Sat, 16 Nov 2019, 15:23 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 55th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Doug Lambeck                          800 Jason Grima                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.144 107.99                    -0.083  7.914 111.66
       D/SMA Index: 8.93 (+/-):  0.214             B/A Index: 7.54 (+/-):  0.374
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Alexandra ) 0.068  8.574 -0.356      (C Lane      ) 0.099  7.035 -0.615
E1    (R Warter    ) 0.068  8.423 -0.507      (L Snyder    ) 0.120  7.142 -0.518
 Qualified:             #5  8.306 -0.624                        #8  7.049 -0.611

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.84 inches, adjusted altitude 2,990 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Grima goes red to give Lambeck the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  705 Tony Mandella                           1 Frank Aragona                
E3                   0.006  7.878 167.34     ****WINNER****  0.007  7.465 167.28
       A/SMA Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.512            J/AA Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.545
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Greenheck ) 0.038  7.888 -0.572      (A Hodges    ) 0.080  7.510 -0.520
E1    (R Priddy    ) 0.066  8.371 -0.089      (J Mozeris   ) 0.008  7.528 -0.512
 Qualified:             #6  7.838 -0.622                        #3  7.390 -0.650

A couple great light with Mandella getting a tick advantage. Aragona with the win. He will face Lambeck in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 David Rampy                          7235 Scott McClay                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.297 175.52                     0.078  7.269 181.37
        A/EA Index: 7.75 (+/-): -0.453            C/ED Index: 7.78 (+/-): -0.511
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Mettler   ) 0.042  7.248 -0.552      (R Van Paepeg) 0.006  7.295 -0.485
E1    (E Sigmon    ) 0.045  7.291 -0.529      (K Hugger    ) 0.054  7.280 -0.540
 Qualified:             #4  7.189 -0.631                       #13  7.257 -0.563

Rampy with the starting line advantage and the win. David Rampy's MOV: 0.0066 seconds (approximately 21 inches). He will have the bye in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink