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Sat, 13 Nov 2004, 08:59 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  706 Art Hodges                           7771 Ed Sigmon
E2   ****WINNER****  0.133  8.947  1.047                    -0.008 10.432  1.272
        C/A Index: 7.90                          C/SR Index: 9.16
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.070  7.399 -0.601      (G Anderson  ) 0.007  8.660 -0.600
 Qualified:            #16  7.380 -0.620                       #24  8.674 -0.586

5:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 28.86 inches, adjusted altitude 2,001 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.It's full dark now and we are reporting from the tower behind the starting line through tinted windows. The ESPN television folks have shut down for the night, so it's going to be tough to see the cars on the top end.

Sigmon just misses the green and gets the red light. Hodges gets waaay loose and has to lift.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  562 Lucky Snyder                           21 Glen Treadwell
E2                   0.082  8.274 -0.506     ****WINNER****  0.078  8.482 -0.538
        F/A Index: 8.78                          E/ED Index: 9.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Tucker    ) 0.003  8.277 -0.503      (J Miller    ) 0.027  8.514 -0.556
 Qualified:            #28  8.246 -0.534                        #4  8.369 -0.701

Treadwell runs further under for the win an another CIC.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  618 Dave Barcelon                         751 Tom Huggins
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.036  0.336                    -0.020  7.260 -0.480
        F/A Index: 8.70                           B/A Index: 7.74
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Hedlund   ) 0.219  8.198 -0.582      (J Kaplan    ) -0.028  7.333 -0.407
 Qualified:             #9  8.113 -0.667                       #17  7.123 -0.617

Red light for Huggins and Barcelon takes it easy to save another CIC.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   33 Bo Butner                            7098 Tom Mettler
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047  9.020 -0.470                     0.078  7.773 -0.307
      G/SMA Index: 9.49                           PST Index: 8.08
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Lambeck   ) 0.086  8.990 -0.590      (G Chomiski  ) 0.052  8.018 -0.062
 Qualified:             #5  8.892 -0.688                       #13  7.436 -0.644

Butler gets away first and keeps in front to take the win over Mettler's truck.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  411 Colt Mikel                             73 Steve Wilmoth
E2                   0.056 11.675  2.775     ****WINNER****  0.126  8.745 -0.475
       B/TA Index: 8.90                          C/SR Index: 9.22
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.042  8.391 -0.629      (J Cowan     ) 0.037  8.718 -0.542
 Qualified:             #6  8.340 -0.680                       #14  8.621 -0.639

Mikel took a big CIC hit last round. He gets a much better RT, but the truck gets way loose at the shift and he has to lift to keep the truck in his lane.Wilmoth takes an easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  717 Mike DePalma                           10 Sal Biondo
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  7.248 -0.492                     0.045  7.971 -0.479
        B/A Index: 7.74                          B/EA Index: 8.45
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.074  7.326 -0.414      (D Mikel     ) 0.023  7.948 -0.582
 Qualified:            #15  7.116 -0.624                       #23  7.941 -0.589

Biondo has a good light, but DePalma's is better. He takes the win and saves some CIC.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   75 Vincent Deceglie                     7058 Michael Stone
E2                   0.000 11.105  3.985     ****WINNER**** -0.003  7.521 -0.419
        A/A Index: 7.12                          C/ED Index: 7.94
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mihovetz  ) 0.043  6.612 -0.578      (C Sallee    ) 0.021  7.466 -0.474
 Qualified:            #18  6.582 -0.608                       #26  7.359 -0.581

Deceglie takes a perfect light and then lifts when he sees the win light in his lane. Stone just misses the great light and loses.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    5 Brian Self                           2125 Tony Stephenson
E2                   0.078  7.565 -0.425     ****WINNER****  0.005  8.309 -0.501
        PST Index: 7.99                          C/EA Index: 8.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Carter    ) 0.066  7.482 -0.598      (C Stewart   ) 0.084  9.105  0.295
 Qualified:            #11  7.434 -0.646                        #3  8.098 -0.712

The Comp guys must like the dark as Stephenson has another great RT to take the win

5:48 p.m. Tomorrow:Stephenson will race DePalma; Stone will race Wilmoth; Treadwell will race hodges; and Barcelon will race Butner.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink