This does not add up!
 

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5035 Keith Lynch 72 Leo Glasbrenner
E4 0.023 10.113 117.17 ****WINNER**** 0.061 10.591 123.32
A/SA Dial: 10.05 (+/-): 0.063 C/SA Dial: 10.51 (+/-): 0.081
Prior rounds:
E3 (J Cooper ) 0.036 10.202 -0.798 (T Kadar ) 0.020 10.568 0.008
E2 (D Machael ) 0.100 10.073 -0.927 (P Biondo ) 0.026 10.535 -0.005
E1 (B Burton ) 0.010 10.311 0.031 (N LaPointe ) 0.011 10.590 0.070
Qualified: #29 10.321 -0.679 #8 10.509 -0.891

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 2,628 feet, track temperature 108 degrees

Keith has the better light and runs closer to his dial and losses ???

I guess there is no rerun's this far into the program.

Re: This does not add up!
 

I saw this too and thought the same thing. All my dad and I could surmise is lynch gave up the stripe. Or there was a "problem". Not the first time I've seen the same thing.

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I doubt if anyone will shed some light (explain) on how this happened. The clocks aren't supposed to lie!

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My guess is Leo's dial in is mistyped on DRC. His dial in should be 10.57 which would make the numbers add up and show his .082 package crossing .004 in front of Keith Lynch's .086 package.

Re: This does not add up!
 

You're correct. The summary of the eliminator corrected his dial.

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If a clock operator enters an incorrect dial, then corrects it without reentering both cars, the dial change is not picked up through the data feed. If the reporter doesn't notice the change and manually enter the correct dial, you get what you saw there. The data feed still flags the correct winner, but the numbers don't add up.

Re: This does not add up!
 

Thanks for the explanation Bob.

Re: This does not add up!
 

The dial in was 10.57