Sun, 12 Nov 2006, 08:21 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jeff Taylor                            74 Alan Ellis                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.072  8.903 124.89                    -0.010  7.129 145.19
       E/SM Index: 9.04 (+/-): -0.137            A/AA Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.101
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Lambeck   ) 0.024  8.540 -0.520      (A Bowdish   ) 0.033  6.723 -0.527
E3    (D Barcelon  ) 0.017  8.557 -0.553      (E Sigmon    ) 0.043  7.703  0.453
E2    (R Bryan Morr) 0.008  8.751 -0.359      (T Mettler   ) 0.018  6.747 -0.613
E1    (F Gross     ) 0.034  8.604 -0.606      (J Mihovetz  ) 0.062  6.857 -0.503
 Qualified:             #2  8.536 -0.674                       #17  6.776 -0.584

5:06 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.19 inches, adjusted altitude 2,385 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Comp is next up for their final. Ellis goes red and hands the win to Taylor. AS he coasted out I noticed that the plug was still in the air intake on Taylor's Grand Am. Guess the engine didn't need air.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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