Sun, 30 Oct 2016, 12:47 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, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                            23 David Rampy                  
E3                  -0.013  9.084 125.19     ****WINNER****  0.050  8.034 116.45
        C/SM Index: 8.93 (+/-):  0.154            A/EA Index: 8.02 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Jones     ) 0.052  8.603 -0.327      (B Forrester ) 0.020  8.079  0.059
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.005  8.426 -0.564      (F Affronti  ) 0.060  7.596 -0.424
 Qualified:            #20  8.501 -0.489                        #4  7.371 -0.649

9:39 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 27.80 inches, adjusted altitude 4,145 feet.

Wilson leaves a little too soon and goes red giving Rampy the win. Rampy backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6060 Brian Hyerstay                         76 Joe Mozeris                  
E3                   0.061  9.253 126.27     ****WINNER****  0.126  7.074 187.21
         G/D Index: 9.68 (+/-): -0.427            B/ED Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.496
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Patterson ) 0.038  9.171 -0.609      (C Sallee    ) 0.142  7.817  0.247
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.022  9.279 -0.561      (J Greenheck ) 0.035  7.068 -0.572
 Qualified:             #3  9.201 -0.689                       #19  7.129 -0.511

Hyerstay gets the advantage off the line but he can't hold off Mozeris.

Joe Mozeris' MOV: 0.0041 seconds (approximately 9 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                            4 Jeff Lane                    
E3                   0.045  8.521 161.13     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.252 156.30
       D/SMA Index: 9.08 (+/-): -0.559           C/SMA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.538
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lee       ) 0.098  8.572 -0.548      (K Reich     ) 0.049  8.947  0.107
E1    (D Carter    ) 0.037  8.764 -0.356      (M Leonard   ) 0.053 10.361  1.571
 Qualified:             #8  8.503 -0.617                       #12  8.261 -0.579

Lane gets the advantage off the line and goes around Lambeck for the win.

Jeff Lane's MOV: 0.0053 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

Lane will take on Mozeris in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                               Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.562 119.45     
        C/EA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.188    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M DePalma   ) 0.046  8.246 -0.504   
E1    (D Engels    ) 0.032  8.242 -0.568   
 Qualified:            #15  8.265 -0.565                     Bye

Fletcher will take on Rampy in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink