Sun, 25 May 2003, 05:23 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2885 David Rampy                           462 Al Weiss
E5   ****WINNER****  0.002  7.636 -0.394                     0.136  8.504 -0.476
       A/EA Index: 8.03                          E/EA Index: 8.98
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Perrella  ) 0.004  7.964 -0.066      (M Trumble   ) 0.103  8.474 -0.606
E3    (G Wise      ) 0.034  7.898 -0.132      (S Kalkowski ) 0.050  8.667 -0.413
E2                   0.035  7.943 -0.087      (B Nickens   ) 0.033  8.707 -0.373
E1    (L Snyder    ) 0.035  7.609 -0.421      (B Yonke     ) 0.038  8.654 -0.426
 Qualified:             #2  7.421 -0.609                        #3  8.477 -0.603

Weiss was crewman on Eddie Hill's top Fuel team and he was late here while Rampy with a near perfect light to take the win. This is David Rampy's second consecutive National event win and his 49th overall.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink