Sun, 1 Nov 2009, 04:16 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ninth annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6618 Dale Giroux                          4264 Chris McGaha                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  7.190 174.68                     0.113  7.599 179.30
       B/AA Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.570             C/A Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.411
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Carbery   ) 0.055  7.415 -0.345      (A Ellis     ) 0.059  7.502 -0.618
E1    (M Ladwig    ) 0.034  7.435 -0.325      (S Mc Clay   ) 0.037  8.124  0.004
 Qualified:            #17  7.139 -0.621                       #29  7.556 -0.564

1:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted altitude 3,988 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Giroux gets a big hole-shot and runs it all the way through to take the win. Giroux will take a .07 CIC adjustment in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7298 Scott Hedlund                        7004 Art Hodges                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.052  8.241 129.79                     0.163 16.883  68.65
       A/SM Index: 8.45 (+/-): -0.209            A/PM Index: 7.11 (+/-):  9.773
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Huhtala   ) 0.055  7.941 -0.519      (T Mettler   ) -0.010  7.099 -0.011
E1    (S Matusek   ) 0.028  7.952 -0.548      (B Alexander ) 0.128 11.300  4.190
 Qualified:            #18  7.888 -0.612                       #14  6.484 -0.626

Hodges hits the throttle and the car almost turns completely sideways before he gets ten feet off the line. Hedlund runs it for about 1000 feet and backs off the throttle.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Mike DePalma                         7009 Ross Wilson                  
E3                   0.050  8.422 151.00     ****WINNER****  0.041  8.359 160.35
        C/T Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.408           C/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.481
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Sharp     ) 0.053  8.325 -0.705      (C Sallee    ) 0.015  8.332 -0.608
E1    (T Huggins   ) 0.045  9.141  0.111      (B Butner III) 0.029  8.583 -0.357
 Qualified:             #8  8.386 -0.644                       #12  8.310 -0.630

Mike DePalma has a 0.20 CIC penalty; Ross Wilson has a 0.10 CIC penalty.

Wilson gets a small advantage off the line and holds off DePalma for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                             1 Dan Fletcher                 
E3                   0.036  8.933 150.55     ****WINNER****  0.012  7.937 155.99
      G/SMA Index: 9.46 (+/-): -0.527            B/EA Index: 8.46 (+/-): -0.523
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Marshall  ) 0.052  8.952 -0.538      (J Caro      ) 0.031  8.413 -0.047
E1    (S Holloway  ) 0.014  9.419 -0.071      (W Hatcher   ) 0.021  7.952 -0.528
 Qualified:            #19  8.879 -0.611                        #7  7.834 -0.646

Justin Lamb has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.02 CIC penalty.

Fletcher gets the advantage off the line and drives around Lamb to take the win. He will take another .02 CIC adjustment into the next round.

in the next round it will be Hedlund vs. Wilson and Giroux vs. Fletcher.

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