Sun, 1 Jun 2008, 05:04 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  178 Dan Fletcher                         2885 David Rampy                  
E5                   0.041  8.202 162.47     ****WINNER****  0.034  7.317 179.37
       C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.518            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.523
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Kalkowski ) 0.022  8.228 -0.492      (B Browell   ) 0.012  7.338 -0.532
E3    (M Harris    ) 0.062  8.318 -0.402      (C Bourgeois ) 0.026  7.363 -0.537
E2    (L Ficco     ) 0.057  8.337 -0.383      (R Goodman   ) 0.015  7.507 -0.393
E1    (C McGaha    ) 0.083  8.399 -0.321      (D Smiley    ) 0.012  7.501 -0.399
 Qualified:            #13  8.211 -0.509                        #4  7.324 -0.576

3:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 3,941 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Talk about history at the line! Fletcher has 51 National Event wins (11th best of all time) and Rampy has 67 National Event wins (7th best of all time). David Rampy has a slight advantage at the tree and he gets the Comp Eliminator Wally! David Rampy's MOV: 0.0128 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink