Mon, 24 Aug 2009, 10:14 AM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Charlie Greco                           1 Dan Fletcher                 
E5                  -0.011  9.124  94.30     ****WINNER****  0.018  8.612 117.90
       D/AA Index: 8.15 (+/-):  0.974            C/EA Index: 8.54 (+/-):  0.072
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Biondo    ) 0.009  7.649 -0.581      (G Russo     ) 0.005  8.036 -0.594
E3    (S Sandhaus  ) 0.031  7.802 -0.428      (A Martel    ) 0.018  8.273 -0.357
E2    (R Bamond    ) 0.072  7.789 -0.441      (F Gallo     ) 0.027  8.190 -0.440
E1    (M Costa     ) 0.047  7.728 -0.552      (R Hudlow    ) 0.037  8.250 -0.380
 Qualified:             #2  7.708 -0.572                        #7  8.168 -0.462

Greco goes red and Fletcher wins his 63rd national event and eighth in Competition Eliminator. Dan and Thomas become only the third father and son to win national events at the same event.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink