Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 07:28 PM

Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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SONOMA, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag
Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Mike DePalma 7098 Tom Mettler
E5 ****WINNER**** 0.088 8.156 159.46 0.057 7.365 176.03
C/T Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.594 PST Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.485
Prior rounds:
E4 (R Wilson ) 0.072 8.246 -0.574 0.170 7.689 -0.161
E3 (J Lamb ) 0.009 9.138 0.318 (D Carter ) 0.055 7.341 -0.569
E2 (J Edwards ) 0.012 9.098 0.278 (G Treadwell ) 0.014 7.738 -0.172
E1 0.040 8.903 0.083 (T Brown ) 0.053 7.401 -0.569
Qualified: #1 8.152 -0.668 #8 7.388 -0.582
4:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent,
barometer 29.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,307 feet. DePalma is 1-4 in final rounds of
eliminations and Mettler is 4-2. He won here in 2007.
Two bad lights and Mettler is better.
DePalma takes a bigger bite of a permanent CIC as he stays in front to take the 2010 Comp.
Eliminator Championship.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink


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