Sun, 1 Nov 2009, 04:16 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ninth annual
NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6618 Dale Giroux 4264 Chris McGaha
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.007 7.190 174.68 0.113 7.599 179.30
B/AA Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.570 C/A Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.411
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Carbery ) 0.055 7.415 -0.345 (A Ellis ) 0.059 7.502 -0.618
E1 (M Ladwig ) 0.034 7.435 -0.325 (S Mc Clay ) 0.037 8.124 0.004
Qualified: #17 7.139 -0.621 #29 7.556 -0.564
1:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.92 inches,
adjusted altitude 3,988 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.Giroux gets a big hole-shot and runs it all the way
through to take the win. Giroux will take a .07 CIC adjustment in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7298 Scott Hedlund 7004 Art Hodges
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.052 8.241 129.79 0.163 16.883 68.65
A/SM Index: 8.45 (+/-): -0.209 A/PM Index: 7.11 (+/-): 9.773
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Huhtala ) 0.055 7.941 -0.519 (T Mettler ) -0.010 7.099 -0.011
E1 (S Matusek ) 0.028 7.952 -0.548 (B Alexander ) 0.128 11.300 4.190
Qualified: #18 7.888 -0.612 #14 6.484 -0.626
Hodges hits the throttle and the car almost turns completely sideways before he gets ten feet off the line. Hedlund
runs it for about 1000 feet and backs off the throttle.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
717 Mike DePalma 7009 Ross Wilson
E3 0.050 8.422 151.00 ****WINNER**** 0.041 8.359 160.35
C/T Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.408 C/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.481
Prior rounds:
E2 (L Sharp ) 0.053 8.325 -0.705 (C Sallee ) 0.015 8.332 -0.608
E1 (T Huggins ) 0.045 9.141 0.111 (B Butner III) 0.029 8.583 -0.357
Qualified: #8 8.386 -0.644 #12 8.310 -0.630
Mike DePalma has a 0.20 CIC penalty; Ross Wilson has a 0.10 CIC penalty.Wilson gets a small advantage off the
line and holds off DePalma for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7474 Justin Lamb 1 Dan Fletcher
E3 0.036 8.933 150.55 ****WINNER**** 0.012 7.937 155.99
G/SMA Index: 9.46 (+/-): -0.527 B/EA Index: 8.46 (+/-): -0.523
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Marshall ) 0.052 8.952 -0.538 (J Caro ) 0.031 8.413 -0.047
E1 (S Holloway ) 0.014 9.419 -0.071 (W Hatcher ) 0.021 7.952 -0.528
Qualified: #19 8.879 -0.611 #7 7.834 -0.646
Justin Lamb has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.02 CIC penalty.Fletcher gets the advantage off the line
and drives around Lamb to take the win. He will take another .02 CIC adjustment into the next round.
in the next round
it will be Hedlund vs. Wilson and Giroux vs. Fletcher.
Timing data courtesy of
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