Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 08:28 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                             1 Dan Fletcher                 
E5                   0.027 10.132 100.60     ****WINNER****  0.022  8.076 134.35
      G/SMA Index: 9.25 (+/-):  0.882            B/EA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.204
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Lambeck   ) 0.005  8.750 -0.530      (A Ellis     ) 0.024  9.262  0.982
E3    (R Wilson    ) 0.001  8.777 -0.503      (J Taylor    ) 0.035  7.776 -0.554
E2    (E Sigmon    ) 0.048  8.780 -0.550      (C Rado      ) 0.047  9.365  1.035
E1    (G Tackett   ) 0.028  8.905 -0.425      (T Brown     ) 0.019  7.830 -0.510
 Qualified:            #16  8.801 -0.529                        #7  7.761 -0.579

5:20 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,217 feet.

This has been a trying week for Lamb, with appendix surgery on Wednesday.

Two almost identical lights and then Lamb almost crosses the center line to ruin his run.

Fletcher gets the win and the 2009 Competition Eliminator World Finals Championship.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink