Sun, 06 Aug 2017, 18:12 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

KENT, Wash. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Brian Hyerstay                         64 Ryan Warter                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  8.692 146.08                     0.064  8.818 151.51
         G/D Index: 9.48 (+/-): -0.788            F/SM Index: 9.24 (+/-): -0.422
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lane      ) 0.043  9.023 -0.457      (R Van Paepeg) 0.040  8.740 -0.560
 Qualified:             #2  8.789 -0.791                        #5  8.744 -0.556

3:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.58 inches, adjusted altitude 2,598 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Hyerstay gets a big starting line advantage and holds off Warter easily with a -0.788 under the index pass. This is his third win, but he will take another hit to his personal CIC with that ET!

Clean pass for Warter, who has three prior runner-ups, but just not enough today.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink