Sun, 16 Nov 2014, 16:49 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   67 Aaron Strong                         707M John Mihovetz                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.042  8.280 141.42                     0.193  8.524 115.09
         B/T Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.390           AA/AT Index: 6.62 (+/-):  1.904
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Lambeck   ) 0.044  8.166 -0.534      (D Carter    ) 0.136  6.111 -0.709
E1    (G Ross      ) 0.067  8.520 -0.180                     0.177  7.410  0.590
 Qualified:            #11  8.138 -0.562                        #1  5.920 -0.900

1:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,427 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Aaron Strong has a 0.03 CIC penalty; John Mihovetz has a 0.20 CIC penalty.

Mihovetz is way late and then shakes the tires hard.

Strong gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Jim Greenheck                           5 David Rampy                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.270 187.31                     0.009  7.289 180.67
        C/AA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.550            A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.531
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Keilers   ) 0.017  7.502 -0.318      (R Warter    ) 0.023  7.314 -0.506
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.017  7.313 -0.557      (R Skillman  ) 0.027  7.448 -0.372
 Qualified:             #7  7.289 -0.581                       #16  7.283 -0.537

Jim Greenheck has a 0.05 CIC penalty; David Rampy has no CIC penalty. Rampy gets a starting line advantage, but Greenheck runs further for the close win.

Jim Greenheck's incremental margins MOV: 0.0116 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                           1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3   ****WINNER**** -0.013  8.408 110.42                    -0.003  8.496 124.38
        K/AA Index: 8.22 (+/-):  0.188            C/EA Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.084
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.055  8.131 -0.089      (A Bowdish   ) 0.040  8.077 -0.523
E1    (R Van Paepeg) 0.007  7.719 -0.531      (T Mandella  ) 0.007  8.284 -0.316
 Qualified:             #2  7.617 -0.633                       #12  8.042 -0.558

Clint Neff has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.02 CIC penalty.

Clint Neff goes red too, but second.MOV: opponent's red light. He will race Greenheck next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7063 Mark Lelchook                
E3                                                                  No Time      
                                                  D/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-): 92.079
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (T Mettler   ) 0.055  8.126  0.206
E1                                           (R Wilson    ) 0.026  7.445 -0.475
 Qualified:                                                      #15  7.378 -0.542

WHOA! Talk about bad luck! Lelchook only need to take the green to advance to round four, but the little V6 won't start. This will give Strong a single into the final round.

1:42 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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