Sat, 05 May 2012, 19:42 PM Hot Rod Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Hot Rod at the 2012 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam presented by Domino's Pizza, Day Two:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4X63 Clint Parker                          450 Alan Jones                   
E3                  -0.004 10.896 143.44     ****WINNER****  0.005 10.912 133.43
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.004            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R BROCK     ) 0.094 10.935  0.035      (R KOONTZ    ) 0.030 10.891 -0.009
E1    (V ARNOLD    ) 0.026 10.924  0.024      (M WILLIAMSON) 0.002 10.921  0.021

6:36 p.m.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2735 Steve Beckham                        4452 Buddy Hillard                
E3                   0.022 10.866 133.19     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.878 150.55
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.034            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D THIBODAUX ) 0.024 10.899 -0.001      (J MCPHERSON ) 0.025 10.845 -0.055
E1    (R DEW       ) 0.021 10.921  0.021      (N on File   ) 0.014 11.265  0.365

Buddy Hillard's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0020 seconds (approximately 5 inches) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4228 Thomas Marlow                        4600 Todd Schumert                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009 10.834 132.97                     0.052 10.831 136.59
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.066            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.069
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B WILBURN   ) 0.037 10.899 -0.001      (C LEBLANC   ) 0.018 10.883 -0.017
E1    (D CLARK     ) 0.052 10.923  0.023      (M EXNER     ) 0.030 11.033  0.133

Thomas Marlow's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0400 seconds (approximately 8 feet) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 403V Bart Nelson                          422N Charlie Owens                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008 10.839 143.24                    -0.012 10.898 148.76
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.061            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R LYTCH     ) 0.044 10.902  0.002      (R ORTEGON   ) 0.013 10.894 -0.006
E1    (M LEVITINO  ) 0.018 10.874 -0.026      (M MCGLOTHLIN) 0.005 10.898 -0.002

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 478 Marvin Allemand              
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.003 10.844 135.62
                                                   H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.056
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (J WILBURN   ) 0.011 10.915  0.015
E1                                           (B MILLER    ) 0.015 10.924  0.024

Allemand sawed the tree down on his bye run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink