Sat, 30 Mar 2013, 23:57 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, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                          6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E4   ****WINNER****  0.164  7.103 180.94                     0.086  7.515 173.52
        B/ND Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.537            A/EA Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.425
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Goff      ) 0.008  7.528 -0.112                     -0.177  7.617 -0.323
E2    (R Jones     ) 0.012  7.133 -0.517      (M De Palma  ) 0.010  7.564 -0.376
E1    (A Bowdish   ) 0.040  7.311 -0.339      (J Lee       ) 0.060  7.641 -0.299
 Qualified:             #3  7.070 -0.580                       #16  7.491 -0.449

8:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 27.88 inches, adjusted altitude 3,739 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Dean Carter has a 0.01 CIC penalty; Ralph Van Paepeghem has no CIC penalty.

Carter is late, but the altered can't match the pace. Carter takes another CIC hit into the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7235 Scott McClay                               Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.209 21.208  51.09     
        C/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-): 13.288    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Hogan     ) 0.052  7.413 -0.557   
E2    (S Graham    ) 0.030  7.595 -0.375   
E1    (B Fitzpatric) 0.050  7.640 -0.330   
 Qualified:             #9  7.422 -0.548                     Bye

McClay get the bye run and just motors on down the track.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink