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Sat, 14 Nov 2015, 14:47 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, 51st annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                          429 Raymond Martin               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.089  7.776 144.47                           No Time      
        C/AA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.084            K/AA Index: 8.20 (+/-): 91.799
 Qualified:            #23  7.977  0.117                       #12  7.633 -0.567

11:24 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.84 inches, adjusted altitude 2,574 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Martin is a no show and Edwards gets the free pass to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                    75 Tyler Hogan                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.266 181.08                     0.010  7.128 187.81
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.554            C/DA Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.372
 Qualified:             #8  7.226 -0.594                       #19  7.081 -0.419

Two good lights and Ralph Van Paepeghem gets an easy win, as Hogan slows.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                    7063 Mark Lelchook                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  8.834 135.97                           No Time      
         L/A Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.436            D/DA Index: 7.91 (+/-): 92.089
 Qualified:             #5  8.648 -0.622                       #16  7.371 -0.539

Lelchook breaks at the end of his burnout and is pushed away. Billingsley gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                          562 Lucky Snyder                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  7.331 161.65                     0.012  8.189 168.62
        C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.499             F/A Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.351
 Qualified:            #10  7.243 -0.587                       #21  8.190 -0.350

Great two light for McClay and an easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7230 Randy Jones                            10 Tony Mandella                
E1                  -0.064  7.941 175.11     ****WINNER****  0.032  8.571 129.93
        A/SM Index: 8.35 (+/-): -0.409            C/TA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.369
 Qualified:            #22  8.155 -0.195                       #11  8.357 -0.583

Red light for Jones and Mandella gets the easy win.

He will face Billingsley in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          7011 Brad Brewer                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.055  7.378 190.38
       B/SMA Index: 8.50 (+/-): 91.499             B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.182
 Qualified:             #9  7.907 -0.593                       #20  7.194 -0.366

Lamb is a no show, so Brewer gets the single to the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  799 Steve Graham                         6054 Brandon Huhtala              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037  7.283 187.60                     0.066  7.261 188.86
         C/A Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.577             C/A Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.599
 Qualified:            #18  7.336 -0.524                        #7  7.256 -0.604

Heads-up! Graham gets the starting line advantage and stays out in front for the hole shot win. He'll take some CIC into round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Jim Greenheck                        7009 Ross Wilson                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.070  7.882 127.27                    -0.021  8.496 137.27
        C/AA Index: 7.86 (+/-):  0.022            C/SM Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.254
 Qualified:             #2  7.211 -0.649                       #13  8.198 -0.552

Greenheck gets the red light win.

He will race Van Paepeghem next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                          390 Ray Skillman                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066  8.622 122.19                    -0.068  7.800 147.71
       D/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.258            B/EA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.370
 Qualified:            #14  8.334 -0.546                        #3  7.537 -0.633

Skillman goes red and Lambeck doesn't.

He will see Brewer in the other lane in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                          600 Jeff Lane                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  8.087 147.42                     0.018  7.981 168.98
        C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.513           B/SMA Index: 8.50 (+/-): -0.519
 Qualified:             #4  7.974 -0.626                       #15  7.958 -0.542

Winner will race McClay later.

Fletcher nails the tree with a stellar 0.001 light and take the three foot hole shot win. Just a small nip at the CIC for next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 David Rampy                          7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.273 165.64                     0.022  8.430 154.69
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.547            C/SR Index: 8.95 (+/-): -0.520
 Qualified:             #6  7.210 -0.610                       #17  8.411 -0.539

Sigmon gets a small starting line advantage, but Rampy runs him down in the lights for a five foot win. He will get a small CIC next round too.

He races Edwards in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 769Y Joshua Lee                                 Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.073  9.476 107.66     
        H/EA Index: 9.51 (+/-): -0.034    
 Qualified:             #1  8.853 -0.657                     Bye

A well deserved bye run for Lee. He races Graham in round two later.

11:42 a.m.

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