Sun, 16 Aug 2009, 09:32 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Bruno Massel                         1136 Peter Biondo                 
E5                   0.084 10.903  82.11     ****WINNER****  0.023  8.131 162.63
      DD/AT Index: 7.68 (+/-):  3.223            D/AA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.129
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Schmidt   ) 0.052  7.177 -0.553                           No Time      
E3    (M Harris    ) 0.028  7.246 -0.484      (C Greco     ) 0.017  7.758 -0.522
E2    (L Ficco     ) 0.033  7.229 -0.651      (D Yediny    ) 0.016  8.151 -0.129
E1    (C Plaizier  ) 0.103  7.414 -0.466      (B Schmiedl  ) 0.022  7.953 -0.327
 Qualified:             #3  7.338 -0.542                        #7  7.799 -0.481

8:28 p.m. Peter Biondo has 36 National event wins, but none of those are in Comp. He now has a Comp Eliminator Wally as Massel was out of the groove early and he lifted.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink