Sun, 14 Nov 2010, 06:20 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 46th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 Justin Lamb                            13 Vinny Barone                 
E3                  -0.007  9.330 106.12     ****WINNER**** -0.005  8.475 121.05
      G/SMA Index: 9.24 (+/-):  0.090            A/SR Index: 8.38 (+/-):  0.095
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Carter    ) 0.044  8.740 -0.520      (D Rampy     ) 0.173  8.542  0.162
E1    (A Bowdish   ) 0.011  8.753 -0.547      (B Marshall  ) 0.078  8.002 -0.378
 Qualified:            #12  8.671 -0.629                        #8  7.730 -0.650

2:32 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,705 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Justin Lamb has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Vinny Barone has no CIC penalty.

Lamb goes red by -007 first and gives the free pass to round to Barone.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7023 Tyler Hogan                           670 Mark Wolfe                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.055  7.093 186.64                     0.105  6.577 225.71
       C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.467           AA/AT Index: 6.99 (+/-): -0.413
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Graham    ) 0.003  7.076 -0.484      (M DePalma   ) 0.059  6.481 -0.559
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.005 11.789  4.229      (P Biondo    ) 0.019  6.740 -0.300
 Qualified:            #33  7.098 -0.462                       #29  6.530 -0.510

"Lucky" Hogan gets another one, as Wolfe is way late and slows.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Dan Fletcher                          600 Jeff Lane                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.868 163.89                     0.043  8.096 163.20
       B/EA Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.472           B/SMA Index: 8.55 (+/-): -0.454
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Sigmon    ) 0.030  7.892 -0.448      (P Cocuzza   ) 0.077  8.161 -0.389
E1    (R Jones     ) 0.047  8.417  0.077      (C Bourgeois ) 0.073  8.047 -0.583
 Qualified:            #11  7.702 -0.638                        #7  7.977 -0.653

Dan Fletcher has no CIC penalty; Jeff Lane has a 0.08 CIC penalty.

Great 0.008 light for Fletcher and another CIC free win by thirteen feet. He will face Hogan in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  452 Steven Kent                            77 Alan Ellis                   
E3                  -0.058 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.113  6.689 166.39
        E/A Index: 8.29 (+/-): 91.709            A/AA Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.411
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Fitzpatric) 0.094  7.789 -0.521      (S McClay    ) 0.063  7.140  0.040
E1    (C Yannetti  ) 0.107  7.813 -0.497      (M Trumble   ) 0.036  6.597 -0.513
 Qualified:             #2  7.635 -0.675                       #14  6.491 -0.619

Steven Kent has a 0.02 CIC penalty; Alan Ellis has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

Kent's day goes from bad to worse, as he red lights, gets loose down track, and then flies across the lane and into the right lane wall. The Vette goes upside down and slides to a stop in the middle of the lane.

Ellis was taking it easy and almost got involved. He will race Barone later.

2:41 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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