Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 07:34 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Al Ackerman                            16 Arnie Martel                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.017  8.128 163.24                     0.037  7.889 166.07
        F/D Index: 8.61 (+/-): -0.482            B/SR Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.491
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Russo     ) 0.015  8.102 -0.538      (D Doll      ) 0.060  7.880 -0.540
E3    (P Ross      ) 0.037  9.528  0.888      (S Biondo    ) 0.063  7.920 -0.550
E2    (S Szupka    ) 0.053  8.133 -0.517      (T Stalba    ) 0.067  8.085 -0.385
E1    (K Roberts   ) 0.098  8.146 -0.544      (K Voight    ) 0.058  7.964 -0.556
 Qualified:             #4  8.034 -0.656                        #3  7.860 -0.660

7:29 p.m. - We are now down to finals in all the Sportsman classes and Pro Mod. Earlier today, it didn't look like we were going to get everything done today but now it appears that this race will be run to completion.

Ackerman was quicker at the tree and hung on to take the Comp Eliminator win here this weekend.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink