Sun, 16 Nov 2008, 04:14 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  178 Dan Fletcher                         707M John Mihovetz                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  8.130 153.20                     0.031  6.632 218.23
       C/EA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.470           AA/AT Index: 6.95 (+/-): -0.318
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Matusek   ) 0.036  8.121 -0.479      (J Payne     ) 0.058  6.845 -0.105
E1    (P Byron     ) 0.036  8.097 -0.563      (J Edwards   ) 0.086  6.448 -0.592
 Qualified:             #9  8.055 -0.605                       #21  6.509 -0.531

12:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,615 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Dan Fletcher has a 0.06 CIC penalty; John Mihovetz has a 0.09 CIC penalty. Identical RT's and the Cougar can't run the number. Easy win for Fletcher.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5250 Todd Patterson                       3737 Jacklyn Gebhardt             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.694 176.24                     0.078  6.582 206.13
        D/A Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.486            A/DA Index: 7.06 (+/-): -0.478
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Lambeck   ) 0.107  7.679 -0.631      (J Cowan     ) 0.074  6.557 -0.583
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.048  8.064 -0.246      (B Moscini   ) 0.028  6.703 -0.437
 Qualified:             #4  7.685 -0.625                       #16  6.568 -0.572

Todd Patterson has a 0.13 CIC penalty; Jacklyn Gebhardt has a 0.08 CIC penalty. Great 0.017 Comp. light for Patterson and he takes the car length win with no additional CIC.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2000 Lee Sharp                            7771 Ed Sigmon                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.078  8.414 157.34                     0.055  8.699 149.78
      D/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.456            C/SR Index: 9.10 (+/-): -0.401
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Lewis     ) 0.010  8.369 -0.531      (F Cervelli  ) 0.092  8.592 -0.528
E1    (K Rizzoli   ) 0.025  8.400 -0.600      (R Weems     ) 0.054  8.754 -0.366
 Qualified:            #11  8.401 -0.599                       #31  8.666 -0.454

Lee Sharp has a 0.13 CIC penalty; Ed Sigmon has a 0.02 CIC penalty.Sigmon shows that us old guys can still give the kids a run for their money. He's out in front on RT at the green and loses to Sharp by less than a car length in the lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 730G Shane Gray                           3335 David Connolly               
E3                  -0.023 11.703  76.17     ****WINNER****  0.046  8.549 120.90
        B/A Index: 7.50 (+/-):  4.203            F/AA Index: 8.53 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Wilson    ) 0.033  6.998 -0.572      (S Hedlund   ) 0.030  8.028 -0.572
E1    (B Hass      ) 0.066  7.067 -0.553      (P Adams     ) 0.020  8.100 -0.500
 Qualified:            #10  7.020 -0.600                        #6  7.985 -0.615

Shane Gray has a 0.12 CIC penalty; David Connolly has a 0.07 CIC penalty. Gray misses the green by -0.023 and gives the free pass to Connolly.

12:56 p.m. He will face Patterson and Fletcher will race Sharp in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink