Sun, 4 Nov 2007, 08:18 PM
Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, 43nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7 Dean Carter 73 Tom Mettler
E5 0.169 6.954 177.35 ****WINNER**** 0.103 7.456 180.12
A/ND Index: 7.44 (+/-): -0.486 PST Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.554
Prior rounds:
E4 (J Cowan ) 0.021 6.932 -0.568 (L Sharp ) 0.002 7.785 -0.225
E3 (R Hudlow ) 0.048 7.304 -0.196 (A Ackerman ) 0.068 7.745 -0.265
E2 (R Jones ) 0.036 7.021 -0.479 (A Bowdish ) -0.028 7.802 -0.208
E1 (B Marshall ) 0.027 7.035 -0.465 (J Zink ) 0.033 7.506 -0.504
Qualified: #12 6.904 -0.596 #11 7.414 -0.596
5:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent,
barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,329 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.Mettler has
two National event wins, the latest at Sonoma this year. Carter has seven wins to his credit. Dean
Carter has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Tom Mettler has no CIC penalty.
Mettler has the better of the
two bad lights and stays in from of a slowing Carter to take the 2007 World Finals
Championship.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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