Sun, 12 Oct 2003, 05:55 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 18th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4006 Mike Trumble                         4025 Joey Tanksley
E5   ****WINNER****  0.021  8.056 -0.524                     0.057  6.936 -0.534
      A/SMA Index: 8.58                          B/ED Index: 7.47
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Rampy     ) 0.027  8.080 -0.520      (M Park      ) 0.019  6.971 -0.499
E3    (B Self      ) 0.025  8.091 -0.539      (S Tidwell   ) 0.023  6.972 -0.498
E2    (T Schmidt   ) 0.055  8.125 -0.575      (D Mitchell  ) 0.023  7.484  0.014
E1    (C Johnson   ) -0.018  8.713  0.013      (T Buff      ) 0.105  6.969 -0.541
 Qualified:            #18  8.242 -0.458                        #7  6.979 -0.531

This is Tanksley's fifth final, he is 1-3 at this point, his last victory at Houston in 1999. Trumble has been in two finals this year and is 1-1. Trumble gets the hole-shot and holds off Tanksley for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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