Sun, 16 Nov 2014, 18:01 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Jim Greenheck                         590 Clint Neff                   
E4                   0.045  8.613 112.37     ****WINNER****  0.022  7.793 153.35
        C/AA Index: 7.77 (+/-):  0.843            K/AA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.427
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Rampy     ) 0.017  7.270 -0.550      (D Fletcher  ) -0.013  8.408  0.188
E2    (J Keilers   ) 0.017  7.502 -0.318                     0.055  8.131 -0.089
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.017  7.313 -0.557      (R Van Paepeg) 0.007  7.719 -0.531
 Qualified:             #7  7.289 -0.581                        #2  7.617 -0.633

2:55 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,322 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Jim Greenheck has a 0.10 CIC penalty; Clint Neff has a 0.03 CIC penalty. Winner goes to the final round.

Greenheck's car gets way loose down track and he has to lift.

Neff has a big starting line advantage and is able to save any more CIC in the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   67 Aaron Strong                               Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  6.317 No Time           
         B/T Index: 8.67 (+/-): 81.329    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Mihovetz  ) 0.042  8.280 -0.390   
E2    (D Lambeck   ) 0.044  8.166 -0.534   
E1    (G Ross      ) 0.067  8.520 -0.180   
 Qualified:            #11  8.138 -0.562                     Bye

Stong will get a free pass to the final round. His planned opponent, Lelchook, wasn't able to get his dragster started on his round three bye run. Luck is good!

He takes the green and backs out.

2:59 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink