Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 05:52 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 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
   76 Dean Carter                          7098 Tom Mettler                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.040  6.969 184.57                     0.046  7.395 183.37
       B/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.551             PST Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.515
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Lambeck   ) 0.000  7.017 -0.513      (J Lamb      ) 0.005  7.404 -0.566
E2    (A Ellis     ) 0.046  7.068 -0.462      (S Mc Clay   ) 0.000  7.861 -0.109
E1    (S Graham    ) 0.006  7.082 -0.448      (J Zink      ) 0.068  7.905 -0.065
 Qualified:            #16  6.961 -0.569                       #10  7.369 -0.601

2:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,869 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Dean Carter has a 0.01 CIC penalty; Tom Mettler has a 0.06 CIC penalty. The winner goes to the final.

Close RT's and they both run about the same under their indexes. Carter gets the advantage and the twelve foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  500 Lou Ficco Jr.                           2 Dan Fletcher                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.252  95.26                    -0.001  8.392 113.73
       B/AP Index: 7.82 (+/-):  1.432            B/EA Index: 8.34 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Bowdish   ) 0.008  7.316 -0.534      (B Fitzpatric) 0.027  8.114 -0.226
E2    (S Holloway  ) 0.023  7.623 -0.227      (G Ross      ) 0.034 13.071  4.731
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.029  7.344 -0.536      (B Moscini   ) 0.024  8.251 -0.089
 Qualified:             #3  7.151 -0.729                        #5  7.694 -0.646

Fletcher gives it away with a -0.001 red light.

Ficco is smart and saves any additional CIC penalties by lifting and motoring down the track.

2:50 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink