Sun, 2 Nov 2008, 07:26 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  178 Dan Fletcher                         529Y Steve Holloway               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.084  8.167 164.59                     0.116  6.769 208.33
       F/AA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.513            A/AA Index: 7.25 (+/-): -0.481
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Lewis     ) 0.032  8.171 -0.519      (P Carbery   ) 0.070  6.749 -0.541
E3    (D Carter    ) 0.024  8.184 -0.546      (L Ficco     ) 0.045  6.858 -0.432
E2    (T Mettler   ) 0.012  8.223 -0.547      (J Edwards   ) 0.037  7.099 -0.191
E1    (D Beckley   ) 0.081  8.456 -0.314      (S Graham    ) 0.014  6.926 -0.364
 Qualified:            #15  8.182 -0.588                       #14  6.699 -0.591

4:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 27.77 inches, adjusted altitude 4,116 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Holloway was runner up in Denver this year. Fletcher has 54 National event wins in four classes.

Fletcher has the better light and he hangs on for his 55th National event win.

Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0648 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink