Sun, 16 Nov 2008, 05:58 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  178 Dan Fletcher                         2000 Lee Sharp                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.048  8.099 162.53                     0.026  8.412 161.15
       C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.501           D/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.458
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Mihovetz  ) 0.031  8.130 -0.470      (E Sigmon    ) 0.078  8.414 -0.456
E2    (S Matusek   ) 0.036  8.121 -0.479      (G Lewis     ) 0.010  8.369 -0.531
E1    (P Byron     ) 0.036  8.097 -0.563      (K Rizzoli   ) 0.025  8.400 -0.600
 Qualified:             #9  8.055 -0.605                       #11  8.401 -0.599

2:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 2,937 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Dan Fletcher has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Lee Sharp has a 0.13 CIC penalty. Winner to the final. Fletcher is still in the running for a double win this weekend. Sharp gets the better light and then loses on the top end by five feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5250 Todd Patterson                       3335 David Connolly               
E4                   0.062  7.659 175.05     ****WINNER****  0.027  8.006 162.82
        D/A Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.521            F/AA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.524
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Gebhardt  ) 0.017  7.694 -0.486      (S Gray      ) 0.046  8.549  0.019
E2    (D Lambeck   ) 0.107  7.679 -0.631      (S Hedlund   ) 0.030  8.028 -0.572
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.048  8.064 -0.246      (P Adams     ) 0.020  8.100 -0.500
 Qualified:             #4  7.685 -0.625                        #6  7.985 -0.615

Todd Patterson has a 0.13 CIC penalty; David Connolly has a 0.07 CIC penalty. Connolly gets a starting line advantage and holds off Patterson for the ticket to the finals.

2:53 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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