Fri, 24 Feb 2012, 18:34 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Firebird International Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                          7235 Scott McClay                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.273 142.09                    -0.002  9.617  84.77
        B/ND Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.177            C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-):  1.787
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lane      ) 0.003  6.950 -0.560      (A Bowdish   ) 0.022  7.338 -0.492
E1    (B Kent      ) 0.073  7.076 -0.434      (M Hartford  ) 0.044  7.329 -0.531
 Qualified:             #5  6.966 -0.544                       #14  7.367 -0.493

4:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 8 percent, barometer 28.38 inches, adjusted altitude 3,158 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Dean Carter has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Scott McClay has a 0.03 CIC penalty.

McClay pushes the light too much [-0.002 and give the free pass to round four to Carter.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                           71 Justin Lamb                  
E3                   0.220  7.411 185.56     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.673 150.25
        C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.499           F/SMA Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.497
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Goff      ) 0.060  7.592 -0.318      (M De Palma  ) 0.027  8.667 -0.503
E1    (S Graham    ) 0.130  8.450  0.540      (C Neff      ) 0.006  8.833 -0.337
 Qualified:             #4  7.364 -0.546                        #7  8.631 -0.539

Edwards is just dead late and Lamb isn't! Lamb will get the bye run next round into the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                          1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.072  8.349 141.27                           No Time      
        B/SM Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.281            B/EA Index: 8.31 (+/-): 91.689
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Jones     ) 0.010  8.269 -0.361      (D Lambeck   ) 0.014  8.109 -0.201
E1    (T Mettler   ) 0.045  8.125 -0.515      (A Ellis     ) 0.042  7.928 -0.382
 Qualified:            #24 10.562  1.922                       #15  7.825 -0.485

Fletcher is a no show and Wilson will face Carter in the next round.

4:31 p.m.

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