Sun, 22 Feb 2009, 04:16 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 4 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
    6 Lou Ficco                            7474 Justin Lamb                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.001  7.415 161.25                     0.062  9.046 141.59
       B/AP Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.385           G/SMA Index: 9.29 (+/-): -0.244
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Patterson ) -0.017  7.948  0.148      (S Holloway  ) 0.013  9.313  0.023
E2    (T Mettler   ) 0.127  7.296 -0.584      (J Edwards   ) 0.005  8.788 -0.572
E1    (T Shambaugh ) 0.103 12.476  4.596      (B Kent      ) 0.021  9.360  0.000
 Qualified:            #13  7.318 -0.562                       #15  8.810 -0.550

2:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,549 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

We're setting up the Comp final round here. Ficco left no doubt about this one as he throws out a .001 light and wins by 42ft at the other end. Lamb had a good light but not the performance.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Dan Fletcher                            4 Doug Lambeck                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.492 126.25                    -0.028 13.470  63.78
       C/EA Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.048           D/SMA Index: 8.92 (+/-):  4.550
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Browell   ) 0.038  8.038 -0.602      (L Sharp     ) 0.012  8.416 -0.554
E2    (M DePalma   ) 0.019  8.722  0.082      (S Gray      ) 0.055  8.761 -0.209
E1    (R Goodman   ) 0.063  8.733  0.093      (T Radeff    ) -0.004  8.664 -0.306
 Qualified:            #10  8.034 -0.606                       #16  8.427 -0.543

Oh man, that's disappointing. I really wanted to see this come off as a good race. Lambeck can't wait and the red comes on in his lane. That means the final will be Fletcher and Ficco. That will be Fletcher's forth consecutive final in national event Comp racing.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink