Sat, 14 Nov 2015, 18:15 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, 51st annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
769Y Joshua Lee 799 Steve Graham
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.052 9.050 122.20 0.125 8.030 136.72
H/EA Index: 9.51 (+/-): -0.460 C/A Index: 7.79 (+/-): 0.240
Prior rounds:
E1 (Bye ) 0.073 9.476 -0.034 (B Huhtala ) 0.037 7.283 -0.577
Qualified: #1 8.853 -0.657 #18 7.336 -0.524
3:03 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 28.78 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,827 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.Joshua Lee has no CIC penalty; Steve Graham has a 0.07 CIC penalty.
Graham
is late and clicks it early. Lee gets an easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7235 Scott McClay 1781 Dan Fletcher
E2 -0.001 9.739 82.81 ****WINNER**** 0.008 8.521 125.48
C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-): 1.909 C/EA Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.069
Prior rounds:
E1 (L Snyder ) 0.002 7.331 -0.499 (J Lane ) 0.001 8.087 -0.513
Qualified: #10 7.243 -0.587 #4 7.974 -0.626
Winner will face Lee tomorrow.McClay goes red by -0.001! OUCH.
Great eight light for Fletcher.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
610 John Edwards 1 David Rampy
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.119 7.432 177.70 0.000 7.528 166.91
C/AA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.428 A/EA Index: 7.78 (+/-): -0.252
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Martin ) 0.089 7.776 -0.084 (E Sigmon ) 0.027 7.273 -0.547
Qualified: #23 7.977 0.117 #6 7.210 -0.610
John Edwards has no CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.04 CIC penalty. Rampy has a perfect light and gives up the stripe to
Edwards.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
54 Jim Greenheck 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem
E2 0.667 7.262 183.69 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.257 180.84
C/AA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.598 A/EA Index: 7.77 (+/-): -0.513
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Wilson ) 0.070 7.882 0.022 (T Hogan ) 0.027 7.266 -0.554
Qualified: #2 7.211 -0.649 #8 7.226 -0.594
Greenheck misses the tree by a ton and gives a easy win to Van Paepeghem. He will just nip at the CIC. for round three.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
10 Tony Mandella 358 David Billingsley
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.044 8.390 153.25 0.058 8.728 155.04
C/TA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.550 L/A Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.542
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Jones ) 0.032 8.571 -0.369 (M Lelchook ) 0.045 8.834 -0.436
Qualified: #11 8.357 -0.583 #5 8.648 -0.622
Tony Mandella has a better light and runs further under for the close win. He'll take a little CIC hit too. MOV: 0.0222 seconds
(approximately 5 feet).He races Van Paepeghem later.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7011 Brad Brewer 710 Doug Lambeck
E2 0.031 7.171 191.95 ****WINNER**** 0.069 8.370 160.16
B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.389 D/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.510
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Lamb ) -0.055 7.378 -0.182 (R Skillman ) 0.066 8.622 -0.258
Qualified: #20 7.194 -0.366 #14 8.334 -0.546
Lambeck uses a better RT and power to take the win.He faces Edwards tomorrow.
3:12 p.m.
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