Sun, 12 Nov 2017, 15:57 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, 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7098 Tom Mettler                            10 Doug Lambeck                 
E3   ****WINNER**** -0.033  7.591 144.07                           No Time      
         PST Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.319           D/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): 91.139
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Jones     ) 0.044  8.407  0.497      (R Van Paepeg) 0.051  8.357 -0.553
E1    (R Warter    ) 0.085  7.408 -0.662      (T Mandella  ) 0.004  8.405 -0.555
 Qualified:             #8  7.411 -0.659                       #10  8.334 -0.646

12:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 2,605 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

Lambeck breaks at the end of staging and Mettler will get the bye run to the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7298 Scott Hedlund                           2 Brian Hyerstay               
E3                  -0.076 12.455  72.77     ****WINNER****  0.041 10.611  82.33
        A/SM Index: 8.32 (+/-):  4.135             G/D Index: 9.30 (+/-):  1.311
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Snyder    ) 0.108  7.824 -0.496      (E Sigmon    ) 0.039  8.796 -0.584
E1    (S McClay    ) 0.142  7.816 -0.634                     0.021  9.272 -0.108
 Qualified:             #4  7.739 -0.711                        #1  8.723 -0.757

Hedlund goes red to give the win to Hyerstay.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                               Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.001  8.433 120.28     
        C/EA Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.137    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lane      ) 0.073  8.068 -0.552   
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.004  8.121 -0.499   
 Qualified:            #11  8.059 -0.641                     Bye

Bye run for Fletcher and he will face Hyerstay next round.

12:54 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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