Sun, 6 Jun 2010, 11:42 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 13th annual United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Miller Welders:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 David Rampy                          4208 James Caro                   
E5                   0.096  7.342 152.00     ****WINNER****  0.029  8.124 162.35
       A/EA Index: 7.74 (+/-): -0.398           B/SMA Index: 8.61 (+/-): -0.486
 Prior rounds:
E4    (F Aragona Jr) 0.199  8.352  0.612      (R Bailey    ) 0.028  8.132 -0.478
E3    (G Kamplain  ) 0.019  8.542  0.802      (A Hickey    ) 0.047  8.109 -0.561
E2    (J Billingsle) 0.013  7.293 -0.447      (M Harris    )       No Time      
E1    (C Voges     ) 0.054  7.238 -0.622      (M DePalma   ) 0.095  8.212 -0.458
 Qualified:             #5  7.260 -0.600                       #26  8.201 -0.469

10:35 p.m. David Rampy has a 0.12 CIC penalty; James Caro has a 0.06 CIC penalty. Caro was looking for his first win since Houston '89. He is the 65th different driver Rampy has faced.

It was a 21-year drought between national event wins, the eighth-longest gap among all racers (Pro and Sportsman). Caro had seven thousandths in hand at the tree and held Rampy off on the other end to get the win light.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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