Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 01:34 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

REYNOLDS, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Silver Dollar Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2780 Grant Lewis                            41 Joey Tanksley                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.047  8.898 149.58                     0.045  6.822 194.91
      H/SMA Index: 9.47 (+/-): -0.572             C/D Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.478
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.052 10.110  0.640      (G Treadwell ) 0.029  6.793 -0.567
E1    (R Brown     ) 0.026  8.968 -0.562      (P Williams  )       No Time      
 Qualified:             #2  8.887 -0.643                       #13  6.779 -0.581

1:17 p.m. Lewis gets the win but takes another bite out of his index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  204 Howard Plybon                        1466 Charlie Greco                
E3                   0.074  7.570 182.11     ****WINNER****  0.006  8.828 142.76
       C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.390            L/AA Index: 9.30 (+/-): -0.472
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Cashio    ) 0.089  7.672 -0.288      (J Treadwell ) 0.030  8.797 -0.543
E1    (S Parks     ) 0.015  8.523  0.563      (R Rosentiel ) 0.086 10.228  0.888
 Qualified:            #25  7.526 -0.434                       #15  8.784 -0.556

Greco gets a great light and holds off Plybon for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  368 Fred Allen                           4337 Craig Bourgeois              
E3                   0.036 11.123  67.41     ****WINNER****  0.026  7.366 131.61
       C/SR Index: 9.00 (+/-):  2.123            A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.054
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.009  8.492 -0.548      (B Dawson    ) 0.038  7.715  0.295
E1    (D Holt      ) 0.102 10.528  1.488      (R Joly      ) 0.128  8.780  1.360
 Qualified:            #14  8.471 -0.569                       #17  6.872 -0.548

Allen gets about 600 feet out, the car starts to smoke and he slows.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2467 Jim Kimbrough                           4 Bruno Massel                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000  7.820 123.51                    -0.007  7.704 129.17
       C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-):  0.260           DD/AT Index: 7.71 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Pritchett ) 0.055  7.913  0.353      (A Martel    ) 0.044  7.341 -0.369
E1    (J Gray      ) 0.017 25.958 18.398                     0.053  7.564 -0.146
 Qualified:            #12  6.976 -0.584                        #1  6.988 -0.722

Kimbrough gets a perfect light; Massel leaves a little too soon.

In the next round it will be Kimbrough vs. Bourgeois and Lewis vs. Greco.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink