Sat, 11 Nov 2023, 13:00 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 58th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Alan Freese                           654 Brandon Huhtala              
E2                   8.174 17.548  62.15     ****WINNER****  0.032  8.169 119.12
        F/AA Index: 8.54 (+/-):  9.008             C/A Index: 7.89 (+/-):  0.279
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S McClay    ) 0.079  8.071 -0.469      (D Lambeck   ) 0.023  7.388 -0.532
 Qualified:            #15  8.160 -0.380                        #3  7.228 -0.692

9:48 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 1,649 feet.

Freeze just sits in the lights at the green and Huhtala powers on down the track for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                          590 Clint Neff                   
E2                   0.093  8.689 154.37     ****WINNER****  0.052  6.612 173.23
         H/A Index: 9.24 (+/-): -0.551            A/ED Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.648
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Mozeris   ) 0.000  8.733 -0.507                     0.028  6.992 -0.268
 Qualified:             #6  8.565 -0.675                        #1  6.509 -0.751

Neff gets the starting line advantage, but bombs his personal index for round three!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Ralph VanPaepeghem                    743 Andrew Moeck                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.476 175.27                    -0.003 15.949  44.78
        A/EA Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.324           AA/AM Index: 6.83 (+/-):  9.119
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lee       ) 0.050  7.295 -0.545      (G Treadwell ) 0.031  6.323 -0.617
 Qualified:            #12  7.303 -0.537                       #16  9.882  2.942

Winner will face Neff next round.

Moeck goes red by just -0.003 and motors on down.

Ralph VanPaepeghem leaves with a 0.014 light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Kurt Hugger                             5 Cody Lane                    
E2                  -0.032  7.428 167.84     ****WINNER****  0.016  8.526 127.51
         PST Index: 7.95 (+/-): -0.522           E/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.344
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Whiteley  ) 0.031  7.447 -0.563      (J Mozeris   ) 0.019  8.370 -0.590
 Qualified:             #9  7.373 -0.637                        #5  8.278 -0.682

Cody Lane's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                   1 Ryan Priddy                  
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.050  6.626 170.15
                                                  A/AA Index: 7.04 (+/-): -0.414
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (J Grima     ) 0.067  6.531 -0.579
 Qualified:                                                      #10  6.512 -0.598

Priddy has the bye run and will face Lane later.

9:56 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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