Sun, 04 Mar 2012, 15:25 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 5 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                       4006 Mike Trumble                 
E5                   0.046  8.340 162.61     ****WINNER****  0.016  8.338 162.61
        D/SM Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.530           E/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.502
 Prior rounds:
E4                         No Time            (W Hatcher   ) 0.019  8.914  0.074
E3    (C Williams  ) 0.040  8.368 -0.612                           No Time      
E2    (C Stewart   ) 0.022  8.786 -0.194      (D Robison   ) 0.053  8.590 -0.250
E1    (K Hall      ) 0.089  8.487 -0.493      (R Martin    ) 0.049  8.333 -0.647
 Qualified:             #3  8.361 -0.619                        #6  8.439 -0.541

2:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 30.13 inches, adjusted altitude 1,000 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

This was a tough weekend for indexes because the "mineshaft" exemptions are based on qualifying and the air wasn't that good during qualifying. Charles Watson has a 0.11 CIC penalty; Mike Trumble has a 0.14 CIC penalty.

Trumble's hopes for a "double" went awry in the Super Stock final.

This was a close race, Trumble with a great light and able to avoid any further CIC penalty. Mike Trumble's MOV: 0.0027 seconds (approximately 8 inches). Watson took a double hit, he didn't win and he picked up another 0.03 in permanent CIC penalty.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink