Sun, 16 Nov 2014, 19:23 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   67 Aaron Strong                          590 Clint Neff                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.089  8.116 165.44                     0.026 10.668  78.17
         B/T Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.554            K/AA Index: 8.22 (+/-):  2.448
 Prior rounds:
E4                         No Time            (J Greenheck ) 0.022  7.793 -0.427
E3    (J Mihovetz  ) 0.042  8.280 -0.390      (D Fletcher  ) -0.013  8.408  0.188
E2    (D Lambeck   ) 0.044  8.166 -0.534                     0.055  8.131 -0.089
E1    (G Ross      ) 0.067  8.520 -0.180      (R Van Paepeg) 0.007  7.719 -0.531
 Qualified:            #11  8.138 -0.562                        #2  7.617 -0.633

4:19 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,411 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

Aaron Strong has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Clint Neff has a 0.03 CIC penalty. Strong was the runner at Vegas 2 two weeks ago. Neff has two prior wins.

Neff gets a big starting line advantage and then slows down track. No issues for Strong and he is the Comp. Pomona Champion.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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