Sat, 11 Nov 2023, 23:32 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 58th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Ralph VanPaepeghem                    590 Clint Neff                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.075  7.323 179.28                     0.133  6.648 181.57
        A/EA Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.477            A/ED Index: 7.12 (+/-): -0.472
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Moeck     ) 0.014  7.476 -0.324      (T Gusso     ) 0.052  6.612 -0.648
E1    (J Lee       ) 0.050  7.295 -0.545                     0.028  6.992 -0.268
 Qualified:            #12  7.303 -0.537                        #1  6.509 -0.751

6:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,063 feet.

Ralph VanPaepeghem' gets the easy win as Neff is way late at the green.

He gets the bye run in round Four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Cody Lane                               1 Ryan Priddy                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.033  8.336 146.67                     0.119  6.527 191.92
       E/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.534            A/AA Index: 7.04 (+/-): -0.513
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Hugger    ) 0.016  8.526 -0.344                     0.050  6.626 -0.414
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.019  8.370 -0.590      (J Grima     ) 0.067  6.531 -0.579
 Qualified:             #5  8.278 -0.682                       #10  6.512 -0.598

Priddy is late this time and Lane gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  654 Brandon Huhtala                            Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  1.660 No Time           
         C/A Index: 7.89 (+/-): 92.109    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Freese    ) 0.032  8.169  0.279   
E1    (D Lambeck   ) 0.023  7.388 -0.532   
 Qualified:             #3  7.228 -0.692                     Bye

Huhtala takes the green on his bye and backs out.

He races Lane tomorrow.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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