Sun, 01 May 2016, 14:59 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual SpringNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4165 Dick Maris                           4548 Keith Mawhee                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.083  6.973 190.70                     0.039  7.755 175.16
        C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.627             D/A Index: 8.33 (+/-): -0.575
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Williams  ) 0.000  7.429 -0.171                     0.006  8.427  0.097
E1    (R Goodman   )       No Time            (C Smiley    ) 0.090  8.129 -0.201
 Qualified:             #6  6.965 -0.635                        #8  7.740 -0.610

1:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.78 inches, adjusted altitude 2,656 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Dick Maris has no CIC penalty; Keith Mawhee has a 0.02 CIC penalty.

Maris backe doff on his light (he was trip-zip in round two) and chased Mawhee a long way before catchjing him. Dick Maris' MOV: 0.0083 seconds (approximately 2 feet), with a CIC as well.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Craig Bourgeois                        23 David Rampy                  
E3                  -0.025  7.541 121.31     ****WINNER****  0.021  8.093 112.19
        A/ND Index: 7.48 (+/-):  0.061            A/EA Index: 7.87 (+/-):  0.223
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Benham    ) 0.056  7.068 -0.412      (M DePalma   ) 0.041  8.194  0.324
E1    (K Hall      ) 0.017  6.976 -0.554      (R Joly      ) 0.014  7.367 -0.553
 Qualified:             #2  6.798 -0.732                        #4  7.257 -0.663

Craig Bourgeois has a 0.05 CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.05 CIC penalty.

Bourgeois went red and Rampy advances to face Maris in the final round with no additional CIC.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink