Sun, 21 Sep 2014, 16:20 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   47 Keith Hall                            469 Clark Smiley                 
E5                   0.105  8.510 159.74     ****WINNER****  0.050  7.358 179.04
        D/SM Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.430            BB/A Index: 7.81 (+/-): -0.452
 Prior rounds:
E4                         No Time            (C Sallee    ) 0.031  7.523 -0.287
E3    (K Self      ) 0.078  8.481 -0.459      (C Neff      ) 0.001 10.288  2.478
E2    (D Maris     ) 0.047  8.507 -0.433      (B Browell   ) 0.107  7.307 -0.623
E1    (R Vettel    ) 0.068  8.634 -0.306                     0.073  8.032  0.102
 Qualified:            #11  8.501 -0.439                        #1  7.343 -0.587

3:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.47 inches, adjusted altitude 3,505 feet, track temperature 139 degrees.

Smiley gets out of the gate first and runs down Hall to take the win, his second this year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink