Sun, 04 Nov 2012, 18:28 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Short Line Express Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Mike DePalma                            6 Jeff Lane                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.038 10.481  95.75                    -0.001 10.302  91.49
        I/SM Index: 9.68 (+/-):  0.801           B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-):  1.682
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Fitzpatric) 3.043 15.965  6.285      (B Butner    ) 0.027  8.116 -0.544
E2                         No Time            (S Hedlund   ) 0.056  8.151 -0.549
E1    (S Graham    ) 0.091  9.173 -0.557      (L Wofford   ) 0.037  8.259 -0.441
 Qualified:             #1  9.040 -0.690                       #14  8.140 -0.560

3:22 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 28.00 inches, adjusted altitude 4,021 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Mike DePalma has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Jeff Lane has a 0.08 CIC penalty.

Lane goes red by -0.001 to give another easy win to DePalma and a trip to the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 David Rampy                            72 Alan Ellis                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.002  7.349 174.28                     0.007  6.601 204.73
        A/EA Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.531            A/AA Index: 7.13 (+/-): -0.529
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Thomas    ) 0.006  7.391 -0.489      (C Neff      ) 0.020  6.628 -0.552
E2    (A Strong    ) 0.080  7.380 -0.550      (B Forrester ) 0.071  7.032 -0.148
E1    (S Dunn      ) 0.020  7.455 -0.475      (D Carter    ) 0.051  6.711 -0.469
 Qualified:             #8  7.351 -0.579                       #13  6.619 -0.561

Two great Comp. lights: 0.002 to 0.007. Rampy just stays out in front for the close win and will meet DePalma in the finals.

David Rampy's MOV: 0.0073 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink