Mon, 3 Sep 2007, 03:04 PM Competition Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4171 Rodger Brogdon                       3629 Jason Coan                   
E5                   0.141  8.951 156.66     ****WINNER****  0.040  8.372 149.76
       D/SM Index: 8.86 (+/-):  0.091            G/EA Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.518
 Prior rounds:
E4    (C Greco     ) 0.043  8.356 -0.524      (D Winget    ) 0.027  8.492 -0.398
E3    (C Watson    ) 0.079  8.609 -0.451      (J Caliendo  ) 0.029  8.389 -0.501
E2    (P Pittman   ) 0.041  8.371 -0.549      (P Hanratty  ) 0.060  8.381 -0.589
E1    (J Plant     ) 0.030  8.420 -0.640      (S Vincent   ) 0.026  8.467 -0.523
 Qualified:            #66  0.000  0.000                       #58  0.000  0.000

2:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.20 inches, adjusted altitude 2,820 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Rodger Brogdon has a .20 CIC penalty; Jason Coan has .10 CIC penalty. Brogdon is late and then slows. Coan gets an easy one.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2933 Scott Richardson                       37 Robert Bailey                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.031  7.943 166.29                     0.113  6.676 201.61
       B/SR Index: 8.43 (+/-): -0.487            A/ED Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.474
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Treadwell ) 0.010  8.003 -0.427      (D Stewart   ) -0.104  7.242  0.092
E3    (M Farrell   ) 0.009  7.979 -0.451      (L Pritchett ) 0.073  6.696 -0.454
E2    (J Tanksley  ) 0.021  7.956 -0.474      (B Morse     ) 0.010  6.642 -0.518
E1    (F Allen     ) 0.046  7.925 -0.615      (F Aragona Jr) 0.020  6.657 -0.563
 Qualified:            #46  0.000  0.000                       #11  0.000  0.000

The short car and the long car come to the line. Bailey is way late and has no chance of catching the quick little roadster of Richardson.

2:58 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink