Mon, 5 Sep 2011, 06:20 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 6 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 6 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Brian Browell                        6180 Jirka Kaplan                 
E6                   0.028  7.846 125.46     ****WINNER****  0.028  6.951 211.63
        D/D Index: 7.79 (+/-):  0.056           AA/AM Index: 6.91 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E5    (T Smith     ) 0.007  8.241  0.451      (B Butner    ) 0.041  9.359  2.449
E4    (L Pritchett ) 0.004  8.332  0.542      (D Rampy     ) 0.066  6.951  0.041
E3    (S Chamness  ) 0.028  9.068  1.278      (M Farrell   ) 0.028  6.513 -0.397
E2    (D Maris     ) 0.023  7.364 -0.426      (R Bailey    ) 0.082  6.402 -0.648
E1    (A Bowdish   ) 0.051  7.304 -0.486                     0.022  6.828 -0.222
 Qualified:             #8  7.295 -0.495                        #1  6.346 -0.704

6:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,257 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Kaplan is 1-3 in final rounds and last won at Seattle in 2006. Browell is 3-6 in finals and his last win was Atlanta in 2001.

Brian Browell has no CIC penalty; Jirka Kaplan has a 0.14 CIC penalty.

Wild! They have identical reaction times and Browell has a great 1.024 sixtyfoot time and Kaplan's altered appeared to falter at the green with a 1.251 time. He gathers it back up and just nips Browell in the lights by three feet.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink