Sat, 13 Nov 2021, 12:46 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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
 5008 Travis Gusso                           62 John Edwards                 
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.062  7.643 144.52
        D/SM Index: 8.98 (+/-): 91.019            C/AA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.197
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.027  9.009  0.029      (C Lane      ) 0.021  7.335 -0.545
 Qualified:             #1  8.331 -0.649                       #11  7.339 -0.541

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 2,565 feet.

Gusso's car didn't move when the light turned green...Edwards is straight down the groove for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                          7235 Scott McClay                 
E2                   0.022  6.916 184.85     ****WINNER****  0.036  7.262 178.87
        A/ND Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.484            C/ED Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.548
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Chomiski  ) 0.066  6.892 -0.628      (K Hugger    ) 0.112  9.433  1.623
 Qualified:             #3  6.897 -0.623                       #12  7.270 -0.540

Carter is out of the gate first, makes a move to toward the centerline. He reels it in, but can't chase McClay down who gets the win. McClay will face Edwards in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6088 Ryan Warter                             6 Doug Lambeck                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.061  9.286 113.65                     0.017 No Time      
         H/A Index: 9.28 (+/-):  0.006           A/SMA Index: 8.49 (+/-): 91.509
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Cocuzza   ) -0.007 10.528  1.248      (R Freeman   ) 0.071  7.982 -0.548
 Qualified:            #10  8.739 -0.541                        #7  7.942 -0.588

Warter launches with the wheels up and makes a move toward the centerline, he reels it in and takes the win. Lambeck with the starting line advantage and made the quick move toward the centerline, he crossed it getting DQ'ed.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  767 Tibor Kadar                                Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034  8.536 128.10     
        D/EA Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.114    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Priddy    ) 0.026  8.150 -0.590   
 Qualified:             #2  8.098 -0.642                     Bye

Kadar clicks it off early in the bye...he will face Warter in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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