Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 05:52 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Craig Bourgeois                      2885 David Rampy                  
E5                   0.007  7.067 167.80     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.340 176.12
       B/ND Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.463            A/EA Index: 7.89 (+/-): -0.550
 Prior rounds:
E4    (C Greco     ) 0.012  7.056 -0.474      (P Ross      ) 0.011  7.390 -0.510
E3    (R Bailey    ) 0.067  7.022 -0.578      (R Brown     ) 0.032  7.394 -0.506
E2    (S Biondo    ) 0.055  7.096 -0.534      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.033  7.451 -0.449
E1    (L Johnson   ) 0.042  7.128 -0.522      (S Chamness  ) 0.030  7.599 -0.301
 Qualified:             #2  7.045 -0.605                        #5  7.335 -0.565

5:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,323 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Rampy comes in with 68 national event wins, Bourgeois has four wins, in five final rounds. This is a rematch of the Joliet final round this year - Bourgeois won that one. Craig Bourgeois has a 0.12 CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

Great drag race, Bourgeois away with the better light, Rampy with a pretty good light of his own and enough power to take the line. David Rampy's MOV: 0.0758 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink