Sat, 11 Nov 2017, 17:46 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, 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7771 Ed Sigmon                               2 Brian Hyerstay               
E2                   0.006  8.471 153.33     ****WINNER****  0.039  8.796 134.64
        C/SR Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.489             G/D Index: 9.38 (+/-): -0.584
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Greenheck ) 0.036  8.459 -0.581                     0.021  9.272 -0.108
 Qualified:            #15  8.471 -0.579                        #1  8.723 -0.757

2:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, adjusted altitude 2,823 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Sigmon nails the tree with a stellar 0.006 light, but can't match his qualifying time.

Hyerstay make a clean pass for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  562 Lucky Snyder                         7298 Scott Hedlund                
E2                   0.040  8.240 162.10     ****WINNER****  0.108  7.824 157.93
         F/A Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.400            A/SM Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.496
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.118  8.229 -0.411      (S McClay    ) 0.142  7.816 -0.634
 Qualified:            #18  8.281 -0.359                        #4  7.739 -0.711

Snyder gets the big head start, but Hedlund drives on by for the seven foot win.

He will face Hyerstay in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Randy Jones                          7098 Tom Mettler                  
E2                  -0.500 34.756  33.18     ****WINNER****  0.044  8.407 114.90
        C/TA Index: 8.87 (+/-): 25.886             PST Index: 7.91 (+/-):  0.497
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Rampy     ) 0.103  8.361 -0.649      (R Warter    ) 0.085  7.408 -0.662
 Qualified:            #12  8.389 -0.621                        #8  7.411 -0.659

Jones rolls through the lights and gives Mettler the free pass to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Ralph Van Paepeghem                    10 Doug Lambeck                 
E2                   0.070  7.276 180.65     ****WINNER****  0.051  8.357 160.69
        A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.534           D/SMA Index: 8.91 (+/-): -0.553
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Skillman  ) 0.007  7.329 -0.481      (T Mandella  ) 0.004  8.405 -0.555
 Qualified:            #14  7.294 -0.616                       #10  8.334 -0.646

Winner will race Mettler.

Lambeck gets away first and holds off a charging Van Paepeghem for the ten foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                            3 Jeff Lane                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.073  8.068 160.54                     0.023  7.966 170.43
        C/EA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.552           B/SMA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.474
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.004  8.121 -0.499      (J Mozeris   ) 0.023  7.937 -0.613
 Qualified:            #11  8.059 -0.641                        #7  7.934 -0.666

Winner gets the bye run in the next round.

Lane gets a nice starting line advantage, but Fletcher runs a lot more under his index for the seven foot win.

2:44 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink