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Thursday Results for Qualifying Round 1

POMONA, Calif. - POMONA 2 - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index: Left Lane: Jeff Taylor Runs 8.978/149.15/-0.572, Now #1 H/SMA Index: 9.55 Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 9.443/94.18/2.643, Now #2 AA/PM Index: 6.80 11:45 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 28.71 inches, adjusted altitude 2,649 feet, track temperature 86 degrees. It's NOISY time, as Jay Payne comes to the line with his AA/PM. He leaves hard with a 0.984 sixty foot time and then slows to major tire shake. Taylor leaves with the wheels up and cards a nice time to tune to. Left Lane: Ron Weems Runs 7.576/195.65/0.426, Now #3 A/A Index: 7.15 Right Lane: David Beckley Runs 7.520/182.50/-0.450, Now #2 C/A Index: 7.97 Beckley gets the C/A into the field with a mid-four fifty under the index. No joy for Weems makes a full pass, but not enough HP to keep a off the bump. Left Lane: Craig Johnson Runs 7.599/160.14/0.529, Now #5 AA/A Index: 7.07 Right Lane: Nicole Lyons Runs 7.110/193.82/-0.040, Now #3 A/AA Index: 7.15 Johnson is way slow off the line and then takes the long way down. Lyons leaves hard, but can't run the number. Left Lane: Tom Brown Runs 8.310/160.42/-0.480, Now #3 F/ED Index: 8.79 Right Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.351/179.25/-0.519, Now #2 C/ED Index: 7.87 Two long time Division 7 racers come to the line. McClay cards a nice mid-fifty under the tough C/ED index to start his weekend. F/ED index is no easier and Brown will need need some more HP later. Left Lane: Gary Tackett Runs 8.558/159.57/-0.132, Now #6 B/SMA Index: 8.69 Right Lane: Tyler Hogan Runs 7.265/183.10/-0.305, Now #5 C/DA Index: 7.57 Left Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 6.873/199.73/-0.347, Now #5 A/AP Index: 7.22 Right Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 10.118/142.22/1.028, Now #11 C/SR Index: 9.09 Both cars are loose off the line and Alexander uses the most track getting to the finish line. Left Lane: B. Fitzpatrick Runs 7.879/208.17/0.879, Now #12 H/D Index: 7.00 Right Lane: Paul Pittman Runs 7.131/186.67/-0.489, Now #3 B/AA Index: 7.62 Two big HP cars. Big engine for Pittman and twin hair dryers for Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick has problems spooling up and then bounces around on the hit. Pittman makes a clean pass. Left Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.735/200.29/-0.485, Now #4 A/AP Index: 7.22 Right Lane: Aaron Strong Runs 23.949/36.89/15.329, Now #16 F/A Index: 8.62 Strong shakes and shuts off. Ellis shakes the tires at the shift and drives on through it for a reasonable recovery. Left Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 7.642/177.35/-0.588, Now #1 D/AA Index: 8.23 Right Lane: J. Gebhardt-StillRuns 9.317/91.85/2.117, Now #16 A/ED Index: 7.20 Say "Hello" to your new #`1 qualifier. Sharp leave hard with a nice 1.007 sixty foot time and runs clean to the finis line. Gebhardt leaves hard too and then slows. Left Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.095/194.02/-0.465, Now #7 B/A Index: 7.56 Right Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 9.075/125.73/0.315, Now #13 C/SMA Index: 8.76 Left Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 7.037/195.99/-0.583, Now #2 B/AA Index: 7.62 Right Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 7.834/172.39/-0.526, Now #4 A/SM Index: 8.36 Two nice runs into the top half of the field. Steve Holloway's incremental times: 60ft-1.022 sec., 330ft-2.928, 660ft-4.516/154.94 mph, 1,000ft-5.885. Scott Hedlund's incremental times: 60ft-1.112 sec., 330ft-3.217, 660ft-4.994/138.27 mph, 1,000ft-6.531. Left Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 7.418/182.87/-0.542, Now #5 C/AA Index: 7.96 Right Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.396/183.72/-0.594, Now #1 PST Index: 7.99 Mettler takes the Dodge Pickup right down Broadway and into the new top spot. Nice looking pass. Nice pass for Moscini into the top quarter of the field. Left Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.242/148.89/-0.588, Now #3 C/T Index: 8.83 Right Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.382/180.77/-0.578, Now #5 C/AA Index: 7.96 ...and another Pickup to near the top of the field. DePalma makes a clean pass in his S-10 into the current #3 spot. Edwards was right behind by 0.01 to get the #5 spot. Left Lane: Art Hodges Runs 6.443/215.86/-0.607, Now #1 A/PM Index: 7.05 Right Lane: Steve Graham Runs 10.997/82.89/3.027, Now #27 C/A Index: 7.97 ...and the hit keep coming. It's Hodges turn to take the top spot. Graham has a good leave and then slows. Art Hodges' incremental times: 60ft-1.022 sec., 330ft-2.764, 660ft-4.183/173.61 mph, 1,000ft-5.404. Left Lane: Bo Butner Runs 6.992/201.10/-0.558, Now #9 CC/A Index: 7.55 Right Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 7.761/174.71/-0.579, Now #6 B/EA Index: 8.34 Two loud and quick passes. Butner's car is blowing black exhaust all the way down the track. Left Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.341/160.40/-0.419, Now #18 C/SMA Index: 8.76 Right Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.582/148.87/-0.388, Now #19 D/SMA Index: 8.97 Lane's car makes a hard move move towards the center line at the hit and he drives through it and back into the center of his lane. Neither car will write home about these passes. Left Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 8.801/151.10/-0.529, Now #12 G/SMA Index: 9.33 Right Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 8.207/150.92/-0.553, Now #10 I/AA Index: 8.76 Aaron Strong is on the bump spot at 15.329. Two more fifty under passes into the top half of the field. 12:12 p.m. Jay Payne is on the bump spot at 2.643.

Thursday Order for Qualifying Round 1

POMONA, Calif. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after one round of qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals: Psn Driver Class Index ET Ov/Un 1. Art Hodges A/PM 7.05 6.443 -0.607 2. Tom Mettler PST 7.99 7.396 -0.594 3. Lee Sharp D/AA 8.23 7.642 -0.588 4. Mike DePalma C/T 8.83 8.242 -0.588 5. Steve Holloway B/AA 7.62 7.037 -0.583 6. Dan Fletcher B/EA 8.34 7.761 -0.579 7. John Edwards C/AA 7.96 7.382 -0.578 8. Bo Butner CC/A 7.55 6.992 -0.558 9. Jim Cowan I/AA 8.76 8.207 -0.553 10. Jeff Taylor H/SMA 9.53 8.978 -0.552 11. Brian Moscini C/AA 7.96 7.418 -0.542 12. Justin Lamb G/SMA 9.33 8.801 -0.529 13. Scott Hedlund A/SM 8.36 7.834 -0.526 14. Scott McClay C/ED 7.87 7.351 -0.519 15. Paul Pittman B/AA 7.62 7.131 -0.489 16. Alan Ellis A/AP 7.22 6.735 -0.485 17. Tom Brown F/ED 8.79 8.310 -0.480 18. Tom Huggins B/A 7.56 7.095 -0.465 19. David Beckley C/A 7.97 7.520 -0.450 20. Jeff Lane C/SMA 8.76 8.341 -0.419 21. Doug Lambeck D/SMA 8.97 8.582 -0.388 22. Blake Alexander A/AP 7.22 6.873 -0.347 23. Tyler Hogan C/DA 7.57 7.265 -0.305 24. Nicole Lyons A/AA 7.15 7.110 -0.040 25. Ross Wilson C/SMA 8.76 9.075 0.315 26. Craig Johnson AA/AM 7.07 7.599 0.529 27. Brian Fitzpatrick H/D 7.00 7.879 0.879 28. Ed Sigmon C/SR 9.09 10.118 1.028 29. Jacklyn Gebhardt-Sti A/ED 7.20 9.317 2.117 30. Jay Payne AA/PM 6.80 9.443 2.643 31. Steve Graham C/A 7.97 10.997 3.027 32. Aaron Strong F/A 8.62 23.949 15.329 --------- Not Qualified --------- 33. Gary Tackett B/SMA 8.69 DQ 34. Ron Weems A/AA 7.15 DQ

Thursday Results for Qualifying Round 2

POMONA, Calif. - POMONA 2 - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed this round, amount over/under index this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time, speed & over/under Index, and position in order prior to run: Left Lane: Marty Ladwig Runs 8.007/174.26/0.087, Now #25 AA/AF Index: 7.92 No Prior Run Right Lane: Craig Johnson No Time, Now #27 AA/A Index: 7.07 Prior Best: 7.599/160.14/0.529, Was #26 3:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 28.66 inches, adjusted altitude 2,738 feet, track temperature 78 degrees. Johnson car never stops after the burnout and slowly coasted down the track. Ladwig makes his first pass, but has engine problems with smoke coming out of the exhaust at each shift. Left Lane: Jim Cowan Runs 8.361/123.88/-0.399, Now #9 I/AA Index: 8.76 Prior Best: 8.207/150.92/-0.553, Was #9 Right Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.558/146.54/-0.002, Now #18 B/A Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 7.095/194.02/-0.465, Was #18 Ouch! Cowan misses the green and then runs well until after the 1000 foot lights. The car makes a hard move into the guardrail, knocking the front end body pieces into the air and back down on to the track. The car continues backwards across the track to strike the right wall. He finally coasts to a stop in the middle of the track.[4:37 p.m. Cowan was transported as a precaution for observation to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. He exited the car under his own power and was complaining of lower back pain, after being checked out by the NHRA Emergency Services officials. Huggins slows down track and doesn't improve. 3:50 p.m. That was ugly and the safety crew is out cleaning up the many pieces. Left Lane: Scott McClay Runs 7.400/177.42/-0.470, Now #14 C/ED Index: 7.87 Prior Best: 7.351/179.25/-0.519, Was #14 Right Lane: Gary Tackett Runs 8.602/148.07/-0.088, Now #24 B/SMA Index: 8.69 No Prior Run 4:07 p.m. ...and we are back. Wheels up leave for Tackett and he gets a qualifying time to move into the field. McClay slows a little from his earlier pass. Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 9.471/88.43/2.671, Now #32 AA/PM Index: 6.80 Prior Best: 9.443/94.18/2.643, Was #32 Right Lane: B. Fitzpatrick Runs 7.240/151.31/0.240, Now #27 H/D Index: 7.00 Prior Best: 7.879/208.17/0.879, Was #29 Payne's car left well and then darted hard towards the center line. He had to lift to safe the reflector's life. Fitzpatrick is still struggling and can only move up two spots on the ladder. The dragster was drifting around on the top end too. Left Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.933/122.83/-0.157, Now #24 C/SR Index: 9.09 Prior Best: 10.118/142.22/1.028, Was #30 Right Lane: Tom Brown Runs 8.392/145.52/-0.398, Now #17 F/ED Index: 8.79 Prior Best: 8.310/160.42/-0.480, Was #17 Brown slows and Sigmon moves the V6 further away from the bump. Left Lane: Aaron Strong Runs 8.097/167.55/-0.523, Now #14 F/A Index: 8.62 Prior Best: 23.949/36.89/15.329, Was #34 Right Lane: Ron Weems Runs 7.034/198.70/-0.116, Now #26 A/AA Index: 7.15 No Prior Run Two better passes and both cars move into the field for now. Left Lane: Aaron Strong Runs 8.097/167.55/-0.523, Now #14 F/A Index: 8.62 Prior Best: 8.097/167.55/-0.523, Was #14 Right Lane: Ron Weems Runs 7.034/198.70/-0.116, Now #26 A/AA Index: 7.15 Prior Best: 7.034/198.70/-0.116, Was #26 No joy here. Left Lane: Tyler Hogan Runs 13.779/55.58/6.209, Now #25 C/DA Index: 7.57 Prior Best: 7.265/183.10/-0.305, Was #24 Right Lane: Chris Rado Runs 7.381/199.32/-0.539, Now #12 AA/AF Index: 7.92 No Prior Run Hogan's car went left and Rado's car went right! Rado runs into the new #12 spot. Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.705/132.75/-0.055, Now #29 C/SMA Index: 8.76 Prior Best: 9.075/125.73/0.315, Was #32 Right Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 7.047/195.39/-0.573, Now #5 B/AA Index: 7.62 Prior Best: 7.037/195.99/-0.583, Was #5 Wilson's car starts well and then moves hard towards the tree. He man handles it back into the groove and still moves up off the bump by 3 positions. Holloway runs close to his prior run to stay #5. Left Lane: J. Gebhardt-StillRuns 6.766/197.48/-0.434, Now #22 A/ED Index: 7.20 Prior Best: 9.317/91.85/2.117, Was #34 Right Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 9.548/107.86/1.588, Now #11 C/AA Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 7.418/182.87/-0.542, Was #11 Brian Fitzpatrick is on the bump spot at 0.240. Moscini slows and Gebhardt tunes up the big dragster into the #22 position. Left Lane: David Beckley Runs 8.464/123.80/0.494, Now #21 C/A Index: 7.97 Prior Best: 7.520/182.50/-0.450, Was #21 Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 6.890/198.67/-0.330, Now #25 A/AP Index: 7.22 Prior Best: 6.873/199.73/-0.347, Was #25 Marty Ladwig is on the bump spot at 0.087. Alexander's altered darts around his lane for the first hundred feet or so and still finishes close to his prior pass, No joy for Beckley, as the car slows down track. Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.423/182.75/-0.567, Now #2 PST Index: 7.99 Prior Best: 7.396/183.72/-0.594, Was #2 Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 6.739/200.20/-0.481, Now #18 A/AP Index: 7.22 Prior Best: 6.735/200.29/-0.485, Was #18 Clean passes, but neither car can improve. Left Lane: Nicole Lyons Runs 7.832/128.25/0.682, Now #31 A/AA Index: 7.15 Prior Best: 7.110/193.82/-0.040, Was #31 Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.304/160.82/-0.456, Now #21 C/SMA Index: 8.76 Prior Best: 8.341/160.40/-0.419, Was #23 Lane picks up a little to move two spots on the ladder. Lyons's blower car leaves hard and then slows down track to stay #31. Left Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 8.753/114.83/0.393, Now #14 A/SM Index: 8.36 Prior Best: 7.834/172.39/-0.526, Was #14 Right Lane: Art Hodges Runs 7.866/128.03/0.816, Now #1 A/PM Index: 7.05 Prior Best: 6.443/215.86/-0.607, Was #1 Nice wheels up leave for Hedlund and then the engine zings up way down track. Hodges has his own problems after mid-track and slows too. Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.514/181.62/-0.456, Now #22 C/A Index: 7.97 Prior Best: 10.997/82.89/3.027, Was #36 Right Lane: Jeff Taylor Runs 9.005/149.07/-0.525, Now #10 H/SMA Index: 9.53 Prior Best: 8.978/149.15/-0.552, Was #10 Taylor slows a little and Graham picks up a bunch. A clean and straight pass into the new #22 position. Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.541/142.97/-0.429, Now #25 D/SMA Index: 8.97 Prior Best: 8.582/148.87/-0.388, Was #25 Right Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 8.831/150.65/-0.499, Now #13 G/SMA Index: 9.33 Prior Best: 8.801/151.10/-0.529, Was #13 Nicole Lyons is on the bump spot at -0.040. Two wheels up cars at the green. Lambeck picks up a little ET, but stays #25. Lamb slows a little. Left Lane: Paul Pittman Runs 7.129/193.29/-0.491, Now #17 B/AA Index: 7.62 Prior Best: 7.131/186.67/-0.489, Was #17 Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.322/141.22/-0.508, Now #4 C/T Index: 8.83 Prior Best: 8.242/148.89/-0.588, Was #4 Like before, left lane picks up and right lane slows. They both stay in their prior positions on the ladder. Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.405/184.14/-0.555, Now #7 C/AA Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 7.382/180.77/-0.578, Was #7 Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 7.645/176.81/-0.585, Now #3 D/AA Index: 8.23 Prior Best: 7.642/177.35/-0.588, Was #3 Both cars slow a little from their first pass. Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 8.185/134.93/-0.155, Now #6 B/EA Index: 8.34 Prior Best: 7.761/174.71/-0.579, Was #6 Right Lane: Bo Butner Runs 8.111/127.04/0.561, Now #8 CC/A Index: 7.55 Prior Best: 6.992/201.10/-0.558, Was #8 Fletcher comes to the line, so it must be the last pair of the session. No joy for either team, as they both run hard to after mid-track and then slow. Butner's car was moving towards the center line and I didn't see why Fletcher slowed. 4:33 p.m. Art Hodges is #1 at -0.607 and Nicole Lyons is on the bump spot at -0.040.

Thursday Order for Qualifying Round 2

POMONA, Calif. - SUMMIT FastNews - Order after 2 rounds of qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals: Psn Driver Class Index ET Ov/Un 1. Art Hodges A/PM 7.05 6.443 -0.607 2. Tom Mettler PST 7.99 7.396 -0.594 3. Lee Sharp D/AA 8.23 7.642 -0.588 4. Mike DePalma C/T 8.83 8.242 -0.588 5. Steve Holloway B/AA 7.62 7.037 -0.583 6. Dan Fletcher B/EA 8.34 7.761 -0.579 7. John Edwards C/AA 7.96 7.382 -0.578 8. Bo Butner CC/A 7.55 6.992 -0.558 9. Jim Cowan I/AA 8.76 8.207 -0.553 10. Jeff Taylor H/SMA 9.53 8.978 -0.552 11. Brian Moscini C/AA 7.96 7.418 -0.542 12. Chris Rado AA/AF 7.92 7.381 -0.539 13. Justin Lamb G/SMA 9.33 8.801 -0.529 14. Scott Hedlund A/SM 8.36 7.834 -0.526 15. Aaron Strong F/A 8.62 8.097 -0.523 16. Scott McClay C/ED 7.87 7.351 -0.519 17. Paul Pittman B/AA 7.62 7.129 -0.491 18. Alan Ellis A/AP 7.22 6.735 -0.485 19. Tom Brown F/ED 8.79 8.310 -0.480 20. Tom Huggins B/A 7.56 7.095 -0.465 21. Jeff Lane C/SMA 8.76 8.304 -0.456 22. Steve Graham C/A 7.97 7.514 -0.456 23. David Beckley C/A 7.97 7.520 -0.450 24. Jacklyn Gebhardt-Sti A/ED 7.20 6.766 -0.434 25. Doug Lambeck D/SMA 8.97 8.541 -0.429 26. Blake Alexander A/AP 7.22 6.873 -0.347 27. Tyler Hogan C/DA 7.57 7.265 -0.305 28. Ed Sigmon C/SR 9.09 8.933 -0.157 29. Ron Weems A/AA 7.15 7.034 -0.116 30. Gary Tackett B/SMA 8.69 8.602 -0.088 31. Ross Wilson C/SMA 8.76 8.705 -0.055 32. Nicole Lyons A/AA 7.15 7.110 -0.040 --------- Not Qualified --------- 33. Marty Ladwig AA/AF 7.92 8.007 0.087 34. Brian Fitzpatrick H/D 7.00 7.240 0.240 35. Craig Johnson AA/AM 7.07 7.599 0.529 36. Jay Payne AA/PM 6.80 9.443 2.643

Friday Results for Qualifying Round 3

POMONA, Calif. - POMONA 2 - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed this round, amount over/under index this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time, speed & over/under Index, and position in order prior to run: Left Lane: Tyler Hogan Runs 7.194/185.82/-0.376, Now #26 C/DA Index: 7.57 Prior Best: 7.265/183.10/-0.305, Was #27 Right Lane: B. Fitzpatrick Runs 13.037/60.90/6.037, Now #34 H/D Index: 7.00 Prior Best: 7.240/151.31/0.240, Was #34 11:33 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.71 inches, adjusted altitude 2,697 feet, track temperature 76 degrees. Fitzpatrick has initial problems in the burnout and has to make a second attempt. The Hair Dryer still has issues and will not make the show! Hogan's C/DA moves around at the launch, but he is still able to improve enough to take over the #26 position. Left Lane: Paul Pittman Runs 7.072/196.13/-0.548, Now #11 B/AA Index: 7.62 Prior Best: 7.129/193.29/-0.491, Was #17 Right Lane: Tom Brown Runs 8.288/161.21/-0.502, Now #18 F/ED Index: 8.79 Prior Best: 8.310/160.42/-0.480, Was #19 Nicole Lyons is on the bump spot at -0.040. Nice Improvement for Pittman into the top half of the field. Brown moves up one too. Left Lane: Ed Sigmon Runs 8.588/153.28/-0.502, Now #19 C/SR Index: 9.09 Prior Best: 8.933/122.83/-0.157, Was #28 Right Lane: Brian Moscini Runs 7.435/183.02/-0.525, Now #12 C/AA Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 7.418/182.87/-0.542, Was #12 Moscini's car drives left at the green and he has to pull it back into the groove. He slows a little. Sigmon finds some power and moves nine spots up the ladder. Left Lane: Ross Wilson Runs 8.311/163.26/-0.449, Now #25 C/SMA Index: 8.76 Prior Best: 8.705/132.75/-0.055, Was #31 Right Lane: Justin Lamb Runs 8.803/152.06/-0.527, Now #14 G/SMA Index: 9.33 Prior Best: 8.801/151.10/-0.529, Was #14 Lamb is driving hurt. He had his appendix out on Wednesday! The Cobalt picks up some ET, but stays 14. Wilson finds almost four tenth and only six spots on the ladder. Left Lane: Aaron Strong Runs 8.096/166.54/-0.524, Now #16 F/A Index: 8.62 Prior Best: 8.097/167.55/-0.523, Was #16 Right Lane: Ron Weems Runs 7.853/196.44/0.703, Now #30 A/AA Index: 7.15 Prior Best: 7.034/198.70/-0.116, Was #30 Weems has problems at the hit and slows. Strong runs 0.001 to his prior run. Left Lane: Steve Graham Runs 7.513/182.60/-0.457, Now #23 C/A Index: 7.97 Prior Best: 7.514/181.62/-0.456, Was #23 Right Lane: Jeff Lane Runs 8.236/161.71/-0.524, Now #17 C/SMA Index: 8.76 Prior Best: 8.304/160.82/-0.456, Was #22 Lane just misses the top half of the field and Graham is just 0.001 better. Left Lane: Marty Ladwig Runs 7.241/190.97/-0.679, Now #1 AA/AF Index: 7.92 Prior Best: 8.007/174.26/0.087, Was #33 Right Lane: Art Hodges Runs 6.543/211.99/-0.507, Now #2 A/PM Index: 7.05 Prior Best: 6.443/215.86/-0.607, Was #1 Zero to Hero in one pass. Ladwig was 33 going in and #1 going out. Hodges slows from yesterday. Left Lane: J. Gebhardt-StillRuns 6.697/201.40/-0.503, Now #21 A/ED Index: 7.20 Prior Best: 6.766/197.48/-0.434, Was #27 Right Lane: Tom Huggins Runs 7.032/195.00/-0.528, Now #16 B/A Index: 7.56 Prior Best: 7.095/194.02/-0.465, Was #23 Gary Tackett is on the bump spot at -0.088. Huggins moves up into the top half of the field on a nice pass and Gebhardt moves up six spots. Left Lane: Scott Hedlund Runs 7.866/172.45/-0.494, Now #17 A/SM Index: 8.36 Prior Best: 7.834/172.39/-0.526, Was #17 Right Lane: Craig Johnson Runs 7.959/170.11/0.889, Now #35 AA/A Index: 7.07 Prior Best: 7.599/160.14/0.529, Was #35 Johnson bounces off the line and slows. Hedlund is just a little off the pace. Left Lane: Tom Mettler Runs 7.425/183.17/-0.565, Now #3 PST Index: 7.99 Prior Best: 7.396/183.72/-0.594, Was #3 Right Lane: Gary Tackett Runs 8.585/159.48/-0.105, Now #32 B/SMA Index: 8.69 Prior Best: 8.602/148.07/-0.088, Was #32 Both cars move around their lanes at the green and stay in their prior positions. Left Lane: Scott McClay Runs 18.174/48.59/10.304, Now #20 C/ED Index: 7.87 Prior Best: 7.351/179.25/-0.519, Was #20 Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 7.268/159.93/0.048, Now #30 A/AP Index: 7.22 Prior Best: 6.873/199.73/-0.347, Was #30 McClay smokes the tires at the hit. Left Lane: Doug Lambeck Runs 8.430/159.59/-0.540, Now #14 D/SMA Index: 8.97 Prior Best: 8.541/142.97/-0.429, Was #28 Right Lane: Chris Rado No Time, Now #15 AA/AF Index: 7.92 Prior Best: 7.381/199.32/-0.539, Was #14 Rado's front wheel drive "Scion TC" has some weird looking wheelie bars and a bogus 0.742 sixty foot time. The clocks show 1.049 under his index, but that's bogus. Nice pass for Lambeck this time, into the top half of the field. Left Lane: David Beckley Runs 9.411/99.31/1.441, Now #27 C/A Index: 7.97 Prior Best: 7.520/182.50/-0.450, Was #27 Right Lane: Alan Ellis Runs 8.669/110.95/1.449, Now #25 A/AP Index: 7.22 Prior Best: 6.735/200.29/-0.485, Was #25 Two broken runs. Ellis is way loose off the line and moves towards the center line,. Beckley slows for no apparent reason. Left Lane: Nicole Lyons Runs 7.107/194.66/-0.043, Now #33 A/AA Index: 7.15 Prior Best: 7.110/193.82/-0.040, Was #33 Right Lane: Steve Holloway Runs 7.045/193.46/-0.575, Now #6 B/AA Index: 7.62 Prior Best: 7.037/195.99/-0.583, Was #6 No joy here, as neither class can improve. Left Lane: John Edwards Runs 7.387/181.30/-0.573, Now #8 C/AA Index: 7.96 Prior Best: 7.382/180.77/-0.578, Was #8 Right Lane: Mike DePalma Runs 8.312/145.36/-0.518, Now #5 C/T Index: 8.83 Prior Best: 8.242/148.89/-0.588, Was #5 No improvements here either. Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 6.976/203.06/0.176, Now #34 AA/PM Index: 6.80 Prior Best: 9.443/94.18/2.643, Was #36 Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 7.940/136.21/-0.290, Now #4 D/AA Index: 8.23 Prior Best: 7.642/177.35/-0.588, Was #4 Payne's car leaves hard with a 0.995 sixty foot time and gets way out of share at the 2-3 shift and slows. He won't make the field. Sharp slows too. Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 7.821/159.01/-0.519, Now #7 B/EA Index: 8.34 Prior Best: 7.761/174.71/-0.579, Was #7 Right Lane: Bo Butner Runs 7.240/200.35/-0.310, Now #9 CC/A Index: 7.55 Prior Best: 6.992/201.10/-0.558, Was #9 Neither car can improve. Right Lane: Jeff Taylor Runs 8.989/149.48/-0.541, Now #11 H/SMA Index: 9.53 Prior Best: 8.978/149.15/-0.552, Was #11 Last car and Taylor can't improve. 12:02 p.m. That's a wrap for Comp. qualifying: Marty Ladwig is #1 at -0.679 and Gary Tackett is on the bump spot at -0.105.

Friday Order for Qualifying Round 3

POMONA, Calif. - SUMMIT FastNews - Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals: Psn Driver Class Index ET Ov/Un 1. Marty Ladwig AA/AF 7.92 7.241 -0.679 2. Art Hodges A/PM 7.05 6.443 -0.607 3. Tom Mettler PST 7.99 7.396 -0.594 4. Lee Sharp D/AA 8.23 7.642 -0.588 5. Mike DePalma C/T 8.83 8.242 -0.588 6. Steve Holloway B/AA 7.62 7.037 -0.583 7. Dan Fletcher B/EA 8.34 7.761 -0.579 8. John Edwards C/AA 7.96 7.382 -0.578 9. Bo Butner CC/A 7.55 6.992 -0.558 10. Jim Cowan I/AA 8.76 8.207 -0.553 11. Jeff Taylor H/SMA 9.53 8.978 -0.552 12. Paul Pittman B/AA 7.62 7.072 -0.548 13. Brian Moscini C/AA 7.96 7.418 -0.542 14. Doug Lambeck D/SMA 8.97 8.430 -0.540 15. Chris Rado AA/AF 7.92 7.381 -0.539 16. Justin Lamb G/SMA 9.33 8.801 -0.529 17. Tom Huggins B/A 7.56 7.032 -0.528 18. Scott Hedlund A/SM 8.36 7.834 -0.526 19. Aaron Strong F/A 8.62 8.096 -0.524 20. Jeff Lane C/SMA 8.76 8.236 -0.524 21. Scott McClay C/ED 7.87 7.351 -0.519 22. Jacklyn Gebhardt-Sti A/ED 7.20 6.697 -0.503 23. Tom Brown F/ED 8.79 8.288 -0.502 24. Ed Sigmon C/SR 9.09 8.588 -0.502 25. Alan Ellis A/AP 7.22 6.735 -0.485 26. Steve Graham C/A 7.97 7.513 -0.457 27. David Beckley C/A 7.97 7.520 -0.450 28. Ross Wilson C/SMA 8.76 8.311 -0.449 29. Tyler Hogan C/DA 7.57 7.194 -0.376 30. Blake Alexander A/AP 7.22 6.873 -0.347 31. Ron Weems A/AA 7.15 7.034 -0.116 32. Gary Tackett B/SMA 8.69 8.585 -0.105 --------- Not Qualified --------- 33. Nicole Lyons A/AA 7.15 7.107 -0.043 34. Jay Payne AA/PM 6.80 6.976 0.176 35. Brian Fitzpatrick H/D 7.00 7.240 0.240 36. Craig Johnson AA/AM 7.07 7.599 0.529

Saturday Results for Elimination Round 1

POMONA, Calif. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Alan Ellis A/AP 7.22 0.038 7.064 -0.156 (L) Jay Payne AA/PM 6.80 -0.034(R) 6.235 -0.565 10:56 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 28.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,238 feet, track temperature 79 degrees. Payne is in for Bo Butner, who couldn't make the call. Two high HP classes and sub-seven second performance. ...and we start the round with the traditional Red Light! Ellis clicks it early to save any CIC hit. (W) Brian Moscini C/AA 7.96 0.058 7.480 -0.480 (L) Tyler Hogan C/DA 7.57 0.148 7.124 -0.446 Moscini's Grand Am gets out of the the groove, but still gets the win, as Hogan is late. (W) Chris Rado AA/AF 7.92 0.559 NT-Timing Problem (L) Ron Weems A/AA 7.15 0.327 7.056 -0.094 Weems is late and Rado has another bogus 0.620 sixty foot time. The -0.960 under the index is not a permanent CIC. [The 6.960 ET @ 146.43MPH are wrong and he will not get a CIC going into round two.] (W) Jeff Taylor H/SMA 9.53 0.076 9.154 -0.376 (L) David Beckley C/A 7.97 -0.018(R) 8.703 0.733 Jeff Taylor wins on a -0.018 red light by Beckley. (W) Scott McClay C/ED 7.87 0.004 7.333 -0.537 (L) Mike DePalma C/T 8.83 0.095 8.218 -0.612 Scott McClay gets a big advantage off the line and the win. MOV: 0.0166 seconds (approximately 4 feet). DePalma gets a permanent CIC for his efforts. (W) Art Hodges A/PM 7.05 0.197 8.199 1.149 (L) Scott Hedlund A/SM 8.36 0.127 NT-Took the green light That was weird. Both cars are way late at the green. Hedlund gets to leave first and the engine goes dead right off the line. Hodges' Stratus makes an abrupt left turn by the tree and he has to lift to keep the car in the lane. (W) Steve Graham C/A 7.97 0.065 7.492 -0.478 (L) Nicole Lyons A/AA 7.15 -0.156(R) 7.060 -0.090 Lyons is in for Cowan. Steve Graham wins on a red light and has his own big moment, when the Grand Am makes a hard move towards the center line.. (W) Aaron Strong F/A 8.62 0.018 8.040 -0.580 (L) Tom Mettler PST 7.99 0.083 7.363 -0.627 Aaron Strong's MOV: 0.0189 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Mettler is late and gets a permanent CIC. (W) Jacklyn Gebhardt-Still A/ED 7.20 0.172 6.670 -0.530 (L) Steve Holloway B/AA 7.62 0.044 7.243 -0.377 Upset! Gebhardt has a terrible light, but gets the six foot win, as Holloway slows after mid-track. (W) Lee Sharp D/AA 8.23 0.114 7.593 -0.637 (L) Jeff Lane C/SMA 8.76 0.031 8.210 -0.550 Sharp is late this time and nails a permanent CIC in the win. Lee Sharp's MOV: 0.0045 seconds (approximately 13 inches). (W) Marty Ladwig AA/AF 7.92 0.023 7.271 -0.649 (L) Tom Huggins B/A 7.56 -0.037(R) 7.018 -0.542 Huggins pushes too hard and goes red. Free pass to round two for Ladwig. And the "Permanent CIC Fairy" taps her wand again. This time on Ladwig's red light win! (W) Ross Wilson C/SMA 8.76 0.043 8.168 -0.592 (L) Paul Pittman B/AA 7.62 0.020 7.063 -0.557 Ross Wilson's MOV: 0.0122 seconds (approximately 4 feet) and a big CIC into next round. (W) Dan Fletcher B/EA 8.34 0.019 7.830 -0.510 (L) Tom Brown F/ED 8.79 0.058 8.259 -0.531 Good wheel racing on the top end. Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0184 seconds (approximately 4 feet). (W) Justin Lamb G/SMA 9.33 0.028 8.905 -0.425 (L) Gary Tackett B/SMA 8.69 0.063 8.535 -0.155 Huge wheelstand for Lamb off the line and big lead at the finish line. No CIC either. (W) Doug Lambeck D/SMA 8.97 0.089 8.494 -0.476 (L) Blake Alexander A/AP 7.22 0.152 6.879 -0.341 Alexander is late. Easy win for Lambeck. (W) Ed Sigmon C/SR 9.09 0.027 9.127 0.037 (L) John Edwards C/AA 7.96 -0.054(R) 9.034 1.074 Last pair of the round. Ed Sigmon wins on a red light. 11:23 a.m. In round two: Ladwig vs. Ellis; McClay vs. Moscini; Strong vs. Taylor; Fletcher vs. Rado; Hodges vs. Graham; Gebhardt-Still vs. Lambeck; Sharp vs. Wilson; and Sigmon vs. Lamb.

Saturday Results for Elimination Round 2

POMONA, Calif. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Alan Ellis A/AP 7.22 0.043 13.606 6.386 (L) Marty Ladwig AA/AF 7.78 -0.046(R)11.087 3.307 7:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 1,949 feet, track temperature 64 degrees. It's Saturday night. It's dark. It's late. It's cold. So, it's time to run Competition Eliminator. Lots of CIC's in the first round earlier today and this may be another set of hits. Marty Ladwig has a 0.14 CIC penalty; Alan Ellis has no CIC penalty. With two of the higher HP altereds in these conditions, this might get interesting. One a traditional Ford roadster and the other a late model Cobalt. Ladwig's attempt to do a burnout doesn't bode well for his chances. Looks like he knew he was in trouble and red lights. Ellis is paying attention and takes it easy. (W) Dan Fletcher B/EA 8.33 0.047 9.365 1.035 (L) Chris Rado AA/AF 7.92 -0.134(R) 7.464 -0.456 Second turbo car, second reg light. Dan Fletcher has a 0.01 CIC penalty and takes it easy to save any more. (W) Steve Graham C/A 7.97 0.122 7.631 -0.339 (L) Art Hodges A/PM 7.05 0.228 6.706 -0.344 Two bad lights. Hodges Stratus uses up a bunch of track and can't catch Graham. (W) Justin Lamb G/SMA 9.33 0.048 8.780 -0.550 (L) Ed Sigmon C/SR 9.09 0.080 8.535 -0.555 Justin Lamb's MOV: 0.0272 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Lots of pedaling in the lights. (W) Ross Wilson C/SMA 8.67 0.025 8.701 0.031 (L) Lee Sharp D/AA 8.10 -0.026(R)11.592 3.492 Ross Wilson has a 0.09 CIC penalty; Lee Sharp has a 0.13 CIC penalty. Sharp misses the tree and gives the win to Wilson. He is way loose down track and chases the front end of the Sunfire to get to the finish line. He'll face Lamb tomorrow. (W) Scott McClay C/ED 7.84 0.160 7.380 -0.460 (L) Brian Moscini C/AA 7.96 0.028 7.668 -0.292 Scott McClay has a 0.03 CIC penalty. Upset win,as Moscini can run the number after a terrible light by McClay. McClay vs. Ellis in round three. (W) Jeff Taylor H/SMA 9.53 0.068 8.967 -0.563 (L) Aaron Strong F/A 8.54 0.116 8.093 -0.447 Aaron Strong has a 0.08 CIC penalty. Taylor has the better numbers and takes a bite of the CIC in the two car length win. He will race Fletcher tomorrow. (W) Doug Lambeck D/SMA 8.97 0.027 8.975 0.005 (L) Jacklyn Gebhardt-Still A/ED 7.17 0.176 10.515 3.345 Last pair. Jacklyn Gebhardt-Still has a 0.03 CIC penalty and has a terrible light. She then gets way out of shape just pass the tree and slows. Lambeck plays it safe and will race Graham in the morning. 7:41 p.m.

Sunday Results for Elimination Round 3

POMONA, Calif. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Alan Ellis A/AP 7.22 0.051 7.182 -0.038 (L) Scott McClay C/ED 7.84 -0.008(R) 7.529 -0.311 2:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,453 feet, track temperature 92 degrees. All Div. 7 cars left in Comp. Scott McClay has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Alan Ellis has no CIC penalty. McClay goes red by -0.008 to give the easy win to Ellis. (W) Justin Lamb G/SMA 9.28 0.001 8.777 -0.503 (L) Ross Wilson C/SMA 8.67 0.062 8.155 -0.515 Ross Wilson has a 0.09 CIC penalty; Justin Lamb has a 0.05 CIC penalty. Lamb is 0.001 on the tree and stays in front to take the win. Justin Lamb's MOV: 0.0491 seconds (approximately 12 feet). (W) Doug Lambeck D/SMA 8.97 0.001 8.418 -0.552 (L) Steve Graham C/A 7.97 0.015 7.433 -0.537 Two good lights and Lambeck has a 0.001 to 0.015 advantage at the green. He'll take a little CIC in staying in front of a strong Graham. (W) Dan Fletcher B/EA 8.33 0.035 7.776 -0.554 (L) Jeff Taylor H/SMA 9.47 0.047 8.921 -0.549 Jeff Taylor has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.01 CIC penalty. Fletcher gets a little RT advantage and keeps the nose out in front for a four foot win. More CIC, but not too bad. 2:07 p.m. In round four: Ellis vs. Fletcher and Lambeck vs. Lamb.

Sunday Results for Elimination Round 4

POMONA, Calif. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Justin Lamb G/SMA 9.28 0.005 8.750 -0.530 (L) Doug Lambeck D/SMA 8.92 0.025 8.463 -0.457 3:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,485 feet, track temperature 87 degrees. Big time 0.005 RT and almost a two car win for Lamb. (W) Dan Fletcher B/EA 8.28 0.024 9.262 0.982 (L) Alan Ellis A/AP 7.22 -0.500(R)DQ-Staging Violation Dan Fletcher has a 0.06 CIC penalty. Not exactly sure of what happened here, but Ellis' altered seemed to have backed out of the beams and he gets a red light. Fletcher and Lamb in the final round.

Sunday Results for Final Round

POMONA, Calif. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals: W/L Driver Class Index RT ET Ov/Un (W) Dan Fletcher B/EA 8.28 0.022 8.076 -0.204 (L) Justin Lamb G/SMA 9.25 0.027 10.132 0.882 5:20 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,217 feet. This has been a trying week for Lamb, with appendix surgery on Wednesday. Two almost identical lights and then Lamb almost crosses the center line to ruin his run. Fletcher gets the win and the 2009 Competition Eliminator World Finals Championship.

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