Fri, 15 Nov 2019, 13:52 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, 55th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6990 Howie Stevens 318J Jesse Alexandra
E1 0.026 25.797 31.27 ****WINNER**** 0.147 8.515 170.08
C/A Index: 7.95 (+/-): 17.847 FS/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-): 0.045
Qualified: #11 7.370 -0.580 #23 8.147 -0.323
10:26 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent,
barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 1,952 feet, track temperature 67 degrees.Steven's
Mustang goes left at the green and then slows. Clean pass for Jesse Alexandra and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
800 Jason Grima 562 Lucky Snyder
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.120 7.142 169.34 0.102 8.197 165.70
B/A Index: 7.66 (+/-): -0.518 F/A Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.443
Qualified: #8 7.049 -0.611 #20 8.180 -0.460
Grima's B/A is an Australian Pro Stock Mustang. Two "Not So Good" lights and he is still
able to take the win by fourteen feet.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem 799 Steve Graham
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.071 7.459 149.15 0.065 8.705 136.93
A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.351 C/SM Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.145
Qualified: #19 7.314 -0.496 #7 8.236 -0.614
Better lights this time and Graham slows to give Ralph Van Paepeghem the easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7167 Ryan Priddy 705 Tony Mandella
E1 -0.019 12.446 80.66 ****WINNER**** 0.066 8.371 121.90
FS/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-): 3.976 A/SMA Index: 8.46 (+/-): -0.089
Qualified: #18 7.961 -0.509 #6 7.838 -0.622
Just 0.001 difference in their Index, but Priddy misses the green.Tony Mandella will get to
race again tomorrow.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
62 Ryan Warter 710 Doug Lambeck
E1 0.046 8.811 157.26 ****WINNER**** 0.068 8.423 152.00
F/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.469 D/SMA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.507
Qualified: #17 8.754 -0.526 #5 8.306 -0.624
Doug Lambeck just catches and gets by Warter for the close win. MOV: 0.0164 seconds
(approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7634 Kurt Hugger 7235 Scott McClay
E1 0.026 7.574 154.39 ****WINNER**** 0.054 7.280 178.00
PST Index: 8.03 (+/-): -0.456 C/ED Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.540
Qualified: #1 7.358 -0.672 #13 7.257 -0.563
Number one qualifier, Hugger, gets a starting line advantage and stays in front until near the
finish line. Scott McClay powers on by for the win. MOV: 0.0561 seconds (approximately 13
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 David Rampy 7771 Ed Sigmon
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 7.291 162.41 0.077 8.482 154.00
A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.529 C/SR Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.548
Qualified: #4 7.189 -0.631 #16 8.501 -0.529
Sigmon picks up ET from qualifying, but gives the starting line advantage to David Rampy.
Rampy drives on by for the close win. MOV: 0.0133 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
601C Cody Lane 77 Josh Lee
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.023 8.023 156.66 0.003 8.936 130.73
B/SMA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.577 H/EA Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.554
Qualified: #14 8.042 -0.558 #2 8.839 -0.651
Terrific 0.003 light for Lee and he looks to have given up too much stripe.You could easily
hear Lane on nd off the throttle near the lights to just get by for the super close win. MOV:
0.0036 seconds (approximately 8 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7098 Tom Mettler 7230 Randy Jones
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.021 7.446 175.89 0.016 8.369 145.67
PST Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.524 C/T Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.441
Qualified: #10 7.385 -0.585 #22 8.385 -0.425
Mettler's Dakota goes dead right at the green and he still catches an improving Jones for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
233 Art Hodges 7534 Paul Mitsos
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 7.679 177.79 0.119 6.765 203.74
D/A Index: 8.24 (+/-): -0.561 A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.385
Qualified: #9 7.631 -0.609 #21 6.721 -0.429
Mitsos gives up any chance of defeating Hodges with a late light.Hodges takes the easy
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
727 Alan Freese 8 Jim Greenheck
E1 0.109 8.860 157.85 ****WINNER**** 0.111 7.539 166.79
F/SMA Index: 9.26 (+/-): -0.400 D/AA Index: 8.08 (+/-): -0.541
Qualified: #24 12.684 3.424 #12 7.513 -0.567
Freeze's Firebird moves left out of the groove at the green and he gets it back into the
groove.Both cars left with a RT starting with .1, but Jim Greenheck get the easy win. MOV:
0.1395 seconds (approximately 32 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Frank Aragona 703 Joe Mozeris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.008 7.528 165.48 0.039 6.982 189.66
J/AA Index: 8.04 (+/-): -0.512 B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.498
Qualified: #3 7.390 -0.650 #15 6.935 -0.545
Frank Aragona leaves with a terrific 0.008 light and holds off Mozeris for the win. MOV: 0.0452
seconds (approximately 13 feet).10:46 a.m.
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