Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 06:40 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Ross Wilson                             3 Mike DePalma                 
E4                   0.061  8.062 168.16     ****WINNER****  0.072  8.246 151.20
      B/SMA Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.498             C/T Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.574
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Graham    ) 0.026  8.051 -0.599      (J Lamb      ) 0.009  9.138  0.318
E2    (R Jones     ) 0.018  8.142 -0.528      (J Edwards   ) 0.012  9.098  0.278
E1    (P Cocuzza   ) 0.070 11.311  2.641                     0.040  8.903  0.083
 Qualified:             #3  8.074 -0.596                        #1  8.152 -0.668

3:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,035 feet.

Ross Wilson has a 0.11 CIC penalty; Mike DePalma has no CIC penalty.

Wilson gets a small RT advantage and then DePalma uses some more CIC to stay out in front for the car length win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7098 Tom Mettler                                Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.170  7.689 139.66     
        PST Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.161     
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Carter    ) 0.055  7.341 -0.569   
E2    (G Treadwell ) 0.014  7.738 -0.172   
E1    (T Brown     ) 0.053  7.401 -0.569   
 Qualified:             #8  7.388 -0.582                     Bye

Bye Run into the finals for Mettler.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink