Sun, 22 Feb 2009, 02:36 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5250 Todd Patterson                          6 Lou Ficco                    
E3                  -0.014  8.903 109.66     ****WINNER**** -0.017  7.948 125.71
        E/A Index: 8.33 (+/-):  0.573            B/AP Index: 7.80 (+/-):  0.148
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Carter    ) 0.008  7.829 -0.531      (T Mettler   ) 0.127  7.296 -0.584
E1                   0.059  8.126 -0.234      (T Shambaugh ) 0.103 12.476  4.596
 Qualified:             #1  7.649 -0.711                       #13  7.318 -0.562

12:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,318 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Patterson has a whopping 11 Comp wins and Ficco is no slouch with 3 of his own. Patterson has the first chance and he turns on the red light in his lane giving Ficco a free pass to the semi finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Dan Fletcher                          330 Brian Browell                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038  8.038 167.47                     0.013  7.215 170.00
       C/EA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.602             D/D Index: 7.78 (+/-): -0.565
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M DePalma   ) 0.019  8.722  0.082      (J Cowan     ) 0.045  7.277 -0.543
E1    (R Goodman   ) 0.063  8.733  0.093      (F Nelson    ) 0.062  8.693  0.873
 Qualified:            #10  8.034 -0.606                       #14  7.262 -0.558

In this pair Fletcher has four wins in Comp and Browell three. All of Browell's came at Atlanta. He must love that place! Fletcher stretches this one all the way as he runs -.602 and loses a full tenth in his semi.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Doug Lambeck                         2000 Lee Sharp                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.012  8.416 164.47                     0.043  8.398 161.19
      D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.554           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.572
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Gray      ) 0.055  8.761 -0.209      (A Ellis     ) 0.096  8.450 -0.520
E1    (T Radeff    ) -0.004  8.664 -0.306      (M Hartford  ) 0.023  9.635  0.665
 Qualified:            #16  8.427 -0.543                       #12  8.395 -0.575

Lambeck takes his seven national event wins to the starting line against Sharp's...uh, zero. Lambeck is away first and he only loses a nickel to CIC. He might need that when he races Fletcher in one semi.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          529Y Steve Holloway               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.313 116.75                    -0.007  6.680 178.21
      G/SMA Index: 9.29 (+/-):  0.023            A/AA Index: 7.07 (+/-): -0.390
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Edwards   ) 0.005  8.788 -0.572      (C Neff      ) 0.083  6.566 -0.604
E1    (B Kent      ) 0.021  9.360  0.000      (R Hass      ) -0.074  8.956  1.786
 Qualified:            #15  8.810 -0.550                       #26  6.996 -0.174

Neither Lamb or Holloway have ever won a national event in Comp. Holloway goes red and will face Ficco in the other semi final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink