Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 07:08 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - 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:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                             4 Doug Lambeck                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.005  8.750 145.93                     0.025  8.463 159.89
      G/SMA Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.530           D/SMA Index: 8.92 (+/-): -0.457
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Wilson    ) 0.001  8.777 -0.503      (S Graham    ) 0.001  8.418 -0.552
E2    (E Sigmon    ) 0.048  8.780 -0.550      (J Gebhardt-S) 0.027  8.975  0.005
E1    (G Tackett   ) 0.028  8.905 -0.425      (B Alexander ) 0.089  8.494 -0.476
 Qualified:            #16  8.801 -0.529                       #14  8.430 -0.540

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.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Alan Ellis                              1 Dan Fletcher                 
E4                  -0.500 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.024  9.262 105.78
       A/AP Index: 7.22 (+/-): 92.779            B/EA Index: 8.28 (+/-):  0.982
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Mc Clay   ) 0.051  7.182 -0.038      (J Taylor    ) 0.035  7.776 -0.554
E2    (M Ladwig    ) 0.043 13.606  6.386      (C Rado      ) 0.047  9.365  1.035
E1    (J Payne     ) 0.038  7.064 -0.156      (T Brown     ) 0.019  7.830 -0.510
 Qualified:            #25  6.735 -0.485                        #7  7.761 -0.579

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.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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