Sun, 02 Nov 2014, 13:09 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 14th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5250 Todd Patterson                       5248 Shaun Vincent                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.944 168.64                     0.036  8.443 156.53
       A/SMA Index: 8.50 (+/-): -0.556            C/TA Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.557
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Van Paepeg) 0.064  7.998 -0.572      (J Greenheck ) 0.045  8.492 -0.638
E1                   0.021  8.069 -0.541      (T Hogan     ) 0.100  9.458  0.328
 Qualified:             #1  7.967 -0.643                        #5  8.540 -0.590

10:01 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 27.84 inches, adjusted altitude 3,266 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Todd Patterson has a 0.11 CIC penalty; Shaun Vincent has a 0.13 CIC penalty.

Patterson gets the advantage off the line and reels in Vincent for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                            514 Clint Sallee                 
E3                   0.009  7.795 168.05     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.609 204.76
        K/AA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.515             B/D Index: 7.16 (+/-): -0.551
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Strong    ) 0.025  7.807 -0.553      (J Mozeris   ) 0.036  6.652 -0.588
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.064  7.901 -0.459      (J Lane      ) 0.045  6.732 -0.578
 Qualified:            #18  7.858 -0.502                       #22  6.909 -0.401

Neff gets out of the gate first but can't hold off Sallee.

Sallee will take on Patterson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          7298 Scott Hedlund                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.218 157.30                     0.150  8.047 143.26
       C/SMA Index: 8.71 (+/-): -0.492            A/SM Index: 8.43 (+/-): -0.383
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Forrester ) 0.044  8.204 -0.576      (M Lelchook  ) 0.010  8.806  0.376
E1    (D Giroux    ) 0.039  8.297 -0.483      (A Ellis     ) 0.034  7.921 -0.549
 Qualified:             #8  8.208 -0.572                        #4  7.869 -0.601

Lamb gets a big advantage out of the gate and holds off Hedlund for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7771 Ed Sigmon                            3909 Drew Skillman                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  8.527 152.49                     0.091  8.444 146.61
        C/SR Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.543           E/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.526
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Carter    ) 0.053  8.562 -0.508      (D Rampy     ) 0.029  8.577 -0.393
E1    (H Stevens   ) 0.067  8.567 -0.563      (R Bailey    ) 0.053  8.470 -0.570
 Qualified:            #14  8.592 -0.538                        #2  8.420 -0.620

Ed Sigmon has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Drew Skillman has a 0.07 CIC penalty.

Sigmon gets the advantage off the line and hangs on for the win.

Sigmon will take on Lamb in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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