Sun, 01 Nov 2015, 16:00 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7189 Dean Carter                           799 Steve Graham                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  7.092 182.43                     0.070  7.416 182.92
        B/ND Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.468             C/A Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.474
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lee       ) 0.045  7.563  0.003      (J Lamb      ) 0.006  7.383 -0.577
E1    (A Martel    ) 0.006  7.382 -0.178      (J Mozeris   ) 0.076  7.794 -0.166
 Qualified:            #21  7.248 -0.312                       #11  7.437 -0.523

12:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 27.86 inches, adjusted altitude 4,397 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Graham has taken a .07 hit to his index, Carter has no index adjustments.

Carter gets the advantage off the line and goes around Graham for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   44 Barry Forrester                        54 Jim Greenheck                
E3                   0.057  7.459 175.80     ****WINNER****  0.005  7.378 173.65
        C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.471            C/AA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.482
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Lelchook  ) 0.196  7.816 -0.114      (D Billingsle) 0.003  7.359 -0.611
E1    (J Santangelo) 0.117  7.789 -0.141      (J Edwards   ) 0.022  7.504 -0.466
 Qualified:            #20  7.533 -0.397                        #3  7.366 -0.604

Jim Greenheck has a 0.11 CIC penalty, Greenheck has no adjustments.

Greenheck gets the advantage off the line and is able to go around Forrester for the win without further damage to his index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 David Rampy                          1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3                   0.042  7.357 159.16     ****WINNER****  0.015  8.136 164.49
        A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.543            C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.584
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Patterson ) 0.015  7.392 -0.528      (E Sigmon    ) 0.032  8.214 -0.516
E1    (B Hyerstay  ) 0.046  7.489 -0.431      (J Lane      ) 0.028  8.286 -0.444
 Qualified:             #9  7.377 -0.543                        #5  8.161 -0.569

Fletcher gets out of the gate first and is able to hold off Rampy but will take a hit to his index.

Fletcher will take on Carter in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4337 Craig Bourgeois                            Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.095  7.654 117.96     
        B/ND Index: 7.51 (+/-):  0.144    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Schmiedl  ) 0.043  7.589  0.079   
E1    (T Mandella  ) 0.008  7.009 -0.551   
 Qualified:             #8  7.008 -0.552                     Bye

Bourgeois will take on Greenheck in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink