Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 28 Oct 2017, 19:04 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, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7098 Tom Mettler                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.043  7.891 136.75     
         PST Index: 8.05 (+/-): -0.159    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Van Paepeg) 0.003  7.548 -0.532   
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.050  7.577 -0.593   
 Qualified:             #6  7.505 -0.665                     Bye
3:55 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 27.80 inches, adjusted altitude 4,828 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Greg Kamplain                          64 Ryan Warter                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.992 174.87                     0.037  8.991 149.61
        B/ED Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.548            F/SM Index: 9.44 (+/-): -0.449
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Mozeris   ) 0.018  7.078 -0.552      (F Aragona   ) 0.014  8.933 -0.507
E1    (M Withers   ) 0.029  8.087  0.547      (B Schmiedl  ) 0.108  9.220 -0.220
 Qualified:             #4  6.916 -0.714                       #17  9.062 -0.378
Kamplain gets the advantage off the line and goes around Warter for the win.

Kamplain will have a bye in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   52 Jim Greenheck                         705 Tony Mandella                
E3                   0.044  7.743 172.63     ****WINNER****  0.048  9.249 143.49
        D/AA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.457           I/SMA Index: 9.73 (+/-): -0.481
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lane      ) 0.050  7.697 -0.633      (A Ellis     ) 0.010  9.895  0.165
E1    (E Niquette  ) 0.061  8.280 -0.050      (R Skillman  ) 0.027  9.235 -0.495
 Qualified:            #10  7.696 -0.634                       #18  9.649 -0.081
Not much difference off the line, mandella is able to hold off Greenheck and take the stripe for the win.

Greenheck will take on Mettler in the next round.

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