Sun, 01 Nov 2015, 13:02 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, 15th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                           799 Steve Graham                 
E2                   0.018  8.031 163.26     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.383 183.52
       B/SMA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.569             C/A Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.577
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Sallee    ) 0.048  8.098 -0.532      (J Mozeris   ) 0.076  7.794 -0.166
 Qualified:             #4  8.051 -0.579                       #11  7.437 -0.523

9:47 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,543 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Graham is able to reel in Lamb for the win but will take a big bite out of his index for the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5125 Bruce Schmiedl                       4337 Craig Bourgeois              
E2                  -0.089  7.552 148.80     ****WINNER****  0.043  7.589 126.22
        A/EA Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.328            B/ND Index: 7.51 (+/-):  0.079
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Skillman  ) 0.073  7.377 -0.543      (T Mandella  ) 0.008  7.009 -0.551
 Qualified:            #15  7.446 -0.474                        #8  7.008 -0.552

Schmiedl leaves a little too quick and goes red;Bourgeois is off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Jim Greenheck                         358 David Billingsley            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003  7.359 176.24                     0.061  8.826 151.61
        C/AA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.611             L/A Index: 9.42 (+/-): -0.594
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Edwards   ) 0.022  7.504 -0.466      (M DePalma   ) 0.040  8.915 -0.505
 Qualified:             #3  7.366 -0.604                       #10  8.885 -0.535

Greenheck gets a big advantage off the line and goes around Billingsley for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7063 Mark Lelchook                          44 Barry Forrester              
E2                  -0.011  9.064 103.67     ****WINNER****  0.196  7.816 133.57
        D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-):  1.124            C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.114
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Allen     ) 0.096  7.438 -0.592      (J Santangelo) 0.117  7.789 -0.141
 Qualified:            #27  8.244  0.214                       #20  7.533 -0.397

Lelchook leaves a little too quick and goes red giving the win to Forrester.

Forrester will take on Greenheck in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  8.214 152.49                     0.086  8.538 149.18
        C/EA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.516            C/SR Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.542
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lane      ) 0.028  8.286 -0.444      (A Ellis     ) 0.043  8.580 -0.510
 Qualified:             #5  8.161 -0.569                       #26  9.214  0.124

Fletcher gets the advantage off the line and is able to go around Sigmon for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                          769Y Joshua Lee                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.045  7.563 128.30                    -0.018  9.839 102.16
        B/ND Index: 7.56 (+/-):  0.003            H/EA Index: 9.67 (+/-):  0.169
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Martel    ) 0.006  7.382 -0.178      (C Neff      ) 0.057  9.281 -0.389
 Qualified:            #21  7.248 -0.312                       #28 No Time      

Lee leaves too soon and goes red.

Carter will face Graham in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 David Rampy                            51 Todd Patterson               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.392 155.47                     0.041  8.024 146.78
        A/EA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.528           A/SMA Index: 8.51 (+/-): -0.486
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Hyerstay  ) 0.046  7.489 -0.431      (R Van Paepeg) 0.011  8.005 -0.555
 Qualified:             #9  7.377 -0.543                        #2  7.952 -0.608

Rampy gets the holeshot and goes around Patterson for the win.

Rampy will take on Fletcher in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink