Sun, 04 Mar 2012, 14:17 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, first event at Royal Purple Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4216 Charles Watson                             Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  8.058 No Time           
        D/SM Index: 8.87 (+/-): 91.129    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Williams  ) 0.040  8.368 -0.612   
E2    (C Stewart   ) 0.022  8.786 -0.194   
E1    (K Hall      ) 0.089  8.487 -0.493   
 Qualified:             #3  8.361 -0.619                     Bye

1:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 829 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Watson took the green and backed out, saving the parts for the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4006 Mike Trumble                          550 Will Hatcher                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.019  8.914 119.00                    -0.052  8.609  98.11
       E/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-):  0.074            B/DA Index: 7.26 (+/-):  1.349
 Prior rounds:
E3                         No Time            (S Cashio    ) 0.063  6.758 -0.632
E2    (D Robison   ) 0.053  8.590 -0.250                     -0.027 10.716  3.326
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.049  8.333 -0.647      (A White     ) 0.086  7.251 -0.139
 Qualified:             #6  8.439 -0.541                        #1  6.760 -0.630

Mike Trumble has a 0.14 CIC penalty; Will Hatcher has a 0.13 CIC penalty. This could be a cotly round for the winner.

Hatcher went way red, Trumble lifted when he saw the win light. He will race Watson in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink