Mon, 11 Feb 2019, 14:44 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, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                          727 Alan Freese                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.175  7.609 135.33                           No Time      
        C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.261           F/SMA Index: 9.26 (+/-): 90.739
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Granier   ) 0.033  7.645 -0.225      (E Sigmon    ) 0.029  8.972 -0.288
 Qualified:             #4  7.203 -0.667                       #14  9.888  0.628

11:35 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 53 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.04 inches, adjusted altitude 1,053 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.

Alan sits in the lights again and McClay gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                   710 Doug Lambeck                 
E2                   0.073  7.596 166.62     ****WINNER****  0.065  8.418 138.23
        A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.214           D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.522
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Mettler   ) 0.042  8.903  1.093      (J Clegg     ) 0.110  8.878 -0.062
 Qualified:            #10  7.250 -0.560                        #6  8.311 -0.629

Ralph Van Paepeghem slows and gives the easy win to Lambeck.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                            62 Ryan Warter                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.043  8.655 120.82                           No Time      
        C/SM Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.165            F/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-): 90.769
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Miller    ) 0.025  8.340 -0.480      (K Carter    ) 0.069  8.721 -0.559
 Qualified:             #5  8.163 -0.657                        #2  8.594 -0.686

Warter is the one just sitting on the starting line this time. The crew pushes him away.

Easy win for Wilson and he will race McClay in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  77 Josh Lee                     
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.033  8.944 124.89
                                                  H/EA Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.546
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (E Federkeil ) 0.089  9.041 -0.449
 Qualified:                                                       #8  8.883 -0.607

Bye run for Lee. He will race Lambeck later.

11:40 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink