Sun, 29 Oct 2023, 21:06 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  220 Jeff Taylor                          5008 Travis Gusso                 
E3                   0.108  6.938 197.16     ****WINNER****  0.076  8.882 137.11
        B/AA Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.562            F/SM Index: 9.44 (+/-): -0.558
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Mozeris   ) 0.103  6.999 -0.621      (S Volpe     ) 0.086  9.810  0.370
E1    (D Lambeck   ) 0.045  7.120 -0.540      (K Mozeris   ) 0.101  8.936 -0.504
 Qualified:             #5  7.035 -0.625                        #9  8.825 -0.615

5:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 58 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 2,135 feet.

Gusso gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Taylor for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  211 Glen Treadwell                       7235 Scott McClay                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.871 147.10                     0.052  9.414 132.57
        J/DA Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.509            C/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-):  1.474
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Bevers    ) 0.054  7.877 -0.523      (R Priddy    ) 0.021  8.506  0.566
E1    (J Connelly  ) 0.052  8.277 -0.123      (R VanPaepegh) 0.031  7.480 -0.460
 Qualified:            #13  7.808 -0.592                       #10  7.333 -0.607

McClay had problems and was off of the throttle early. Treadwell backs off the throttle a little early to save his index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Scott Linder                         3662 Scott Libersher              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.034 11.734 102.33                    -0.010  8.429 129.31
         A/A Index: 7.19 (+/-):  4.544           FS/SM Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.091
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Brogdon   ) 0.045  6.687 -0.543      (B Schmiedl  ) 0.025  8.422 -0.098
E1    (L Azcuenaga ) 0.041  6.927 -0.303      (E Federkeil ) 0.038  8.077 -0.443
 Qualified:             #7  6.609 -0.621                       #18  7.961 -0.559

Libersher leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Linder.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                   5 Cody Lane                    
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.011  8.870 121.49
                                                 E/SMA Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.140
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (C Neff      ) 0.025  8.763 -0.247
E1                                           (C Mesa      ) 0.043  8.509 -0.581
 Qualified:                                                       #8  8.475 -0.615

In the next round it will be Lane vs. Treadwell and Gusso vs. Linder.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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