Wed, 11 Feb 2009, 03:22 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Doug Lambeck                            1 Dan Fletcher                 
E5                   0.007  8.390 150.08     ****WINNER****  0.050  8.039 161.23
      D/SMA Index: 8.93 (+/-): -0.540            C/EA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.621
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.013  8.542 -0.388      (J Lamb      ) 0.032  8.459 -0.201
E3    (T Patterson ) 0.030  8.802 -0.128      (D Carter    ) 0.019  8.716  0.056
E2    (E Sigmon    ) 0.059  8.422 -0.548      (R Wilson    ) 0.067  8.588 -0.072
E1    (T Mettler   ) 0.033  8.716 -0.254      (A Hodges    ) 0.077  8.498 -0.162
 Qualified:            #13  8.418 -0.552                        #9  8.087 -0.573

12:13 p.m. Fletcher does it again! He's second off the line and winds up taking a permanent CIC to get it. Lambeck was in the race all the way but 'only' managed a -0.540 run for his Sunfire. Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0384 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Doug Lambeck's incremental times: 60ft-1.166 sec., 330ft-3.410, 660ft-5.311/128.58 mph, 1,000ft-6.968.
Dan Fletcher's incremental times: 60ft-1.122 sec., 330ft-3.277, 660ft-5.095/135.04 mph, 1,000ft-6.670.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink