Sun, 31 Oct 2010, 07:02 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                           26 Anthony Bertozzi             
E3                   0.097 11.530  77.47     ****WINNER****  0.041  8.875 118.00
       E/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-):  2.300            I/AA Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Barone    ) 0.056 10.356  1.126      (R Wilson    ) 0.007  8.631 -0.259
E1    (E Sigmon    )       No Time            (D Fletcher  ) 0.021  8.387 -0.523
 Qualified:            #28  8.651 -0.579                       #16  8.268 -0.642

3:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,775 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Travis Gusso has no CIC penalty; Anthony Bertozzi has a 0.02 CIC penalty.

Gusso had problems off the line and clicked it off about 300 feet out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  452 Steven Kent                             8 David Rampy                  
E3                  -0.006  9.555 100.71     ****WINNER**** -0.011  7.745 149.88
        E/A Index: 8.35 (+/-):  1.205            A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.195
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Huhtala   ) 0.098  7.848 -0.652      (C Neff      ) 0.020  7.440 -0.540
E1    (A Ackerman  ) -0.047  8.257 -0.243      (D Carter    ) 0.009  7.518 -0.462
 Qualified:            #17  7.865 -0.635                        #5  7.301 -0.679

Steven Kent has a 0.15 CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.04 CIC penalty.

Kent leaves just a little too early giving the win to Rampy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                         7235 Scott McClay                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.002  7.532 179.97                     0.013  7.452 167.86
       C/AA Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.468            C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.478
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Perkinson ) 0.026  7.499 -0.521      (D Yediny    ) 0.012  7.429 -0.581
E1    (W Oman      ) 0.100  7.514 -0.586      (A Bowdish   ) 0.042  7.511 -0.499
 Qualified:            #18  7.466 -0.634                       #14  7.363 -0.647

Edwards gets a greatlight and is able to hold off McClay for the close win.

John Edwards' MOV: 0.0017 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Alan Ellis                           5250 Todd Patterson               
E3                   0.038  6.715 195.36     ****WINNER****  0.009  8.034 166.97
       A/AA Index: 7.13 (+/-): -0.415           A/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.496
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M DePalma   ) 0.047  7.311  0.181      (D Giroux    ) 0.079  8.028 -0.642
E1    (P Carbery   ) 0.082  6.625 -0.645      (B Marshall  ) 0.042  8.575 -0.095
 Qualified:            #27  6.684 -0.586                       #15  8.025 -0.645

Alan Ellis has a 0.14 CIC penalty; Todd Patterson has a 0.14 CIC penalty.

Patterson gets a big holeshot and holds off Ellis for the win.

In the next round it will be Patterson vs. Rampy and Edwards vs. Bertozzi.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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