Thu, 13 Nov 2025, 21:35 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   65 Melissa Murphy                        800 Jason Grima                  
E5                   0.063  6.797 197.25     ****WINNER****  0.161  6.998 187.36
        B/DA Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.473             B/A Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.592
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Freeman   ) 0.226 22.351 15.081                           No Time      
E3                   0.038 21.072 13.802      (R Warter    ) 0.043  8.866  1.276
E2    (R Priddy    ) 0.035  6.770 -0.600      (J Taylor    ) 0.132  7.952  0.362
E1    (J Ochoa     ) -0.018  7.604  0.234      (A Freese    )       No Time      
 Qualified:             #6  6.748 -0.622                        #9  7.012 -0.578

Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 1,990 feet.

Murphy with the starting line advantage, but Grima holds on for the win. Grima wins his first National event Wally in his third final round.

Murphy after the run, the chutes don't deploy, she is hard on the brakes and right before she gets in the sand the chutes fall out never coming to a full blossom She keep the car upright in the sand.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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