Sun, 12 Feb 2017, 18:16 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, 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7009 Ross Wilson                           590 Clint Neff                   
E3                  -0.006  8.934 118.70     ****WINNER**** -0.317 13.438  55.29
        C/SM Index: 8.83 (+/-):  0.104            K/AA Index: 8.15 (+/-):  5.288
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Mettler   ) 0.059  8.792 -0.038      (T Mandella  ) 0.114  7.644 -0.636
E1    (R Van Paepeg) 0.001  8.895  0.065      (M Prothero  ) 0.015  8.232 -0.048
 Qualified:             #3  8.198 -0.652                        #5  7.688 -0.612

3:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,715 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Neff has given up a lot of CIC today and gets gets a gift, as Wilson goes red by -0.006.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  10 Doug Lambeck                 
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.048  8.592 119.02
                                                 D/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.388
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (D Fletcher  ) 0.001  9.175  0.195
E1                                           (R Jones     ) 0.103  9.104  0.124
 Qualified:                                                       #4  8.331 -0.649

Lambeck will take the bye run to the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink