Sun, 14 Feb 2016, 17:17 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, 56th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                         6857 Ralph Van Paepeghem          
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.175 104.10                    -0.018  7.566 134.86
       D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-):  0.195            A/EA Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.324
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Ellis     ) 0.010  9.036  0.056      (R Wilson    ) 0.060  7.381 -0.539
E1    (S McClay    ) 0.042  8.594 -0.386      (B Brewer    ) 0.172  7.452 -0.468
 Qualified:            #13  8.461 -0.519                        #8  7.273 -0.647

2:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 3,147 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Doug Lambeck has no CIC penalty; Ralph Van Paepeghem has a 0.03 CIC penalty.

Doug Lambeck's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                          390 Ray Skillman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.012  8.084 155.08                     0.161  7.614 178.47
        C/EA Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.496            D/AA Index: 8.13 (+/-): -0.516
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lane      ) 0.027  8.080 -0.500      (T Mandella  ) 0.048  7.621 -0.599
E1    (S Hedlund   ) 0.054  8.077 -0.623                     -0.017  8.077 -0.143
 Qualified:            #10  8.074 -0.626                        #1  7.480 -0.740

Dan Fletcher has a 0.12 CIC penalty; Ray Skillman has a 0.09 CIC penalty.

Skillman is dead late and gives a easy win to Fletcher. Fletcher dumps early and saves an CIC hit.

2:15 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink