Sun, 05 Aug 2012, 18:03 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jason Murray

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Mike DePalma                         6660 Adam Bowdish                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026  9.013 149.66                     0.049  8.084 168.14
        I/SM Index: 9.53 (+/-): -0.517           B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.536
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lane      ) 0.069  9.027 -0.553      (C Schuck    ) 0.031  8.287 -0.333
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.011  9.138 -0.442      (R Warter    ) 0.027  8.256 -0.364
 Qualified:             #1  8.868 -0.712                        #3  7.995 -0.625

2:57 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 93 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.58 inches, adjusted altitude 3,339 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Mike DePalma has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Adam Bowdish has no CIC penalty. DePalma is driving Bowdish's former car. Bowdish tries to catch DePalma but he just doesn't have enough. DePalma will go to the final. Mike DePalma's MOV: 0.0041 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Brandon Huhtala                        71 Justin Lamb                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019  7.371 177.42                     0.021  8.653 155.94
         C/A Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.519           F/SMA Index: 9.13 (+/-): -0.477
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Harrison  ) 0.039  7.387 -0.543      (D Giroux    ) 0.036  8.622 -0.548
E1    (D Kost      ) 0.143  7.615 -0.315      (P Byron     ) 0.013  8.684 -0.486
 Qualified:             #8  7.396 -0.534                        #2  8.530 -0.640

Brandon Huhtala has a 0.04 CIC penalty; Justin Lamb has a 0.04 CIC penalty. Huhtala takes the round win and he will go to the final round at his home track. Brandon Huhtala's MOV: 0.0445 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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