Sun, 12 Nov 2017, 18:41 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, 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         7098 Tom Mettler                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.022 168.11                     0.030  7.399 183.34
        C/EA Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.538             PST Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.511
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Hyerstay  ) 0.034  8.052 -0.518                     -0.019 11.185  3.275
E3                   0.001  8.433 -0.137      (D Lambeck   ) -0.033  7.591 -0.319
E2    (J Lane      ) 0.073  8.068 -0.552      (R Jones     ) 0.044  8.407  0.497
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.004  8.121 -0.499      (R Warter    ) 0.085  7.408 -0.662
 Qualified:            #11  8.059 -0.641                        #8  7.411 -0.659

3:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,675 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Flether already has 101st final round wins and sixteen in Comp.

Just 0.005 difference at the green and Dan Fletcher takes the six foot win. MOV: 0.0228 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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