Sun, 15 Nov 2015, 18:45 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  610 John Edwards                          710 Doug Lambeck                 
E3                   0.195 13.459  66.31     ****WINNER****  0.035  8.533 138.14
        C/AA Index: 7.86 (+/-):  5.599           D/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.337
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.119  7.432 -0.428      (B Brewer    ) 0.069  8.370 -0.510
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.089  7.776 -0.084      (R Skillman  ) 0.066  8.622 -0.258
 Qualified:            #23  7.977  0.117                       #14  8.334 -0.546

3:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.72 inches, adjusted altitude 2,350 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.

John Edwards has no CIC penalty; Doug Lambeck has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

Lambeck gets an easy win, as Edwards was likely broke when he staged.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Tony Mandella                        6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.396 148.89                     0.245  7.303 177.44
        C/TA Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.494            A/EA Index: 7.76 (+/-): -0.457
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Billingsle) 0.044  8.390 -0.550      (J Greenheck ) 0.027  7.257 -0.513
E1    (R Jones     ) 0.032  8.571 -0.369      (T Hogan     ) 0.027  7.266 -0.554
 Qualified:            #11  8.357 -0.583                        #8  7.226 -0.594

Tony Mandella has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Ralph Van Paepeghem has a 0.06 CIC penalty. Winner gets the bye run to the finals.

Van Paepeghem is way late and Mandella takes an easy win and a trip to the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 769Y Joshua Lee                           1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.104  9.409 108.97                     0.033  9.886 102.36
        H/EA Index: 9.51 (+/-): -0.101            C/EA Index: 8.59 (+/-):  1.296
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Graham    ) 0.052  9.050 -0.460      (S McClay    ) 0.008  8.521 -0.069
E1    (Bye         ) 0.073  9.476 -0.034      (J Lane      ) 0.001  8.087 -0.513
 Qualified:             #1  8.853 -0.657                        #4  7.974 -0.626

Joshua Lee has no CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

Lee is way late, but Fletcher's Cobalt drove hard towards the center line and he has to lift.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink