Sat, 15 Nov 2014, 17:24 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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
   54 Jim Greenheck                        5571 John Keilers                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.502 154.97                     0.255  6.873 194.13
        C/AA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.318            A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.227
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.017  7.313 -0.557      (J Edwards   ) 0.038  6.828 -0.272
 Qualified:             #7  7.289 -0.581                       #25  6.938 -0.162

2:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,545 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Jim Greenheck has a 0.05 CIC penalty; John Keilers has no CIC penalty. Keilers is late off the line and can't run the number. Greenheck gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                                 Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  8.131 123.54     
        K/AA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.089    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Van Paepeg) 0.007  7.719 -0.531   
 Qualified:             #2  7.617 -0.633                     Bye

Neff has the bye run and takes it easy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   67 Aaron Strong                          710 Doug Lambeck                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.044  8.166 162.04                     0.032  8.393 159.99
         B/T Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.534           D/SMA Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.497
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Ross      ) 0.067  8.520 -0.180      (S Hedlund   ) 0.060  8.555 -0.335
 Qualified:            #11  8.138 -0.562                       #17  8.354 -0.536

Strong is second off the line and has to take a little CIC into round three to get the six foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7063 Mark Lelchook                        7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  8.126 114.46                    -0.037  8.204 116.74
        D/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-):  0.206             PST Index: 7.91 (+/-):  0.294
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.026  7.445 -0.475      (T Hogan     ) 0.077  7.402 -0.568
 Qualified:            #15  7.378 -0.542                        #9  7.396 -0.574

Mark Lelchook has no CIC penalty; Tom Mettler has a 0.06 CIC penalty.

Mettler misses the tree and give a free pass to round three to Lelchook. He will get the by run to boot!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 David Rampy                            65 Ryan Warter                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.314 169.13                     0.021  8.737 154.85
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.506            F/SM Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.483
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Skillman  ) 0.027  7.448 -0.372      (J Mozeris   ) 0.044  8.720 -0.510
 Qualified:            #16  7.283 -0.537                       #10  8.664 -0.566

David Rampy has no CIC penalty; Ryan Warter has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

Just 0.002 difference in RT's and Rampy just nibbles at the CIC to get the five foot win. He races Greenheck later

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                         1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                   0.024  8.034 167.01     ****WINNER****  0.040  8.077 158.67
       C/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.496            C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.523
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lane      ) 0.114  8.024 -0.586      (T Mandella  ) 0.007  8.284 -0.316
 Qualified:            #18  8.080 -0.530                       #12  8.042 -0.558

Adam Bowdish has a 0.08 CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has no CIC penalty.

Fletcher give up a little at the green and has to take a little CIC to take the close three foot win. He will race Neff next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Dean Carter                          707M John Mihovetz                
E2                   0.026  7.060 182.85     ****WINNER****  0.136  6.111 207.05
        B/ND Index: 7.49 (+/-): -0.430           AA/AT Index: 6.82 (+/-): -0.709
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.010  6.990 -0.570                     0.177  7.410  0.590
 Qualified:             #8  6.984 -0.576                        #1  5.920 -0.900

Winner faces Strong next round.Dean Carter has a 0.07 CIC penalty; John Mihovetz has no CIC penalty.

Win the battle, lose the war. Mihovetz is way late and takes a huge permanent CIC hit to take the win. He has a forty-five foot advantage, so you decide what he was thinking.

2:22 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink