Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 06:14 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 David Rampy                             2 Dan Fletcher                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.067  7.322 154.78                     0.046  7.871 139.98
       A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.538            B/EA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.389
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Trumble   ) 0.022  7.470 -0.390      (A Ellis     ) 0.035  8.157 -0.103
E3    (S Cashio    ) 0.056  7.396 -0.464      (C Williams  ) 0.009  7.755 -0.505
E2    (J Tanksley  ) 0.047  7.401 -0.459      (E Watson    ) 0.032  8.266  0.006
E1    (R Fulton    ) 0.011  7.874  0.014      (C Smiley    ) 0.035  7.760 -0.580
 Qualified:             #9  7.207 -0.653                        #4  7.654 -0.686

5:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 30.13 inches, adjusted altitude 1,517 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

David Rampy has no CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.08 CIC penalty.

This is a good a final as you will ever see. They are 1-1 against each other in final rounds, Fletcher in his 100th final round, Rampy in his 118th.

The winningest Comp driver in history notches another...David Rampy's MOV: 0.1288 seconds (approximately 26 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink