Sat, 10 Nov 2018, 18:20 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                       9 Ryan Warter                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.003  8.070 164.21                     0.003  8.700 155.15
        D/EA Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.510            F/SM Index: 9.18 (+/-): -0.480
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Greenheck ) 0.023  8.079 -0.641      (T Mettler   ) 0.042  8.680 -0.620
E1    (B Forrester ) 0.043  8.429 -0.291      (R Jones     ) 0.121 10.261  0.961
 Qualified:             #6  8.079 -0.641                        #9  8.676 -0.624

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 2,774 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Billingsley with a great light and the win. David Billingsley's MOV: 0.0303 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Brian Hyerstay                          1 David Rampy                  
E3                  -0.348 32.651  41.12     ****WINNER**** -0.005  7.973 115.06
         G/D Index: 9.15 (+/-): 23.501            A/EA Index: 7.73 (+/-):  0.243
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Mandella  ) 0.023  8.667 -0.483      (T Mandella  )       No Time      
E1    (T Miller    ) 0.022  8.649 -0.631      (A Wilson    ) 0.017  7.466 -0.354
 Qualified:            #13  8.677 -0.603                       #11  7.212 -0.608

Hyerstay goes red to give Rampy the win. Rampy will have the bye into the final where he will be trying to win his 100th National event Wally.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                         7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.024  8.506 141.18                     0.122  8.768 127.04
       D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.434            C/SR Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.172
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Van Paepeg) 0.052  9.007  0.067      (A Hodges    ) 0.028  8.435 -0.505
E1    (J Lane      )       No Time            (S Olsson    ) 0.093  8.431 -0.599
 Qualified:             #4  8.291 -0.649                        #7  8.394 -0.636

Lambeck with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Billingsley in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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