Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 05:10 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                           75 Alan Ellis                   
E3                  -0.008  7.529 144.66     ****WINNER****  0.051  7.182 130.33
       C/ED Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.311            A/AP Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.038
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Moscini   ) 0.160  7.380 -0.460      (M Ladwig    ) 0.043 13.606  6.386
E1    (M De Palma  ) 0.004  7.333 -0.537      (J Payne     ) 0.038  7.064 -0.156
 Qualified:            #21  7.351 -0.519                       #25  6.735 -0.485

2:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,453 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

All Div. 7 cars left in Comp.

Scott McClay has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Alan Ellis has no CIC penalty.

McClay goes red by -0.008 to give the easy win to Ellis.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                          7474 Justin Lamb                  
E3                   0.062  8.155 164.39     ****WINNER****  0.001  8.777 150.92
      C/SMA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.515           G/SMA Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.503
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Sharp     ) 0.025  8.701  0.031      (E Sigmon    ) 0.048  8.780 -0.550
E1    (P Pittman   ) 0.043  8.168 -0.592      (G Tackett   ) 0.028  8.905 -0.425
 Qualified:            #28  8.311 -0.449                       #16  8.801 -0.529

Ross Wilson has a 0.09 CIC penalty; Justin Lamb has a 0.05 CIC penalty.

Lamb is 0.001 on the tree and stays in front to take the win.

Justin Lamb's MOV: 0.0491 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Doug Lambeck                           76 Steve Graham                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.001  8.418 157.95                     0.015  7.433 181.84
      D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.552             C/A Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.537
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Gebhardt-S) 0.027  8.975  0.005      (A Hodges    ) 0.122  7.631 -0.339
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.089  8.494 -0.476      (N Lyons     ) 0.065  7.492 -0.478
 Qualified:            #14  8.430 -0.540                       #26  7.513 -0.457

Two good lights and Lambeck has a 0.001 to 0.015 advantage at the green. He'll take a little CIC in staying in front of a strong Graham.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  220 Jeff Taylor                             1 Dan Fletcher                 
E3                   0.047  8.921 154.16     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.776 153.18
      H/SMA Index: 9.47 (+/-): -0.549            B/EA Index: 8.33 (+/-): -0.554
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Strong    ) 0.068  8.967 -0.563      (C Rado      ) 0.047  9.365  1.035
E1    (D Beckley   ) 0.076  9.154 -0.376      (T Brown     ) 0.019  7.830 -0.510
 Qualified:            #11  8.978 -0.552                        #7  7.761 -0.579

Jeff Taylor has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

Fletcher gets a little RT advantage and keeps the nose out in front for a four foot win. More CIC, but not too bad.

2:07 p.m. In round four: Ellis vs. Fletcher and Lambeck vs. Lamb.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink