Sun, 1 Nov 2009, 06:48 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 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
 7009 Ross Wilson                          7298 Scott Hedlund                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.349 163.67                     0.121  7.965 170.43
      C/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.491            A/SM Index: 8.45 (+/-): -0.485
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M De Palma  ) 0.041  8.359 -0.481      (A Hodges    ) 0.052  8.241 -0.209
E2    (C Sallee    ) 0.015  8.332 -0.608      (B Huhtala   ) 0.055  7.941 -0.519
E1    (B Butner III) 0.029  8.583 -0.357      (S Matusek   ) 0.028  7.952 -0.548
 Qualified:            #12  8.310 -0.630                       #18  7.888 -0.612

3:44 p.m. Ross Wilson has a 0.10 CIC penalty; Scott Hedlund has a 0.05 CIC penalty.

Wilson gets a huge hole-shot on Hedlund and is able to avoid taking any more adjustments to his index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6618 Dale Giroux                             1 Dan Fletcher                 
E4                  -0.026  7.347 154.21     ****WINNER****  0.026  8.482 118.40
       B/AA Index: 7.69 (+/-): -0.343            B/EA Index: 8.44 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C McGaha    ) 0.007  7.190 -0.570      (J Lamb      ) 0.012  7.937 -0.523
E2    (P Carbery   ) 0.055  7.415 -0.345      (J Caro      ) 0.031  8.413 -0.047
E1    (M Ladwig    ) 0.034  7.435 -0.325      (W Hatcher   ) 0.021  7.952 -0.528
 Qualified:            #17  7.139 -0.621                        #7  7.834 -0.646

Dale Giroux has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.04 CIC penalty. Giroux turns on the redlight; Fletcher backs off the throttle about 1000 feet out.

It will be Fletcher vs. Wilson in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink