Jim Greenheck                           1 Alan Ellis                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.313 179.42                     0.019  6.669 202.09
        C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.557            A/AP Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.481
 Qualified:             #7  7.289 -0.581                       #19  6.621 -0.529

Ellis can't run the number after a two thousands difference at the green and Greenheck will face Keilers next round with a CIC hit.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  390 Ray Skillman                            5 David Rampy                  
E1                   0.184  8.408 161.92     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.448 160.35
       E/SMA Index: 8.91 (+/-): -0.502            A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.372
 Qualified:             #4  8.310 -0.600                       #16  7.283 -0.537

Skillman is late and David Rampy gets to dump for the easy win. MOV: 0.0279 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  703 Joe Mozeris                            65 Ryan Warter                  
E1                   0.145  7.205 153.35     ****WINNER****  0.044  8.720 149.66
        B/ED Index: 7.47 (+/-): -0.265            F/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.510
 Qualified:            #22  7.000 -0.470                       #10  8.664 -0.566

It's Mozeris' turn to be late and Warter gets the green.

He will face Rampy next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7298 Scott Hedlund                         710 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.060  8.555 127.46
        A/SM Index: 8.35 (+/-): 91.649           D/SMA Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.335
 Qualified:             #5  7.760 -0.590                       #17  8.354 -0.536

Hedlund is a no show and Lambeck gets a free pass to wound two, where he will face Strong.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  705 Tony Mandella                        1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                   0.096  8.552 155.81     ****WINNER****  0.007  8.284 148.10
        C/TA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.388            C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.316
 Qualified:            #24  8.563 -0.377                       #12  8.042 -0.558

Fletcher nails the tree with a 0.007 light and paces Mandella for the four foot win.

He will race Fletcher later.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                707M John Mihovetz                
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.177  7.410 130.59
                                                 AA/AT Index: 6.82 (+/-):  0.590
 Qualified:                                                       #1  5.920 -0.900

Bye run for Mihovetz. Only the third Comp. car to run a five second pass.
He shakes the tires hard at the green and dumps.

11:30 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink