Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 05:54 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Sal Biondo                           2885 David Rampy                  
E5                  -0.005  9.672 100.16     ****WINNER****  0.009  7.351 148.64
       I/AA Index: 8.73 (+/-):  0.942            A/EA Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.459
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Robb      ) 0.688 12.544  3.814      (C Greco     ) 0.006  7.316 -0.494
E3    (L Pritchett ) 0.027  8.222 -0.508      (D Billingsle) 0.072  7.304 -0.536
E2    (F Allen     ) 0.078  8.732  0.002      (D Yediny    ) 0.095  8.439  0.599
E1    (F Affronti  ) 0.024  8.658 -0.072      (B Alexander ) 0.026  7.459 -0.381
 Qualified:             #5  8.142 -0.588                       #10  7.273 -0.567

5:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,201 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Biondo just misses the tree, starts drifting to the right, then backs off the throttle. Rampy goes right down the groove to take his 78th national event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink