Sun, 26 Feb 2012, 17:20 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
 5149 Phil Unruh                           7230 Randy Jones                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.034  8.676 154.28                     0.029  8.537 155.63
       F/SMA Index: 9.17 (+/-): -0.494            C/TA Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.473
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Vierheller) 0.053  8.826 -0.344      (B Fitzpatric) 0.067  8.593 -0.417
E1    (D Carter    ) 0.005  8.812 -0.358      (R Wilson    ) 0.076  8.504 -0.566
 Qualified:             #5  8.615 -0.555                        #2  8.491 -0.579

3:14 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 28.13 inches, adjusted altitude 3,365 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Great race with a close four foot finish.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Alan Ellis                             73 Steve Graham                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.051  6.646 204.94                     0.105  7.418 183.22
        A/AA Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.464             C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.512
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Kramer    ) 0.037  7.372  0.262      (M De Palma  ) 0.025  7.465 -0.465
E1    (J Lamb      ) 0.008  6.607 -0.503      (R Goff      ) 0.074  7.462 -0.468
 Qualified:            #18  6.635 -0.475                        #9  7.391 -0.539

Graham is late off the line and Ellis wheel races him for the 22 inch win. He will race Unruh in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1214 Matt Hartford                        1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044  6.809 199.40                     0.025  7.833 172.67
        B/DA Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.481            B/EA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.447
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lane      ) 0.056  6.811 -0.479      (J Edwards   ) 0.002  8.141 -0.139
E1    (S Mc Clay   ) 0.046  6.786 -0.604      (A Bowdish   ) 0.033  7.780 -0.530
 Qualified:             #1  6.770 -0.620                       #16  7.807 -0.503

Winner gets the bye run to the final round.

Matt Hartford has a 0.10 CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.03 CIC penalty.

Fletcher gets the starting line advantage, but gives up too much stripe at the finish line to give the four foot win to Hartford.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink