Sun, 31 Oct 2010, 08:08 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                           26 Anthony Bertozzi             
E4   ****WINNER****  0.117  9.155 105.72                    -0.001 14.681  56.40
       C/AA Index: 8.00 (+/-):  1.155            I/AA Index: 8.89 (+/-):  5.791
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Mc Clay   ) 0.002  7.532 -0.468      (T Gusso     ) 0.041  8.875 -0.015
E2    (B Perkinson ) 0.026  7.499 -0.521      (R Wilson    ) 0.007  8.631 -0.259
E1    (W Oman      ) 0.100  7.514 -0.586      (D Fletcher  ) 0.021  8.387 -0.523
 Qualified:            #18  7.466 -0.634                       #16  8.268 -0.642

5:07 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,703 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Bertozzi just misses the tree and gives the win to Edwards.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 David Rampy                          5250 Todd Patterson               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.481 150.05                     0.068  8.184 137.81
       A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.459           A/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.346
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Kent      ) -0.011  7.745 -0.195      (A Ellis     ) 0.009  8.034 -0.496
E2    (C Neff      ) 0.020  7.440 -0.540      (D Giroux    ) 0.079  8.028 -0.642
E1    (D Carter    ) 0.009  7.518 -0.462      (B Marshall  ) 0.042  8.575 -0.095
 Qualified:             #5  7.301 -0.679                       #15  8.025 -0.645

David Rampy has a 0.04 CIC penalty; Todd Patterson has a 0.14 CIC penalty.

Rampy gets a big advantage off the line and runs down Patterson to take the win.

It will be Rampy taking on Edwards in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink