Sat, 29 Oct 2016, 18:40 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, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
666 Ken Reich 4 Jeff Lane
E2 -0.170 8.513 129.21 ****WINNER**** 0.049 8.947 107.82
C/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.327 C/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): 0.107
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Skillman ) 0.213 8.428 -0.412 (M Leonard ) 0.053 10.361 1.571
Qualified: #18 8.320 -0.520 #12 8.261 -0.579
3:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent,
barometer 27.83 inches, adjusted altitude 4,717 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.Reich leaves
too soon and goes red giving Lane the win. Lane backs off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6060 Brian Hyerstay 51 Todd Patterson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.038 9.171 140.11 0.019 7.952 168.22
G/D Index: 9.78 (+/-): -0.609 A/SMA Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.538
Prior rounds:
E1 (E Sigmon ) 0.022 9.279 -0.561 (T Mandella ) 0.002 7.985 -0.615
Qualified: #3 9.201 -0.689 #10 8.073 -0.597
Patterson gets the advantage off the line but can't run down Hyerstay. Hyerstay will take a hit
to his index in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
76 Joe Mozeris 514 Clint Sallee
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.142 7.817 126.38 -0.017 7.960 121.43
B/ED Index: 7.57 (+/-): 0.247 B/D Index: 7.35 (+/-): 0.610
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Greenheck ) 0.035 7.068 -0.572 (S Graham ) 0.078 7.253 -0.097
Qualified: #19 7.129 -0.511 #26 9.093 1.743
Sallee leaves a little too early and goes red giving Mozeris the win.Mozeris will take on
Hyerstay in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
710 Doug Lambeck 769Y Josh Lee
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.098 8.572 147.49 0.129 9.585 108.74
D/SMA Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.548 H/EA Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.145
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Carter ) 0.037 8.764 -0.356 0.057 9.700 -0.030
Qualified: #8 8.503 -0.617 #1 8.979 -0.751
Lambeck gets the advantage off the line and goes around Lee for the win. Lee's car slowed late
in the run, not sure why.Lambeck will take on Lane in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7009 Ross Wilson 7230 Randy Jones
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.052 8.603 138.51 0.005 10.688 96.89
C/SM Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.327 H/A Index: 9.47 (+/-): 1.218
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Ellis ) 0.005 8.426 -0.564 (T Gusso ) -0.011 9.769 0.299
Qualified: #20 8.501 -0.489 #27 28.000 18.530
Jones gets the holeshot but has problems and is off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
432 Barry Forrester 23 David Rampy
E2 -0.012 8.054 116.05 ****WINNER**** 0.020 8.079 116.97
C/ED Index: 7.98 (+/-): 0.074 A/EA Index: 8.02 (+/-): 0.059
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Van Paepeg) 0.093 7.475 -0.565 (F Affronti ) 0.060 7.596 -0.424
Qualified: #24 7.640 -0.400 #4 7.371 -0.649
Forrester leaves a little too soon and goes red giving Rampy the win.Rampy will take on
Wilson in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1781 Dan Fletcher 717 Mike DePalma
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.046 8.246 161.00 0.074 7.711 175.62
C/EA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.504 PST Index: 8.13 (+/-): -0.419
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Engels ) 0.032 8.242 -0.568 (B Schmiedl ) 0.045 7.621 -0.559
Qualified: #15 8.265 -0.565 #22 7.704 -0.476
Fletcher gets the advantage off the line and is able to hold off DePalma without hurting his
index. Fletcher will have a bye in the next round.
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