Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 20:35 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, 18th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5622 Jim Greenheck                         358 David Billingsley            
E3                   0.068  7.660 175.37     ****WINNER****  0.013  8.246 159.17
        D/AA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.540            D/EA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.524
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Federkeil ) 0.147  8.454  0.254      (M Leonard   ) 0.018  8.265 -0.585
E1    (A Hodges    ) 0.033  7.692 -0.638      (S Olsson    ) 0.015  8.341 -0.519
 Qualified:             #1  7.630 -0.700                       #10  8.226 -0.634

5:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 27.86 inches, adjusted altitude 4,453 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Billingsley gets the advantage off the line and holds off Greenheck for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7098 Tom Mettler                          5212 Doug Engels                  
E3                   0.099  7.481 168.39     ****WINNER****  0.017  7.420 171.42
         PST Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.539            D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.520
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Hyerstay  ) 0.032  7.516 -0.574      (B Schmiedl  ) 0.028  7.433 -0.517
E1    (C Sallee    ) 0.093  8.018 -0.072      (C Lane      ) 0.017  7.444 -0.666
 Qualified:             #9  7.445 -0.645                        #6  7.455 -0.655

Engels gets the holeshot and goes around Mettler for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jeff Lane                               1 David Rampy                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.031 166.66                     0.045  7.321 172.87
       A/SMA Index: 8.61 (+/-): -0.579            A/EA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.599
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Van Paepeg) 0.049  8.133 -0.477      (E Sigmon    ) 0.024  7.471 -0.449
E1    (D Bevers    ) 0.044  8.183 -0.427      (R Warter    ) -0.005  8.001  0.081
 Qualified:            #11  7.986 -0.624                        #2  7.230 -0.690

Lane gets the advantage off the line and holds off Rampy for the win.

Jeff Lane's MOV: 0.0023 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

In the next round it will be Lane vs. Engels and Billingsley will have a bye.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink