Sat, 12 Nov 2022, 13:10 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6988 Joe Loch                               63 John Edwards                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.003  7.913 133.35
        A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): 92.849            C/AA Index: 7.88 (+/-):  0.033
 Qualified:            #15  9.009  1.859                        #7  7.253 -0.627

9:52 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 50 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 30.06 inches, adjusted altitude 633 feet.

Loch's Camaro is leaking something on the track in the burnout and he is pushed away.

Edwards gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Alan Freese                            35 Allen Wilson                 
E1                   0.072  8.190 165.72     ****WINNER****  0.046  7.513 161.40
        F/AA Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.350            C/ED Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.377
 Qualified:            #13  8.280 -0.260                        #5  7.222 -0.668

Wilson gets the starting line advantage and runs down Freese for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Joe Mozeris                           220 Jeff Taylor                  
E1                   0.024  6.911 184.22     ****WINNER****  0.043  6.998 188.73
        B/ED Index: 7.43 (+/-): -0.519            B/AA Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.602
 Qualified:            #11  6.908 -0.522                        #3  6.920 -0.680

Edwards will be in the other lane in round two.

Mozeris gets a better light, but Jeff Taylor takes a personal CIC hit for the win. MOV: 0.0646 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7348 Mike Dahl                              41 Cody Lane                    
E1                   0.103 15.130  66.03     ****WINNER****  0.024  8.977 110.47
        B/AP Index: 7.87 (+/-):  7.260           E/SMA Index: 8.95 (+/-):  0.027
 Qualified:            #12  7.479 -0.391                        #4  8.271 -0.679

Dahl's Corvette gets way loose off the line and he has to lift.

Lane gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Doug Lambeck                         4171 Rodger Brogdon               
E1                   0.051  8.301 161.23     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.942 178.57
       D/SMA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.629            B/AA Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.658
 Qualified:             #9  8.310 -0.620                        #1  6.900 -0.700

Nice seventeen light for Rodger Brogdon and the win. MOV: 0.0634 seconds (approximately 15 feet).

He faces Wilson later today.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  704 Kayla Mozeris                         427 Jarrod Granier               
E1                  -0.047  7.529 150.60     ****WINNER****  0.122  8.751 123.80
        C/ED Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.381            D/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.249
 Qualified:            #14  8.064  0.154                        #6  8.338 -0.662

Red light for Mozeris!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Ralph Vanpaepeghem                   7167 Ryan Priddy                  
E1                   0.157  7.216 183.15     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.633 171.42
        A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.594            A/AA Index: 7.12 (+/-): -0.487
 Qualified:            #10  7.239 -0.571                        #2  6.434 -0.686

Granier will be the opponent in round two later.

Vanpaepeghem is way late at the green and gives the win to Priddy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  743 Andrew Moeck                           10 Dean Carter                  
E1                  -0.133  6.549 215.72     ****WINNER****  0.001  7.233 139.31
       AA/AM Index: 7.03 (+/-): -0.481            A/ND Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.217
 Qualified:            #16 10.173  3.143                        #8  6.829 -0.621

Moeck goes red and then has a wild ride to give the win to Carter.

10:04 a.m. He races Lane next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

E-mail rick@fastnews.net for information about supporting these reports.