Sun, 23 May 2010, 02:34 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 David Rampy                          5248 Shaun Vincent                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.513 143.06                    -0.004  8.831 151.66
       A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.347            C/TA Index: 9.13 (+/-): -0.299
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Smiley    ) 0.027  7.426 -0.434      (W Hatcher   ) 0.083  8.750 -0.380
E1    (M Johnson   ) 0.025  7.468 -0.392      (R Kelly     ) 0.053  9.815  0.685
 Qualified:             #4  7.268 -0.592                       #16  8.619 -0.511

1:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 28.67 inches, adjusted altitude 4,258 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4097 Pete Carbery                           53 Matt Harris                  
E3                   0.081  7.184 191.35     ****WINNER****  0.109  7.844 169.66
        B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.376             E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.516
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Robison   ) 0.005  7.708  0.148      (M Trumble   ) 0.095  7.954 -0.406
E1    (P Nahan     ) 0.147  7.129 -0.431      (D Thomas    ) 0.066  8.336 -0.024
 Qualified:            #22  7.109 -0.451                        #2  7.732 -0.628

Harris takes a bite for today with an easy win.

Matt Harris' MOV: 0.1126 seconds (approximately 32 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   48 Joey Tanksley                           6 Arnie Martel                 
E3                  -0.009  7.247 139.27     ****WINNER****  0.008  8.116 130.59
        C/D Index: 7.41 (+/-): -0.163            D/AA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.084
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Hall      ) 0.020  7.062 -0.348      (S Parks     ) 0.020  8.475  0.275
E1    (D Warren    ) 0.023  7.623  0.213      (C Johnson   ) 0.083  7.878 -0.322
 Qualified:             #3  6.794 -0.616                       #15  7.686 -0.514

I would have liked to have seen this pair play all the way out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Bruno Massel                          500 Lou Ficco Jr.                
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.028  8.666 113.40
      DD/AT Index: 7.69 (+/-): 92.309            B/AP Index: 7.85 (+/-):  0.816
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Holloway  ) 0.021  7.187 -0.603      (C Sallee    ) 0.080  7.341 -0.529
E1    (J Holland   ) 0.088  7.742 -0.048      (R Hass      ) 0.077  7.365 -0.515
 Qualified:             #1  7.131 -0.659                        #5  7.301 -0.579

Bruno does his burnout but shuts the car off. He's down for the count and is pushed back. Ficco gets the win. The semis will see Ficco taking on Martel and Rampy againste Harris.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink