Sun, 4 Nov 2007, 03:40 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
43nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1160 Al Ackerman 73 Tom Mettler
E3 -0.001 9.027 107.93 ****WINNER**** 0.068 7.745 139.11
F/D Index: 8.62 (+/-): 0.407 PST Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.265
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Taylor ) 0.036 8.117 -0.513 (A Bowdish ) -0.028 7.802 -0.208
E1 (G Anderson ) 0.046 8.126 -0.564 (J Zink ) 0.033 7.506 -0.504
Qualified: #15 8.110 -0.580 #11 7.414 -0.596
12:32 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent,
barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 2,435 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.Ackerman has
a 0.07 CIC penalty; Tom Mettler has no CIC penalty. The traditional first pair Red Light for
Ackerman and Mettler goes on.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1902 Robbie Hudlow 7 Dean Carter
E3 -0.019 8.049 121.76 ****WINNER**** 0.048 7.304 133.22
CC/AT Index: 7.76 (+/-): 0.289 A/ND Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.196
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Barton ) 0.025 7.321 -0.439 (R Jones ) 0.036 7.021 -0.479
E1 (D Rampy ) 0.033 7.251 -0.649 (B Marshall ) 0.027 7.035 -0.465
Qualified: #24 7.354 -0.546 #12 6.904 -0.596
Robbie Hudlow has a 0.14 CIC penalty; Dean Carter has no CIC penalty. ...and again left lane
red. Carter takes a easy one.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
72 Jim Cowan 178 Dan Fletcher
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.018 8.389 137.22 -0.009 8.626 126.20
I/AA Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.351 C/EA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.034
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Patterson ) 0.044 8.282 -0.458 (J Kaplan ) 0.013 8.695 0.035
E1 (J Gebhardt ) 0.005 8.240 -0.610 (B Butner ) 0.015 8.157 -0.563
Qualified: #6 8.237 -0.613 #18 8.150 -0.570
Jim Cowan has a 0.11 CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.06 CIC penalty. I think I am seeing a
pattern here. Fletcher goes red and Cowan will race Carter in round 4.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
710 Doug Lambeck 2000 Lee Sharp
E3 0.021 8.439 159.06 ****WINNER**** 0.017 7.702 175.21
D/SMA Index: 8.95 (+/-): -0.511 D/AA Index: 8.23 (+/-): -0.528
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Dodd ) 0.038 8.475 -0.475 (R Wilson ) -0.006 9.619 1.389
E1 (A Freese ) 0.045 8.444 -0.576 (J Edwards ) 0.029 7.730 -0.570
Qualified: #9 8.417 -0.603 #5 7.674 -0.626
Doug Lambeck has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Lee Sharp has a 0.07 CIC penalty, so no index advantage.
Well, we finally get a race and it's a good one with a small starting line advantage for Sharp and
he chases Lambeck down for the close win.Lee Sharp's MOV: 0.0214 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
He'll face Mettler in the next round.12:37 p.m.
Timing data courtesy of
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