Sun, 12 Nov 2017, 17:27 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 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
    2 Brian Hyerstay                       1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E4                   0.019  8.909 122.91     ****WINNER****  0.034  8.052 159.21
         G/D Index: 9.30 (+/-): -0.391            C/EA Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.518
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Hedlund   ) 0.041 10.611  1.311                     0.001  8.433 -0.137
E2    (E Sigmon    ) 0.039  8.796 -0.584      (J Lane      ) 0.073  8.068 -0.552
E1                   0.021  9.272 -0.108      (A Ellis     ) 0.004  8.121 -0.499
 Qualified:             #1  8.723 -0.757                       #11  8.059 -0.641

2:22 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 28.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,578 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Winner will meet Mettler in the final round.

Hyerstay gets to leave first and has the better light, but slows down track and gives the easy win to Fletcher.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7098 Tom Mettler                  
E4                                            ****WINNER**** -0.019 11.185  80.94
                                                   PST Index: 7.91 (+/-):  3.275
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (D Lambeck   ) -0.033  7.591 -0.319
E2                                           (R Jones     ) 0.044  8.407  0.497
E1                                           (R Warter    ) 0.085  7.408 -0.662
 Qualified:                                                       #8  7.411 -0.659

Bye run. The truck makes a hard move towards the center line and lifts.

2:25 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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