Sun, 12 Nov 2006, 06:05 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5017 Kevin Smith                          6660 Adam Bowdish                 
E3                   0.008  7.276 187.57     ****WINNER****  0.030  8.882 150.72
       B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-): -0.454            F/SM Index: 9.38 (+/-): -0.498
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Deceglie  ) 0.051  7.762  0.032      (T Huggins   ) 0.069  9.383  0.003
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.063  7.299 -0.431      (D Sumek     ) 0.044  8.880 -0.540
 Qualified:            #15  7.141 -0.589                       #19  8.846 -0.574

2:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.19 inches, adjusted altitude 1,931 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Smith goes .008 green but still can't catch Bowdish. Smith turned right at the hit and rode the center line to the finish.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jeff Taylor                            62 Dave Barcelon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  8.557 155.67                     0.041  8.451 160.88
       E/SM Index: 9.11 (+/-): -0.553             G/A Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.559
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Bryan Morr) 0.008  8.751 -0.359      (J Edwards   ) 0.036  8.513 -0.497
E1    (F Gross     ) 0.034  8.604 -0.606      (A Bresch    ) 0.079  8.510 -0.540
 Qualified:             #2  8.536 -0.674                       #14  8.460 -0.590

Both drivers go .55 under but for Taylor the cost is permanent.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Alan Ellis                           7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.043  7.703 116.43                    -0.079  8.786 138.74
       A/AA Index: 7.25 (+/-):  0.453            C/SR Index: 9.22 (+/-): -0.434
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Mettler   ) 0.018  6.747 -0.613      (J Gebhardt  ) 0.054  8.715 -0.505
E1    (J Mihovetz  ) 0.062  6.857 -0.503      (J Lane      ) 0.044  8.720 -0.500
 Qualified:            #17  6.776 -0.584                       #29  8.710 -0.510

Sigmon can't wait and Ellis gets the automatic win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                           78 Scott Hedlund                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.012  8.569 142.57                     0.060  8.194 165.54
      D/SMA Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.461            B/SM Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.446
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Cowan     ) 0.037  8.526 -0.564      (T Patterson ) 0.049  8.136 -0.604
E1    (D Beckley   ) 0.037  8.828 -0.262      (L Snyder    ) 0.014  8.464 -0.276
 Qualified:            #12  8.495 -0.595                       #16  8.156 -0.584

Lambeck with the great light and so far he's only lost .06 to CIC. The semis will have Ellis vs Bowdish and Taylor vs Lambeck.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink