Sun, 5 Apr 2009, 05:46 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Tenth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7298 Scott Hedlund                         717 Mike DePalma                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.080  9.179 107.39                    -0.041  9.546 103.06
       A/SM Index: 8.46 (+/-):  0.719             I/A Index: 8.75 (+/-):  0.796
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Bowdish   ) 0.044  7.959 -0.601      (J Lamb      ) 0.045  8.247 -0.613
E2    (D Carter    ) 0.038  9.018  0.458                     0.055  8.781 -0.079
E1    (D Giroux    ) 0.031  8.288 -0.272      (S Holloway  ) 0.049  9.202  0.342
 Qualified:             #3  7.900 -0.660                        #1  8.171 -0.689

2:39 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 28.08 inches, adjusted altitude 3,346 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Scott Hedlund is going to his first National Event final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                   1 Dan Fletcher                 
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.035  8.452 128.91
                                                 C/EA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.248
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (D Lambeck   ) 0.018  8.193 -0.517
E2                                           (E Sigmon    ) 0.038  8.204 -0.586
E1                                           (R Jones     ) 0.063  8.791  0.001
 Qualified:                                                       #5  8.172 -0.618

Fletcher is going to his 91st final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink