Sun, 22 Feb 2009, 02:36 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Darryl Jackman
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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Lucas Oil Slick
Mist NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5250 Todd Patterson 6 Lou Ficco
E3 -0.014 8.903 109.66 ****WINNER**** -0.017 7.948 125.71
E/A Index: 8.33 (+/-): 0.573 B/AP Index: 7.80 (+/-): 0.148
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Carter ) 0.008 7.829 -0.531 (T Mettler ) 0.127 7.296 -0.584
E1 0.059 8.126 -0.234 (T Shambaugh ) 0.103 12.476 4.596
Qualified: #1 7.649 -0.711 #13 7.318 -0.562
12:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,318 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.
Patterson has a whopping 11 Comp wins and Ficco is no slouch with 3 of his own. Patterson has the first chance and he turns on the
red light in his lane giving Ficco a free pass to the semi finals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Dan Fletcher 330 Brian Browell
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.038 8.038 167.47 0.013 7.215 170.00
C/EA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.602 D/D Index: 7.78 (+/-): -0.565
Prior rounds:
E2 (M DePalma ) 0.019 8.722 0.082 (J Cowan ) 0.045 7.277 -0.543
E1 (R Goodman ) 0.063 8.733 0.093 (F Nelson ) 0.062 8.693 0.873
Qualified: #10 8.034 -0.606 #14 7.262 -0.558
In this pair Fletcher has four wins in Comp and Browell three. All of Browell's came at Atlanta. He must love that place!
Fletcher stretches this one all the way as he runs -.602 and loses a full tenth in his semi.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Doug Lambeck 2000 Lee Sharp
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.012 8.416 164.47 0.043 8.398 161.19
D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.554 D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.572
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Gray ) 0.055 8.761 -0.209 (A Ellis ) 0.096 8.450 -0.520
E1 (T Radeff ) -0.004 8.664 -0.306 (M Hartford ) 0.023 9.635 0.665
Qualified: #16 8.427 -0.543 #12 8.395 -0.575
Lambeck takes his seven national event wins to the starting line against Sharp's...uh, zero. Lambeck is away first and he only
loses a nickel to CIC. He might need that when he races Fletcher in one semi.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7474 Justin Lamb 529Y Steve Holloway
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.013 9.313 116.75 -0.007 6.680 178.21
G/SMA Index: 9.29 (+/-): 0.023 A/AA Index: 7.07 (+/-): -0.390
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Edwards ) 0.005 8.788 -0.572 (C Neff ) 0.083 6.566 -0.604
E1 (B Kent ) 0.021 9.360 0.000 (R Hass ) -0.074 8.956 1.786
Qualified: #15 8.810 -0.550 #26 6.996 -0.174
Neither Lamb or Holloway have ever won a national event in Comp. Holloway goes red and will face Ficco in the other semi
final.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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