Sun, 4 May 2008, 05:24 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 12th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Michael Johnson                        55 Cordis Johnson               
E5                   0.048  8.611 150.51     ****WINNER****  0.034  8.977 148.30
      F/SMA Index: 9.11 (+/-): -0.499           H/SMA Index: 9.48 (+/-): -0.503
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Massel    ) 0.115  8.608 -0.582                     0.491 11.822  2.342
E3    (R Freeman   ) 0.039  8.811 -0.379      (A Martel    ) 0.104  8.975 -0.575
E2    (B Riemenapp ) 0.050  8.681 -0.589      (D Billingsle) 0.050  9.188 -0.362
E1    (J Holland   ) 0.053  8.887 -0.383      (T Patterson ) 0.030  9.045 -0.515
 Qualified:             #9  8.727 -0.543                       #16  9.071 -0.489

This is the sixth time father and son have raced in a final, and Dad gets his first National event win. Cordis Johnson's MOV: 0.0181 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink