Sun, 25 Feb 2007, 06:00 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Alan Ellis                           7828 Wayne Ramay
E5   ****WINNER****  0.056  6.710 199.40                     0.012  7.094 187.31
       A/AA Index: 7.31 (+/-): -0.600            A/ND Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.426
 Prior rounds:
E4    (L Ficco     ) 0.020  6.871 -0.439      (T Mettler   ) 0.046  7.115 -0.405
E3    (R Bryan Morr) 0.020  6.815 -0.495      (D Beckley   ) 0.046  7.096 -0.424
E2    (J Edwards   ) 0.043  6.917 -0.393      (D Fletcher  ) 0.023  7.013 -0.507
E1    (B Fitzgerald) 0.047  6.805 -0.525      (B Morse     ) 0.056  7.064 -0.456
 Qualified:            #13  6.726 -0.604                       #22  6.962 -0.558

3:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 28.86 inches, adjusted altitude 1,672 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Ellis was runner-up here last year in the only final round appearance of his career. Ramay was the runner-up at Vegas in 2002 and he won this one that same year. Ramay has a great light but Ellis has the power. he takes his first ever National event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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