Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 06:22 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5266 Danny Gruninger                         4 David Rampy                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.061 195.45                     0.020  7.298 180.86
        B/A Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.509            A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.522
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Eaton     ) 0.020  7.067 -0.573      (R Brogdon   ) 0.032  7.318 -0.522
E3    (D Maris     ) 0.020  7.173 -0.467      (R Brown     ) 0.045  7.335 -0.505
E2    (R Freeman   ) 0.082  7.140 -0.550      (P Carbery   ) 0.009  7.338 -0.572
E1    (D Fletcher  ) 0.031  7.533 -0.157      (L Sharp     ) 0.030  7.472 -0.438
 Qualified:             #1  7.066 -0.624                        #2  7.318 -0.592

5:17 p.m. Rampy has 67 national event wins. This is Gruninger's first final.

WOW!!!This was a good one. Gruninger gets a small advantage off the line, starts to make up ground on Rampy, then drives around just as they cross the finish-line.

Danny Gruninger's incremental margins MOV: 0.0013 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink