Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 03:02 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5413 Cordis Johnson                       4006 Mike Trumble                 
E3                   0.082  8.838 151.87     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.011 157.72
      G/SMA Index: 9.30 (+/-): -0.462           A/SMA Index: 8.42 (+/-): -0.409
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A White     ) 0.080  9.534  0.234      (A Hickey    ) 0.019  7.913 -0.517
E1    (S Rosen     ) 0.086  8.793 -0.537      (B Klein     ) 0.015  7.927 -0.633
 Qualified:            #31  8.809 -0.521                        #3  7.860 -0.700

1:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,690 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Cordis Johnson has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Mike Trumble has a 0.14 CIC penalty.

Mike Trumble's MOV: 0.0019 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Alan Ellis                           406D Don Thomas                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.083  7.118 138.91                    -0.030  7.575 143.60
       A/AP Index: 7.17 (+/-): -0.052            C/ED Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.215
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C McGaha    ) 0.013  6.664 -0.506      (D Segura    ) 0.024  7.473 -0.317
E1    (G Lewis     ) 0.014  6.870 -0.300      (K Hall      ) 0.147  7.284 -0.586
 Qualified:            #30  6.648 -0.522                       #18  7.241 -0.629

Alan Ellis has no CIC penalty; Don Thomas has a 0.08 CIC penalty.

Alan Ellis wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Dan Fletcher                           41 Chase Williams               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  7.755 168.18                     0.047  7.419 182.92
       B/EA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.505             C/A Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.521
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Watson    ) 0.032  8.266  0.006      (D Warren    ) 0.055  7.437 -0.533
E1    (C Smiley    ) 0.035  7.760 -0.580      (M Johnson   ) 0.034  7.893 -0.077
 Qualified:             #4  7.654 -0.686                       #24  7.388 -0.582

Dan Fletcher has a 0.08 CIC penalty; Chase Williams has a 0.03 CIC penalty.

Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0227 seconds (approximately 6 feet), with a double-oh light. He races Ellis in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 David Rampy                          440D Scott Cashio                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.056  7.396 164.53                     0.052  8.125 163.93
       A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.464           B/SMA Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.445
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Tanksley  ) 0.047  7.401 -0.459      (C Bourgeois ) 0.039  8.070 -0.620
E1    (R Fulton    ) 0.011  7.874  0.014      (W West      ) 0.082  9.684  0.994
 Qualified:             #9  7.207 -0.653                        #5  8.004 -0.686

David Rampy has no CIC penalty; Scott Cashio has a 0.12 CIC penalty.

David Rampy's MOV: 0.0151 seconds (approximately 4 feet) and he still has all his index left to race against Trumble in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink