Sun, 06 Sep 2015, 17:57 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                            557 Mark Kirkman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  7.657 169.13                     0.049  6.528 196.36
        K/AA Index: 8.21 (+/-): -0.553            A/DA Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.572
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Ackerman  ) 0.042  8.143 -0.067      (S Polhill   ) 0.058  6.681 -0.419
E1    (B Stufflebea) 0.005  7.701 -0.539      (K Hall      ) 0.043  7.396  0.296
 Qualified:            #12  7.700 -0.540                        #5  6.540 -0.560

5:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.13 inches, adjusted altitude 3,945 feet, track temperature 115 degrees.

Clint Neff has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Mark Kirkman has no CIC penalty.

Clint Neff cuts a great 0.007 light and holds off a charging and quicker Kirkman for the win. MOV: 0.0231 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Kevin Self                            394 Greg Kamplain                
E3                   0.042  7.857 166.50     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.938 181.62
        F/EA Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.523            B/ED Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.512
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Bennett   ) 0.014  8.348 -0.032      (R Skillman  ) 0.062  7.439 -0.011
E1    (D Billingsle) 0.041  8.022 -0.358      (J Keilers   ) 0.071  7.436 -0.014
 Qualified:             #6  7.830 -0.550                       #13  6.914 -0.536

Kamplain nails the tree with a stellar 0.001 light and runs down a quicker Self for the six foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3506 Troy Galbraith                       5008 Travis Gusso                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.064  6.841 179.30                     0.197  8.438 161.13
        B/DA Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.449            D/SM Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.502
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Martel    ) 0.044  6.784 -0.576      (T Smith     ) -0.004  8.620 -0.320
E1    (L Zane      ) 0.070  6.889 -0.471      (J Smith     ) 0.185  8.566 -0.374
 Qualified:             #3  6.789 -0.571                       #24  8.437 -0.503

Troy Galbraith has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Travis Gusso has no CIC penalty.

Gusso is way late and give the almost twenty foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Todd Patterson                         54 Jim Greenheck                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  7.935 170.51                     0.070  7.312 184.37
       A/SMA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.505            C/AA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.528
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Treadwell ) 0.038  8.185 -0.255      (D Warren    ) 0.027  7.338 -0.532
E1    (M Farrell   ) 0.080  8.019 -0.421      (J Primozic J) 0.022  7.431 -0.439
 Qualified:            #22  7.935 -0.505                       #15  7.338 -0.532

Patterson has a much better light and gets the hole win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   37 Brian Browell                           1 David Rampy                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.610 102.52                    -0.001  7.296 166.48
         D/D Index: 7.76 (+/-):  0.850            A/EA Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.504
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Puckett   ) 0.048  7.255 -0.505      (J Coan      ) 0.030  7.299 -0.521
E1    (J Treadwell ) 0.002  7.607 -0.153      (F Affronti  ) 0.069  7.392 -0.428
 Qualified:            #25  7.257 -0.503                       #18  7.301 -0.519

Brian Browell has no CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.02 CIC penalty.

Rampy misses the green by just -0.001 to give the win to Browell. He will race Patterson tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4337 Craig Bourgeois                      3996 Chad Voges                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.359 132.56                     0.017 25.033  48.14
        B/ND Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.151            K/AA Index: 8.24 (+/-): 16.793
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.073  7.534  0.024      (J Kimbrough ) 0.017  7.772 -0.468
E1    (J Santangelo) 0.040  7.001 -0.549      (A Disinger  ) 0.035  7.770 -0.470
 Qualified:             #1  6.975 -0.575                        #9  7.697 -0.543

Craig Bourgeois has a 0.04 CIC penalty; Chad Voges has no CIC penalty.

Two great lights, just 0.005 different, but Voges quickly slows and gives the win to Bourgeois. He races Neff next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3363 Ronnie Bohn                            36 Robert Bailey                
E3                   0.021  7.678 171.23     ****WINNER****  0.005  6.696 188.54
         J/D Index: 8.19 (+/-): -0.512            A/ED Index: 7.21 (+/-): -0.514
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Massel    ) 0.043  7.685 -0.525      (S Vincent   ) 0.066  7.658  0.448
E1    (J Savani    ) 0.137  8.120 -0.090      (L Sharp     ) 0.050  6.753 -0.457
 Qualified:            #21  7.703 -0.507                       #14  6.677 -0.533

Winner will face Galbraith tomorrow.

Bailey has a great 0.005 light and runs down Bohn for the five foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2067 Randy Daniels                              Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  3.254 No Time           
        H/SM Index: 9.48 (+/-): 90.519    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Engels    ) 0.059  8.976 -0.554   
E1    (M Lelchook  ) 0.009  9.030 -0.530   
 Qualified:             #2  8.985 -0.575                     Bye

Bye run and he will race Kamplain next round.

5:53 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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