Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 04:30 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, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6660 Adam Bowdish                          500 Lou Ficco Jr.                
E3                   0.028  9.059 148.71     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.316 163.79
       H/SM Index: 9.54 (+/-): -0.481            B/AP Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.534
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Adams     ) 0.041  9.076 -0.464      (S Holloway  ) 0.023  7.623 -0.227
E1    (C Johnson   ) 0.022  9.263 -0.277      (E Sigmon    ) 0.029  7.344 -0.536
 Qualified:            #15  8.970 -0.570                        #3  7.151 -0.729

1:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,629 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Lou Ficco Jr. has a 0.03 CIC penalty.

Terrific 0.008 light for Ficco and he quickly starts his march to catch and pass Bowdish.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 Justin Lamb                          7098 Tom Mettler                  
E3                   0.028  8.769 145.34     ****WINNER****  0.005  7.404 176.74
      G/SMA Index: 9.29 (+/-): -0.521             PST Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.566
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Hedlund   ) 0.022  8.781 -0.509      (S Mc Clay   ) 0.000  7.861 -0.109
E1    (T Brown     ) 0.000  8.781 -0.549      (J Zink      ) 0.068  7.905 -0.065
 Qualified:             #6  8.693 -0.637                       #10  7.369 -0.601

Mettler has to use some CIC this time in his win. His gets a better RT this time, with a strong 0.005 seconds.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Dan Fletcher                         7522 Brian Fitzpatrick            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.114 129.17                           No Time      
       B/EA Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.226             H/D Index: 7.00 (+/-): 92.999
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Ross      ) 0.034 13.071  4.731      (T Hogan     )       No Time      
E1    (B Moscini   ) 0.024  8.251 -0.089                     0.539  7.796  0.796
 Qualified:             #5  7.694 -0.646                        #1  6.223 -0.777

No joy for the number one qualifier, Fitzpatrick, as the car won't go forward to stage.

Fletcher gets a free pass to round four and will race Ficco.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Doug Lambeck                           76 Dean Carter                  
E3                   0.055  8.432 159.27     ****WINNER****  0.000  7.017 174.55
      D/SMA Index: 8.95 (+/-): -0.518            B/ND Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.513
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M DePalma   ) 0.002  8.447 -0.523      (A Ellis     ) 0.046  7.068 -0.462
E1    (C Neff      ) 0.004  8.535 -0.435      (S Graham    ) 0.006  7.082 -0.448
 Qualified:            #19  8.415 -0.555                       #16  6.961 -0.569

Doug Lambeck has a 0.02 CIC penalty.

Carter cards a perfect 0.000 RT to take the hole shot win over Lambeck. He just nibbles at the CIC to get the twelve foot win.

1:17 p.m. Carter will face Mettler next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink