Sun, 14 Feb 2016, 15:59 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, 56th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                          6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E2                   0.005  8.186 165.84     ****WINNER****  0.060  7.381 169.42
        B/SM Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.454            A/EA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.539
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lee       ) 0.011  8.135 -0.525      (B Brewer    ) 0.172  7.452 -0.468
 Qualified:            #11  8.076 -0.584                        #8  7.273 -0.647

12:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,937 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Ross Wilson has a 0.02 CIC penalty; Ralph Van Paepeghem has no CIC penalty.

Great 0.005 light for Wilson, but he can't hold off a charging Van Paepeghem. MOV: 0.0305 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                            3 Alan Ellis                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  9.036 108.49                    -0.002  6.894 152.02
       D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-):  0.056            A/AP Index: 7.09 (+/-): -0.196
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S McClay    ) 0.042  8.594 -0.386      (D Carter    ) 0.097  6.584 -0.646
 Qualified:            #13  8.461 -0.519                        #2  6.505 -0.725

Doug Lambeck has no CIC penalty; Alan Ellis has a 0.14 CIC penalty.

Ellis goes red by -0.002 and Lambeck gets the easy win. He will face Van Paepeghem next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  705 Tony Mandella                         390 Ray Skillman                 
E2                   0.058  8.475 141.00     ****WINNER****  0.048  7.621 172.67
        C/TA Index: 8.92 (+/-): -0.445            D/AA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.599
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.030  8.419 -0.621                     -0.017  8.077 -0.143
 Qualified:             #5  8.387 -0.653                        #1  7.480 -0.740

Tony Mandella has a 0.12 CIC penalty; Ray Skillman has no CIC penalty.

Skillman gets a small starting line advantage and runs down Mandella for the win. Something weird happens in the shutdown, as the right front tire on Skillmans Mustang goes flat and he has to stop on the track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                            4 Jeff Lane                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.080 161.15                     0.071  8.169 164.95
        C/EA Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.500           C/SMA Index: 8.71 (+/-): -0.541
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Hedlund   ) 0.054  8.077 -0.623      (L Snyder    ) 0.018  8.360 -0.350
 Qualified:            #10  8.074 -0.626                        #7  8.059 -0.651

12:52 p.m. Back to racing.

Fletcher gets a starting line advantage and just misses some more CIC in the super close hole shot win.

Dan Fletcher's incremental margins MOV: 0.0038 seconds (approximately 11 inches).

He will face Skillman in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink