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Sat, 28 Oct 2017, 19:04 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, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7098 Tom Mettler                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.043  7.891 136.75     
         PST Index: 8.05 (+/-): -0.159    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Van Paepeg) 0.003  7.548 -0.532   
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.050  7.577 -0.593   
 Qualified:             #6  7.505 -0.665                     Bye
3:55 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 27.80 inches, adjusted altitude 4,828 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Greg Kamplain                          64 Ryan Warter                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.992 174.87                     0.037  8.991 149.61
        B/ED Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.548            F/SM Index: 9.44 (+/-): -0.449
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Mozeris   ) 0.018  7.078 -0.552      (F Aragona   ) 0.014  8.933 -0.507
E1    (M Withers   ) 0.029  8.087  0.547      (B Schmiedl  ) 0.108  9.220 -0.220
 Qualified:             #4  6.916 -0.714                       #17  9.062 -0.378
Kamplain gets the advantage off the line and goes around Warter for the win.

Kamplain will have a bye in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   52 Jim Greenheck                         705 Tony Mandella                
E3                   0.044  7.743 172.63     ****WINNER****  0.048  9.249 143.49
        D/AA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.457           I/SMA Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.481
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lane      ) 0.050  7.697 -0.633      (A Ellis     ) 0.010  9.895  0.165
E1    (E Niquette  ) 0.061  8.280 -0.050      (R Skillman  ) 0.027  9.235 -0.495
 Qualified:            #10  7.696 -0.634                       #18  9.649 -0.081
Not much difference off the line, mandella is able to hold off Greenheck and take the stripe for the win.

Greenheck will take on Mettler in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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