Sun, 28 Oct 2018, 17:22 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 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
    5 Jeff Lane                            5212 Doug Engels                  
E4                   0.013  8.030 167.38     ****WINNER****  0.025  7.354 169.89
       A/SMA Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.510            D/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.566
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Rampy     ) 0.023  8.031 -0.579      (T Mettler   ) 0.017  7.420 -0.520
E2    (R Van Paepeg) 0.049  8.133 -0.477      (B Schmiedl  ) 0.028  7.433 -0.517
E1    (D Bevers    ) 0.044  8.183 -0.427      (C Lane      ) 0.017  7.444 -0.666
 Qualified:            #11  7.986 -0.624                        #6  7.455 -0.655

2:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.87 inches, adjusted altitude 4,473 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Lane gets the advantage off the line but Engels is able to go around him and pull away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 358 David Billingsley            
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.030  8.393 134.74
                                                  D/EA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.357
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (J Greenheck ) 0.013  8.246 -0.524
E2                                           (M Leonard   ) 0.018  8.265 -0.585
E1                                           (S Olsson    ) 0.015  8.341 -0.519
 Qualified:                                                      #10  8.226 -0.634

Billingsley will take on Engels in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink