Sun, 11 Jul 2010, 03:52 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Alan Ellis                           6054 Brandon Huhtala              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.591 203.28                     0.066  7.351 183.47
       A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.559             C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.579
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Jones     ) 0.071 10.109  2.959      (A Bowdish   ) 0.014  7.426 -0.544
E1    (D Myers     ) 0.043  6.789 -0.361      (J Warter    ) 0.014  7.511 -0.459
 Qualified:             #8  6.571 -0.579                        #5  7.354 -0.616

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 1,901 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.

No TV coverage for Comp., so I will be getting some help from the track announcer. No view of the track from the Media Bat Cave.

Good light for Ellis and he catches and passes Huhtala right in the lights for the close win. It costs him a little more CIC though.

There may have been some smoke from Huhtala's Cutlass just before the lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Dean Carter                          7000 Craig Schuck                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.072  6.987 186.10                     0.018  7.400 178.45
       B/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.533            C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.470
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lamb      ) 0.001  7.012 -0.518      (P Byron     ) 0.003  7.652 -0.218
E1    (F Nelson    ) 0.069  7.374 -0.156      (D Giroux    ) 0.046  7.893  0.023
 Qualified:             #9  6.970 -0.560                       #18  7.396 -0.474

Big RT advantage for Schuck, but Carter uses some more CIC to just catch him in the lights. Another close race.

Dean Carter's MOV: 0.0095 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  211 Glen Treadwell                          7 Doug Lambeck                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.059  7.968 158.41                     0.078  8.421 159.93
       F/EA Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.552           D/SMA Index: 8.95 (+/-): -0.529
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Strong    ) 0.058  8.019 -0.511      (M Wolfe     ) 0.081  8.441 -0.529
E1    (R Hadford   ) 0.042  8.050 -0.480      (J Lane      ) 0.056  8.522 -0.448
 Qualified:             #4  7.891 -0.639                        #7  8.374 -0.596

Winner to the finals with a Bye Run.

Both cars use up some CIC, but Treadwell dips a little more into the penality box and uses his better RT to take the ten foot win.

12:49 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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