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Sun, 23 Jun 2019, 02:08 AM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

MISSION, B.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division, event at Mission Raceway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem                  6060 Brian Hyerstay               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  7.237 169.26                     0.066  8.730 141.62
        A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.573             G/D Index: 9.21 (+/-): -0.480
 Qualified:             #3  7.218 -0.592                        #6  8.796 -0.414

Ralph Van Paepeghem is away first and has the power to take the easy win. He'll take a little CIC hit for the win. MOV: 0.1290 seconds (approximately 27 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7667 Randy Goff                           6990 Howie Stevens                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.348 158.95                     0.199  9.128 103.93
         B/T Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.452             C/A Index: 7.95 (+/-):  1.178
 Qualified:             #5  8.305 -0.495                        #2  7.345 -0.605

Stevens has problems. He is late and then slows down track.

Easy win for Goff.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  654 Brandon Huhtala                       618 Dino Kost                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.085  7.452 154.66                     0.021  7.669 168.95
         C/A Index: 7.95 (+/-): -0.498            C/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.251
 Qualified:             #4  7.434 -0.516                        #7  7.733 -0.187

Kost gets a big advantage off the line, but can't catch Huhtala.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Ryan Warter                                Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  1.701 No Time           
        F/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): 90.719    
 Qualified:             #1  8.645 -0.635                     Bye

Number one qualifier and yesterday's winner, Warter, gets the bye run. He takes the green and backs out.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink