Sat, 09 Feb 2019, 17:21 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   69 Todd Miller                          7009 Ross Wilson                  
E1                   0.117  6.568 196.82     ****WINNER****  0.025  8.340 141.40
       AA/AM Index: 6.99 (+/-): -0.422            C/SM Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.480
 Qualified:            #12  6.698 -0.342                        #5  8.163 -0.657

2:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 1,783 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Wilson has all of the numbers and takes the easy win.

Miller was late at the green and then takes the long way down, as the altered uses a lot of lane down track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Alan Freese                          7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  8.972 149.51                     0.523  8.650 153.67
       F/SMA Index: 9.26 (+/-): -0.288            C/SR Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.380
 Qualified:            #14  9.888  0.628                        #7  8.414 -0.616

Freeze gets some of his problems solved to take the easy win.

Sigmon is dead late and then slows.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                          427 Jarrod Granier               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  7.645 144.07                     0.139  8.913 136.79
        C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.225            E/SM Index: 9.10 (+/-): -0.187
 Qualified:             #4  7.203 -0.667                       #11  8.590 -0.510

Granier was late and McClay drives on by early and lifts for the easy win.

He faces Freeze next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  718 Kevin Carter                           62 Ryan Warter                  
E1                   0.061  7.102 181.30     ****WINNER****  0.069  8.721 148.18
        B/ND Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.458            F/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.559
 Qualified:             #9  6.979 -0.581                        #2  8.594 -0.686

Winner will see Wilson is round two.

Carter continues to have handling problems and keeps driving towards the wall going down track.

Easy win for Warter.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  205 Ed Federkeil Jr                        77 Josh Lee                     
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.089  9.041 122.07
        B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): 92.379            H/EA Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.449
 Qualified:             #1  6.906 -0.714                        #8  8.883 -0.607

Luck is good!

Ed Federkeil Jr breaks in the burnout and gives the free pass to round two to Lee. He will also score a bye run in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                  7098 Tom Mettler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  8.903 103.58                    -0.019  7.482 162.25
        A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-):  1.093             PST Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.488
 Qualified:            #10  7.250 -0.560                        #3  7.293 -0.677

Unusual red light for Mettler!

Ralph Van Paepeghem gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4483 John Clegg                            710 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                   0.081  8.644 166.97     ****WINNER****  0.110  8.878 108.38
        CC/A Index: 7.55 (+/-):  1.094           D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.062
 Qualified:            #13  7.642  0.092                        #6  8.311 -0.629

Clegg car sits on the line at the green, bogs off the line, and then just drives on down.

Easy win for Lambeck. He will race Van Paepeghem in round two.

2:15 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink