Sun, 30 Sep 2012, 16:14 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Inaugural AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 David Rampy                             5 Clint Neff                   
E4                  -0.011  7.699 131.28     ****WINNER****  0.022  8.619 108.32
        A/EA Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.131             K/A Index: 8.36 (+/-):  0.259
 Prior rounds:
E3                   0.003  7.691 -0.139      (M Compton   ) 0.034  8.494  0.134
E2    (T Patterson ) 0.063  8.056  0.226      (B Butner    ) -0.337 10.122  1.762
E1    (P Ross Sr   ) 0.000  7.648 -0.182                     0.028  8.496  0.136
 Qualified:             #9  7.191 -0.639                        #1  7.619 -0.741

3:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.43 inches, adjusted altitude 2,465 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Rampy turns on the red light and Neff backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  277 Larry Pritchett                       358 David Billingsley            
E4   ****WINNER****  0.010  8.055 156.06                     0.016  8.755 149.78
        B/SM Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.545            L/AA Index: 9.26 (+/-): -0.505
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Hill      ) 0.006  8.474 -0.126      (G Kamplain  ) 0.020  8.757 -0.583
E2    (J Greenheck ) 0.069  8.752  0.152      (Bye         ) 0.003  8.845 -0.495
E1    (M Farrell   ) 0.024  8.104 -0.496      (C Haubiel   ) 0.001  8.951 -0.389
 Qualified:             #4  7.952 -0.648                       #14  8.713 -0.627

it will be Pritchett vs. Neff in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink