Sat, 19 Oct 2019, 20:58 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 440D Scott Cashio                            7 Troy Galbraith               
E3                   0.087  8.006 165.05     ****WINNER****  0.044  6.724 181.08
       A/SMA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.524            B/DA Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.506
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Engels    ) 0.013  8.488 -0.042      (J Hutto     ) 0.027  6.737 -0.493
E1                   -0.006  8.375 -0.155      (J Granier   ) 0.039  6.730 -0.570
 Qualified:             #1  7.788 -0.742                       #13  6.667 -0.633

7:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.14 inches, adjusted altitude 2,845 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Galbraith gets the advantage off the line and goes around Cashio for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4799 Bill Kent                             330 Brian Browell                
E3                   0.091  6.777 199.05     ****WINNER****  0.080  7.253 168.68
         B/D Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.373             D/D Index: 7.70 (+/-): -0.447
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Robison   ) 0.047  6.647 -0.563      (B Massel    ) 0.032  7.192 -0.628
E1    (R Brown     ) 0.035  6.709 -0.531      (L Carson    ) 0.011  7.712 -0.108
 Qualified:            #11  6.598 -0.642                       #15  7.207 -0.613

Browell gets the advantage off the line and holds off Kent.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  429 Raymond Martin                       4025 Joey Tanksley                
E3                  -0.012  7.991 132.30     ****WINNER****  0.114  7.953 117.48
        K/AA Index: 8.14 (+/-): -0.149             C/D Index: 7.48 (+/-):  0.473
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Williams  ) 0.007  7.636 -0.554      (C Bourgeois ) 0.007  7.054 -0.426
E1    (S Dodd      ) 0.016  7.690 -0.550      (J Clegg     ) 0.069  7.350 -0.130
 Qualified:            #19  7.647 -0.593                       #16  6.873 -0.607

Martin leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Tanksley.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 David Rampy                            54 Don Thomas                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.063  7.235 162.78                     0.099  7.015 152.83
        A/EA Index: 7.74 (+/-): -0.505            B/ED Index: 7.35 (+/-): -0.335
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Maris     ) 0.034  7.378 -0.362      (E Federkeil ) 0.078  6.842 -0.508
E1    (A Hickey    ) 0.039  7.234 -0.586      (K Mawhee    ) 0.045  6.841 -0.609
 Qualified:             #6  7.154 -0.666                       #10  6.807 -0.643

Rampy gets the holeshot and holds off Thomas for the win.

in the next round it will be Rampy vs. Tanksley and Galbraith vs. Browell.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink