Sun, 18 Oct 2015, 15:24 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                             41 Kevin Self                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.012  8.188 119.37                    -0.008  8.076 128.31
        K/AA Index: 8.23 (+/-): -0.042            F/EA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.234
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Mawhee    ) 0.017  7.777 -0.453      (M Compton   ) 0.026  8.177 -0.133
E2    (C Sallee    ) 0.017  7.730 -0.510      (D Warren    ) 0.034  7.805 -0.505
E1                   0.041  8.041 -0.199      (C Williams  ) 0.048  7.805 -0.575
 Qualified:             #1  7.573 -0.667                        #6  7.771 -0.609

2:20 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 29.76 inches, adjusted altitude 1,995 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Self has taken a .07 CIC adjustment to his index so far, Neff with just .01 adjustment.

Self leaves a little too quickly and goes red giving the win to Neff. Neff backs off the throttle early to prevent further damage to his index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4337 Craig Bourgeois                            Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.364 126.83     
        B/ND Index: 7.49 (+/-): -0.126    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Thomas    ) 0.003  6.981 -0.539   
E2    (R Goodman   ) 0.104  7.052 -0.468   
E1    (B Forrester ) 0.066  7.088 -0.432   
 Qualified:             #2  6.855 -0.665                     Bye

Bourgeois gets the bye here and will take on Neff in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink