Sun, 12 Nov 2023, 19:03 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 58th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Ralph VanPaepeghem                    654 Brandon Huhtala              
E5   ****WINNER****  0.535  7.369 169.81                     0.019 10.450  89.46
        A/EA Index: 7.80 (+/-): -0.431             C/A Index: 7.85 (+/-):  2.600
 Prior rounds:
E4                         No Time            (C Lane      ) 0.011  7.346 -0.544
E3    (C Neff      ) 0.075  7.323 -0.477                           No Time      
E2    (A Moeck     ) 0.014  7.476 -0.324      (A Freese    ) 0.032  8.169  0.279
E1    (J Lee       ) 0.050  7.295 -0.545      (D Lambeck   ) 0.023  7.388 -0.532
 Qualified:            #12  7.303 -0.537                        #3  7.228 -0.692

3:54 p.m. UPSET!

Ralph VanPaepeghem is dead lane an looked to be the looser, but Huhtala's GPX drives hard towards the centerline. He pulls it back hard and get it sideways. He finally gives it up and VanPaepeghem scores the come from behind win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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