Sat, 30 Mar 2013, 22:37 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E3                                            ****WINNER**** -0.177  7.617 150.73
                                                  A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.323
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (M De Palma  ) 0.010  7.564 -0.376
E1                                           (J Lee       ) 0.060  7.641 -0.299
 Qualified:                                                      #16  7.491 -0.449

7:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 27.88 inches, adjusted altitude 4,112 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Bye run!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7023 Tyler Hogan                          7235 Scott McClay                 
E3                   0.103  7.159 184.77     ****WINNER****  0.052  7.413 177.72
        C/DA Index: 7.66 (+/-): -0.501            C/ED Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.557
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Hedlund   ) 0.074  7.154 -0.536      (S Graham    ) 0.030  7.595 -0.375
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.046  7.248 -0.442      (B Fitzpatric) 0.050  7.640 -0.330
 Qualified:             #7  7.122 -0.568                        #9  7.422 -0.548

Winner gets the bye run to the finals. Tyler Hogan has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Scott McClay has no CIC penalty.

Hogan is way late and Scott McClay takes some CIC in the win. MOV: 0.1071 seconds (approximately 29 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7667 Randy Goff                           7189 Dean Carter                  
E3                   0.109 17.497  43.70     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.528 132.71
       A/SMA Index: 8.64 (+/-):  8.857            B/ND Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.112
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Sigmon    ) 0.028  8.144 -0.496      (R Jones     ) 0.012  7.133 -0.517
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.062  8.131 -0.519      (A Bowdish   ) 0.040  7.311 -0.339
 Qualified:            #15  8.183 -0.467                        #3  7.070 -0.580

Randy Goff has a 0.01 CIC penalty; Dean Carter has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

It's Goff turn to be late and Carter gets the easy win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink