Sun, 22 Sep 2013, 14:06 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 David Rampy                            42 Donald Thomas                
E3                  -0.005  7.660 133.95     ****WINNER****  0.028  7.781 129.92
        A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.180            C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.049
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Smiley    ) 0.046  7.615 -0.225      (T Patterson ) 0.114  7.512 -0.318
E1    (M Compton   ) 0.576 13.299  5.459      (R Goodman   ) 0.032  7.342 -0.488
 Qualified:             #6  7.210 -0.630                        #9  7.248 -0.582

1:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted altitude 2,687 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Rampy just misses the tree on the wrong side and gives Thomas the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Bruno Massel                         4165 Dick Maris                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.056  9.042 102.76                    -0.020  7.287 150.11
       DD/AT Index: 7.52 (+/-):  1.522            C/DA Index: 7.46 (+/-): -0.173
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Kent      ) 0.032  7.016 -0.604      (D Robison   ) 0.022  6.957 -0.513
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.064  7.147 -0.473      (K Self      ) 0.085  6.961 -0.619
 Qualified:             #5  6.982 -0.638                       #14  7.057 -0.523

Both drivers have hit their index this race, Bruno Massel has a 0.10 CIC penalty, Dick Maris has a 0.12 CIC penalty.

Maris leaves a little too early giving Massel the win without any further damage to his index.

Massel will take on Thomas in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  205 Rick Hord                              45 Joey Tanksley                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.005  6.845 191.62                     0.034  6.973 160.16
        CC/A Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.555             C/D Index: 7.28 (+/-): -0.307
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W West      ) 0.122  7.343 -0.057      (C Smiley    ) 0.020  6.772 -0.628
E1    (K Hall      ) 0.024  6.892 -0.608      (M Withers   ) 0.037  6.892 -0.518
 Qualified:             #1  6.803 -0.697                       #10  6.844 -0.566

Hord gets out of the gate with the advantage and holds off Tanksley for the win. He will have a bye in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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