Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 07:28 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Mike DePalma                         7098 Tom Mettler                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.088  8.156 159.46                     0.057  7.365 176.03
        C/T Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.594             PST Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.485
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Wilson    ) 0.072  8.246 -0.574                     0.170  7.689 -0.161
E3    (J Lamb      ) 0.009  9.138  0.318      (D Carter    ) 0.055  7.341 -0.569
E2    (J Edwards   ) 0.012  9.098  0.278      (G Treadwell ) 0.014  7.738 -0.172
E1                   0.040  8.903  0.083      (T Brown     ) 0.053  7.401 -0.569
 Qualified:             #1  8.152 -0.668                        #8  7.388 -0.582

4:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,307 feet.

DePalma is 1-4 in final rounds of eliminations and Mettler is 4-2. He won here in 2007.

Two bad lights and Mettler is better. DePalma takes a bigger bite of a permanent CIC as he stays in front to take the 2010 Comp. Eliminator Championship.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink