Sun, 2 Nov 2008, 03:54 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 529Y Steve Holloway                        500 Lou Ficco Jr.                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.045  6.858 199.40                     0.051  7.526 163.77
       A/AA Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.432            B/AP Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.404
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Edwards   ) 0.037  7.099 -0.191      (A Bowdish   ) 0.100  7.427 -0.563
E1    (S Graham    ) 0.014  6.926 -0.364      (R Wilson    ) 0.007  7.481 -0.539
 Qualified:            #14  6.699 -0.591                        #2  7.355 -0.665

12:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 27.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,983 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Holloway made a slight move to the right on the hit, but he was able to quickly put the car back into the groove. Steve Holloway's MOV: 0.0349 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2780 Grant Lewis                          5158 Steve Kalkowski              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.148  9.153 146.78                     0.104  7.260 180.36
      H/SMA Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.577             B/A Index: 7.72 (+/-): -0.460
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Freese    ) 0.012  9.950  0.220      (L Sharp     ) 0.003  7.600 -0.120
E1    (B Huhtala   ) 0.004  9.752  0.022      (C Watson Jr ) 0.077  7.214 -0.556
 Qualified:            #25  9.204 -0.526                        #5  7.139 -0.631

Grant Lewis' MOV: 0.0733 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  178 Dan Fletcher                            2 Dean Carter                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.024  8.184 164.47                     0.031  7.108 175.00
       F/AA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.546            B/ND Index: 7.61 (+/-): -0.502
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Mettler   ) 0.012  8.223 -0.547      (A Martel    ) 0.040  7.105 -0.595
E1    (D Beckley   ) 0.081  8.456 -0.314      (F Cervelli  ) 0.020  7.191 -0.509
 Qualified:            #15  8.182 -0.588                       #11  7.089 -0.611

Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0517 seconds (approximately 13 feet). He'll face Lewis in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5250 Todd Patterson                       4097 Pete Carbery                 
E3                   0.093  7.868 163.28     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.144 189.15
        D/A Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.572             B/A Index: 7.66 (+/-): -0.516
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Lambeck   ) 0.152  8.310 -0.130      (P Biondo    ) 0.084  7.158 -0.612
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.070  7.939 -0.511      (M Stewart   ) 0.027  7.988  0.218
 Qualified:            #12  7.849 -0.601                       #16  7.201 -0.569

Patterson was a little to the left of the groove for most of this pass. Pete Carbery's MOV: 0.0074 seconds (approximately 21 inches). He'll face Holloway in the semi's.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink