Sun, 11 Nov 2012, 19:53 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 48th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                           76 Tyler Hogan                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.005  8.805 133.54                     0.012  7.921 167.22
       D/SMA Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.085            C/DA Index: 7.54 (+/-):  0.381
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Jones     ) 0.040  8.448 -0.442      (D Rampy     ) 0.118  7.390 -0.150
E2    (C Neff      ) 0.041  8.381 -0.559      (M Lelchook  ) 0.059  7.032 -0.518
E1    (J Roubicek  ) 0.121  8.526 -0.414      (P Cocuzza   ) 0.049  7.676  0.126
 Qualified:            #11  8.360 -0.580                       #28  8.620  1.070

4:45 p.m.Two of the regular Division Seven racers to the line.Lambeck has eight wins. Two here in 1992 and 1994.

Doug Lambeck has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Tyler Hogan has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

Just 0.007 difference at the green, but Hogan gets loose and has to lift. Lambeck will go to the final round with no further CIC hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Bo Butner                               6 Jeff Lane                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.013  8.338 151.26                     0.057  7.994 169.04
        E/SM Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.552           B/SMA Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.586
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Ellis     ) 0.020  8.413 -0.477      (M De Palma  ) 0.072  8.452 -0.128
E2    (T Mettler   ) 0.006  8.381 -0.659      (S Hedlund   ) 0.016  8.103 -0.477
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.020  8.531 -0.519      (C Rumis     ) 0.118  8.107 -0.473
 Qualified:             #3  8.404 -0.646                       #12  8.001 -0.579

Butner comes into the race with twelve wins and. He won here in 1999 doubling up in Vegas. Lane has seven wins. Bo Butner has a 0.16 CIC penalty; Jeff Lane has no CIC penalty.

Butner gets a big starting line advantage and takes another CIC hit to get the close three foot win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink