Sun, 01 Sep 2013, 14:39 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Chevrolet
Performance U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7 Mike DePalma Bye
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.118 7.346 133.96
AA/AT Index: 6.90 (+/-): 0.446
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Greenheck ) 0.006 6.395 -0.545
E1 (D Maris ) 0.061 6.436 -0.604
Qualified: #1 6.114 -0.926 Bye
2:22 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted
altitude 3,804 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.Bye run for DePalma and he needs it, as he has already taken a 0.014 CIC hit
for this race. He still has a ton more in the bag!
He leave hard and then clicks it early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5248 Shaun Vincent 3864 Scott Chamness
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.063 8.504 156.41 0.081 6.765 199.85
C/TA Index: 9.02 (+/-): -0.516 B/D Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.455
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Frech ) 0.067 8.512 -0.518 (R Brown ) 0.018 7.856 0.636
E1 (D Billingsle) 0.062 8.528 -0.502 (R Skillman ) 0.069 6.719 -0.531
Qualified: #8 8.472 -0.558 #15 6.723 -0.527
Shaun Vincent has a 0.01 CIC penalty; Scott Chamness has a 0.03 CIC penalty. Vincent gets the starting line advantage and
stays in front for the easy win. He takes another small CIC hit into round four, where he has the bye run.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
394 Greg Kamplain 5212 Doug Engels
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.016 7.102 172.85 0.087 7.483 176.81
C/DA Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.448 D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.437
Prior rounds:
E2 (F Allen ) 0.026 7.060 -0.490 (R Rosentiel ) 0.041 7.468 -0.452
E1 (A Martel ) 0.022 7.048 -0.532 (J Treadwell ) 0.108 7.423 -0.497
Qualified: #31 7.125 -0.455 #24 7.434 -0.486
Kamplain runs down Engels for the big win. He will race DeaPalma next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
24 David Rampy 340 Terry Smith
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.075 7.480 146.04 -0.006 7.502 174.26
A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.360 D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.418
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Arnold ) 0.047 7.589 -0.251 (M Lelchook ) 0.037 9.326 1.406
E1 (D Robison ) 0.032 7.390 -0.450 (P Carbery ) 0.065 7.474 -0.446
Qualified: #7 7.267 -0.573 #26 7.441 -0.479
Smith goes red by -0.006 to give the free pass to round four to Rampy. He lifts early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
346 Mike Farrell 199K Kyle Cultrera
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.025 7.415 178.50 0.052 9.188 142.63
A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.425 H/EA Index: 9.61 (+/-): -0.422
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Patterson ) 0.031 7.442 -0.398 (D Warren ) 0.002 9.188 -0.422
E1 (R Bailey ) 0.019 7.571 -0.269 (J Townsend ) 0.021 9.182 -0.428
Qualified: #25 7.358 -0.482 #19 9.091 -0.519
Farrell has a much better RT and quickly chases down Cultrera for the twenty foot plus win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
514 Clint Sallee 557 Mark Kirkman
E3 -0.006 7.510 132.90 ****WINNER**** 0.046 6.957 149.78
B/D Index: 7.25 (+/-): 0.260 A/DA Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.153
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Tanksley ) 0.035 6.771 -0.479 (R Hord ) -0.062 6.955 -0.155
E1 (J Bailey ) 0.106 6.914 -0.336 (S Polhill ) -0.046 6.629 -0.481
Qualified: #9 6.692 -0.558 #16 6.584 -0.526
Mark Kirkman's MOV: opponent's -0.006 red light. He races Farrell next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
32 Jason Coan 3 Frank Aragona
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.017 8.247 151.22 0.039 8.219 160.56
G/EA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.513 F/ED Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.411
Prior rounds:
E2 (K Duet ) 0.022 8.287 -0.473 (B Massel ) 0.008 8.472 -0.158
E1 (W Hutton ) 0.038 8.363 -0.397 (V Puckett ) -0.017 8.811 0.181
Qualified: #17 8.238 -0.522 #49 8.980 0.350
Coan just nibbles at the CIC in taking the easy win. He will see Rampy in the next round.2:33 p.m.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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