Sat, 29 Oct 2016, 14:58 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
76 Joe Mozeris 5622 Jim Greenheck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.035 7.068 186.59 0.023 7.412 169.15
B/ED Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.572 C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.548
Qualified: #19 7.129 -0.511 #6 7.409 -0.641
Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 27.89
inches, adjusted altitude 4,014 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.Greenheck with the starting
line advantage, but Mozeris gets the win. Joe Mozeris' MOV: 0.0126 seconds (approximately 3
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
23 David Rampy 104 Frank Affronti
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.060 7.596 154.00 0.141 8.812 133.10
A/EA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.424 C/EA Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.018
Qualified: #4 7.371 -0.649 #17 8.293 -0.537
Rampy with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5125 Bruce Schmiedl 717 Mike DePalma
E1 0.140 7.388 179.11 ****WINNER**** 0.045 7.621 176.28
A/EA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.632 PST Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.559
Qualified: #9 7.412 -0.608 #22 7.704 -0.476
DePalma with the starting line advantage and the win. Mike DePalma's MOV: 0.0223 seconds
(approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
710 Doug Lambeck 7189 Dean Carter
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 8.764 117.99 -0.018 7.325 155.06
D/SMA Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.356 A/ND Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.295
Qualified: #8 8.503 -0.617 #21 7.141 -0.479
Carter goes red and Lambeck gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7899 Mathew Leonard 4 Jeff Lane
E1 -0.021 9.801 86.63 ****WINNER**** 0.053 10.361 89.68
AA/AM Index: 7.08 (+/-): 2.721 C/SMA Index: 8.79 (+/-): 1.571
Qualified: #25 6.882 -0.198 #12 8.261 -0.579
Leonard goes red and Lane gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
514 Clint Sallee 799 Steve Graham
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.078 7.253 131.87 0.097 12.004 73.17
B/D Index: 7.35 (+/-): -0.097 C/A Index: 8.07 (+/-): 3.934
Qualified: #26 9.093 1.743 #13 7.492 -0.578
Salle with the starting line advantage and the win as Graham has problems. He will face
Mozeris in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
705 Tony Mandella 51 Todd Patterson
E1 0.009 8.568 149.70 ****WINNER**** 0.002 7.985 160.44
C/TA Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.602 A/SMA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.615
Qualified: #23 8.726 -0.454 #10 8.073 -0.597
Patterson with a near perfect light and the win. Patterson takes hit, but gets the win. Todd
Patterson's MOV: 0.0208 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Mandella with a great light in the losing
effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7009 Ross Wilson 3 Alan Ellis
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.005 8.426 158.71 0.052 6.622 192.99
C/SM Index: 8.99 (+/-): -0.564 A/AP Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.598
Qualified: #20 8.501 -0.489 #7 6.692 -0.618
Wilson with a great light and the win. Ross Wilson's MOV: 0.0136 seconds (approximately 4
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
432 Barry Forrester 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.093 7.475 175.73 0.071 7.386 177.65
C/ED Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.565 A/EA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.534
Qualified: #24 7.640 -0.400 #11 7.435 -0.585
VanPapeghem with the starting line advantage, but forrester gets the win. Barry Forrester's
MOV: 0.0093 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He will face Rampy in the next round
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7771 Ed Sigmon 6060 Brian Hyerstay
E1 0.197 8.679 153.67 ****WINNER**** 0.022 9.279 124.80
C/SR Index: 9.19 (+/-): -0.511 G/D Index: 9.84 (+/-): -0.561
Qualified: #16 8.652 -0.538 #3 9.201 -0.689
Hyerstay with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Patterson in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1781 Dan Fletcher 5212 Doug Engels
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 8.242 153.91 0.092 7.342 166.68
C/EA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.568 D/D Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.598
Qualified: #15 8.265 -0.565 #2 7.258 -0.702
Fletcher with the starting line advantage and the win. Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0309 seconds
(approximately 8 feet). He will face DePalma in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
666 Ken Reich 390 Ray Skillman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.213 8.428 131.93 No Time
C/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.412 E/AA Index: 8.38 (+/-): 91.619
Qualified: #18 8.320 -0.520 #5 7.732 -0.648
Skillman is a no-show after his accident Thursday, the word was yesterday that he has a broke
vertebra, broken rib and laceration on his right hand. Reich will face Lane in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 769Y Josh Lee
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.057 9.700 104.03
H/EA Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.030
Qualified: #1 8.979 -0.751
Lee with the bye and he will face Lambeck in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5008 Travis Gusso 7230 Randy Jones
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** -0.011 9.769 109.02
D/SM Index: 9.17 (+/-): 90.829 H/A Index: 9.47 (+/-): 0.299
Qualified: #14 8.606 -0.574 #27 28.000 18.530
Gusso was in the other lane on Thursday when Skillman has his wreck and he ended up in the sand
and decided to go home. Jones with the single and he will face Wilson in the next round.
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