Mon, 07 Sep 2015, 13:30 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3506 Troy Galbraith                         36 Robert Bailey                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.758 192.74                     0.032  6.689 204.73
        B/DA Index: 7.29 (+/-): -0.532            A/ED Index: 7.20 (+/-): -0.511
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Gusso     ) 0.064  6.841 -0.449      (R Bohn      ) 0.005  6.696 -0.514
E2    (A Martel    ) 0.044  6.784 -0.576      (S Vincent   ) 0.066  7.658  0.448
E1    (L Zane      ) 0.070  6.889 -0.471      (L Sharp     ) 0.050  6.753 -0.457
 Qualified:             #3  6.789 -0.571                       #14  6.677 -0.533

1:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.14 inches, adjusted altitude 3,829 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Troy Galbraith has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Robert Bailey has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

Two high power dragsters come to the line. Just 0.009 difference in their indexes.

Galbraith is away first and runs hard to take the nine foot win with some more CIC.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                        2067 Randy Daniels                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.223  8.612 105.69                    -0.003 11.487  82.55
        B/ED Index: 7.44 (+/-):  1.172            H/SM Index: 9.48 (+/-):  2.007
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Self      ) 0.001  6.938 -0.512                           No Time      
E2    (R Skillman  ) 0.062  7.439 -0.011      (D Engels    ) 0.059  8.976 -0.554
E1    (J Keilers   ) 0.071  7.436 -0.014      (M Lelchook  ) 0.009  9.030 -0.530
 Qualified:            #13  6.914 -0.536                        #2  8.985 -0.575

Greg Kamplain has a 0.01 CIC penalty; Randy Daniels has a 0.08 CIC penalty.

Daniels goes red by just -0.003 and Kamplain motors on down the track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                           4337 Craig Bourgeois              
E4                  -0.038  8.207 126.91     ****WINNER****  0.039  7.707 117.58
        K/AA Index: 8.16 (+/-):  0.047            B/ND Index: 7.51 (+/-):  0.197
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Kirkman   ) 0.007  7.657 -0.553      (C Voges     ) 0.012  7.359 -0.151
E2    (A Ackerman  ) 0.042  8.143 -0.067                     0.073  7.534  0.024
E1    (B Stufflebea) 0.005  7.701 -0.539      (J Santangelo) 0.040  7.001 -0.549
 Qualified:            #12  7.700 -0.540                        #1  6.975 -0.575

Clint Neff has a 0.08 CIC penalty; Craig Bourgeois has a 0.04 CIC penalty.

Neff goes red this time and number one qualifier, Bourgeois, gets a free pass to round five where he will race Galbraith

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Todd Patterson                         37 Brian Browell                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.029  7.912 171.42                     0.075  7.229 184.77
       A/SMA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.528             D/D Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.531
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Greenheck ) 0.028  7.935 -0.505      (D Rampy     ) 0.023  8.610  0.850
E2    (G Treadwell ) 0.038  8.185 -0.255      (V Puckett   ) 0.048  7.255 -0.505
E1    (M Farrell   ) 0.080  8.019 -0.421      (J Treadwell ) 0.002  7.607 -0.153
 Qualified:            #22  7.935 -0.505                       #25  7.257 -0.503

Nice light for Patterson and he holds off Browell for the twelve foot hole shot win.

He will race Kamplain next round.

1:26 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink