Fri, 12 Nov 2021, 16:16 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Cody Lane                              62 John Edwards                 
E1                   0.040  8.413 156.99     ****WINNER****  0.021  7.335 186.25
       E/SMA Index: 8.96 (+/-): -0.547            C/AA Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.545
 Qualified:             #5  8.338 -0.622                       #11  7.339 -0.541

Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 30.04 inches, adjusted altitude 3,304 feet.

Edwards with the starting line advantage and the win. John Edwards' MOV: 0.0173 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                         7634 Kurt Hugger                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.112  9.433  88.79                    -0.009  8.393 112.43
        C/ED Index: 7.81 (+/-):  1.623             PST Index: 8.03 (+/-):  0.363
 Qualified:            #12  7.270 -0.540                        #6  7.418 -0.612

Hugger goes red to give McClay the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                          5233 Taylor Chomiski              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066  6.892 179.09                     0.049  7.771 175.41
        A/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.628            A/SM Index: 8.35 (+/-): -0.579
 Qualified:             #3  6.897 -0.623                        #9  7.783 -0.567

Chomiski with the starting line advantage, but Carter chases him down for the win. He will face McClay the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4011 Royce Freeman                           6 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                   0.027  8.496 154.97     ****WINNER****  0.071  7.982 164.59
       D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.484           A/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.548
 Qualified:            #13  8.755 -0.225                        #7  7.942 -0.588

Freeman with the starting line advantage, but Lambeck chases him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  767 Tibor Kadar                          7167 Ryan Priddy                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  8.150 161.34                     0.028  7.921 175.96
        D/EA Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.590           FS/SM Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.569
 Qualified:             #2  8.098 -0.642                        #8  7.910 -0.580

Kadar with a couple ticks on the tree and the win. He will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 777A Phil Cocuzza                         6088 Ryan Warter                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.007 10.528  93.99
       A/SMA Index: 8.47 (+/-): 91.529             H/A Index: 9.28 (+/-):  1.248
 Qualified:             #4  7.848 -0.622                       #10  8.739 -0.541

Cocuzza is a no-show to give Warter the freebie. He will face Lambeck in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  9.009 109.66     
        D/SM Index: 8.98 (+/-):  0.029    
 Qualified:             #1  8.331 -0.649                     Bye

Gusso with the bye...he will face Edwards in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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