Sun, 21 Sep 2014, 14:14 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                            469 Clark Smiley                 
E3                  -0.003  8.253 120.83     ****WINNER****  0.001 10.288  88.88
        K/AA Index: 8.25 (+/-):  0.003            BB/A Index: 7.81 (+/-):  2.478
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.022  7.782 -0.468      (B Browell   ) 0.107  7.307 -0.623
E1    (C Stewart   ) 0.005  7.760 -0.490                     0.073  8.032  0.102
 Qualified:             #9  7.796 -0.454                        #1  7.343 -0.587

12:57 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.51 inches, adjusted altitude 3,233 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Neff just misses the tree and gives the win to Smiley. Smile backs of the throttle around half track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   47 Keith Hall                             43 Kevin Self                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.078  8.481 164.35                    -0.041  9.564  91.30
        D/SM Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.459            F/EA Index: 8.40 (+/-):  1.164
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Maris     ) 0.047  8.507 -0.433      (B Massel    ) 0.013  7.892 -0.518
E1    (R Vettel    ) 0.068  8.634 -0.306      (B Forrester ) 0.045  7.908 -0.502
 Qualified:            #11  8.501 -0.439                        #3  7.860 -0.550

Hall leaves the line and makes a hard move to the right. he gets close to the centerline but is able to get it under control. Self leaves a little too early and goes red giving the win to Hall.

Hall will have a bye into the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  514 Clint Sallee                            7 Donald Thomas                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.138 14.497  54.78                    -0.009  7.391 152.90
         B/D Index: 7.23 (+/-):  7.267            C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.439
 Prior rounds:
E2                   6.465 14.287  7.057      (D Robison   ) 0.043  7.333 -0.497
E1    (B Kent      ) 0.026  6.855 -0.375      (P Unruh     ) 0.023  7.386 -0.444
 Qualified:             #2  6.664 -0.566                        #5  7.310 -0.520

Thomas leaves a little too quickly and goes red giving Salle the win.

Sallee will take on Smiley in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink