Sun, 17 Nov 2024, 18:58 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  800 Jason Grima                           654 Brandon Huhtala              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.040  6.988 179.66                     0.031  7.317 187.47
         B/A Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.532             C/A Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.513
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Mettler   ) 0.059  7.015 -0.575      (M Murphy    ) 0.070  7.326 -0.574
E1    (S Graham    ) 0.042  7.081 -0.529      (K Hugger    ) 0.221  7.402 -0.498
 Qualified:             #9  7.022 -0.588                       #11  7.334 -0.566

Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 1,841 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Huhtala with the starting line advantage, but Grima chased him down for the win. Jason Grima's MOV: 0.0103 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Huhtala's chutes don't deploy and he noses into the sand trap.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                           74 Josh Lee                     
E3   ****WINNER****  0.063  8.597 157.17                     0.071  8.880 140.74
         H/A Index: 9.11 (+/-): -0.513            H/EA Index: 9.39 (+/-): -0.510
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Chomiski  ) 0.010  8.609 -0.621      (R Priddy    ) 0.043  9.263 -0.127
E1                         No Time            (R Freeman   ) 0.054  8.883 -0.537
 Qualified:             #6  8.634 -0.596                       #12  8.856 -0.564

Gusso with the starting line advantage and the win. Travis Gusso's MOV: 0.0114 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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