Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 06:02 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Bruno Massel                          469 Clark Smiley                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.051  7.726 130.14                    -0.012  7.629 150.75
      DD/AT Index: 7.74 (+/-): -0.014             C/A Index: 7.95 (+/-): -0.321
 Prior rounds:
E4    (C Williams  ) 0.064  7.988  0.248      (D Rampy     ) 0.005  7.785 -0.165
E3                   1.705 16.059  8.319      (W West      ) 0.023  7.541 -0.409
E2    (K Hall      ) 0.006  7.683 -0.057      (K Self      ) 0.035  7.480 -0.470
E1    (J Holland   ) 0.030  7.422 -0.318      (C Johnson   ) 0.035  7.540 -0.410
 Qualified:             #3  7.203 -0.537                       #10  7.472 -0.478

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,557 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Smiley is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light. This is Massel's third national evet win including bac to back wins here.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink