Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 15:53 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Joe Carnasciale                      1052 Arnie Martel                 
E5                   0.060  8.873 139.99     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.665 159.44
       I/SMA Index: 9.43 (+/-): -0.557            E/AA Index: 8.29 (+/-): -0.625
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Houghtalin) 0.095  9.099 -0.331      (C Greco     ) 0.046 12.578  4.288
E3    (D Hughes    ) 0.041  9.506  0.076      (S Szupka    ) 0.043  8.232 -0.058
E2    (M Moreland  ) 0.028  9.677  0.247                     0.009 14.431  6.141
E1    (A Armstrong ) 0.145  8.924 -0.586      (C Ippolito  ) 0.046  7.785 -0.515
 Qualified:             #4  8.866 -0.644                        #1  7.580 -0.720

3:49 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 1,419 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Martel got his 14th national event win in Comp Eliminator with this win over Carnasciale, who was in his first Comp national event final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink