Fri, 24 May 2013, 17:29 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Atlanta Dragway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  210 Rodney Rosenstiel                          Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  5.664 No Time           
       AA/AM Index: 6.98 (+/-): 93.019    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Adkinson  ) 0.062  7.272  0.292   
E1    (R Hord      ) 0.172  6.476 -0.514   
 Qualified:            #11  6.570 -0.420                     Bye

5:19 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 2,389 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Rosenstiel takes the tree and backs off the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  361 Bo Butner                             291 Wayne Hutton                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.039 10.846  78.80                    -0.002  9.259 102.68
        E/SM Index: 9.00 (+/-):  1.846             D/A Index: 8.28 (+/-):  0.979
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Massel    ) 0.052  8.893 -0.107      (R Joly      ) 0.129  8.595  0.315
E1    (L Johnson   ) 0.036  8.656 -0.344      (L Sharp     ) 0.066  8.009 -0.271
 Qualified:             #7  8.448 -0.552                       #18  9.764  1.484

Hutton just misses the tree and gives the win to Butner. Butner will have a bye into the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2467 Jim Kimbrough                        1262 Kevin Houghtaling            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.127 188.49                     0.026  8.776 155.54
        C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.463            F/SM Index: 9.25 (+/-): -0.474
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.058  7.160 -0.430      (P Williams  ) 0.143  8.952 -0.298
E1    (G Treadwell ) 0.006  7.135 -0.455      (D Rampy     ) 0.046  8.741 -0.529
 Qualified:            #10  7.142 -0.448                        #4  8.685 -0.585

Kimbrough reels in Houghtaling but was putting out a lot of smoke about 1000 feet out.

Jim Kimbrough's MOV: 0.0071 seconds (approximately 19 inches).

Rosentiel will take on Kimbrough in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink