Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 08:50 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5250 Todd Patterson                          4 Doug Lambeck                 
E3                  -0.056  8.081 130.86     ****WINNER****  0.030  8.802 119.95
        D/A Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.179           D/SMA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.128
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Jones     ) 0.053  7.955 -0.305      (E Sigmon    ) 0.059  8.422 -0.548
E1    (S Graham    ) 0.566  8.095 -0.165      (T Mettler   ) 0.033  8.716 -0.254
 Qualified:             #4  7.650 -0.610                       #13  8.418 -0.552

5:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 58 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 1,351 feet, track temperature 59 degrees.

Patterson goes red, handing the win to Lambeck. Lambeck also wins a bye into the final on his side of the ladder!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Dean Carter                             1 Dan Fletcher                 
E3                  -0.458 17.055  87.91     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.716 110.52
       B/ND Index: 7.57 (+/-):  9.485            C/EA Index: 8.66 (+/-):  0.056
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hass      ) 0.188  7.314 -0.256      (R Wilson    ) 0.067  8.588 -0.072
E1    (B Moscini   ) 0.046  7.290 -0.280      (A Hodges    ) 0.077  8.498 -0.162
 Qualified:             #6  6.978 -0.592                        #9  8.087 -0.573

Carter leaves almost a full bulb early. Fletcher is clean on CIC going into the semi.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                         7474 Justin Lamb                  
E3                  -0.041  8.220 117.19     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.925 125.54
       C/AA Index: 7.89 (+/-):  0.330           G/SMA Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.345
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Brown     ) 0.192  7.383 -0.637      (L Sharp     ) 0.046  8.765 -0.595
E1    (J Cowan     ) 0.088  7.830 -0.190      (B Huhtala   ) 0.040  8.917 -0.443
 Qualified:            #14  7.517 -0.503                       #23  9.009 -0.351

Edwards lost a tenth tried to hit the tree. He left to early and Lamb gets Fletcher in the other semi.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink