Sun, 02 Nov 2014, 18:52 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 14th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          5250 Todd Patterson               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.010  8.202 152.04                     0.003  8.537 123.98
       C/SMA Index: 8.71 (+/-): -0.508           A/SMA Index: 8.44 (+/-):  0.097
 Prior rounds:
E4    (E Sigmon    ) 0.055  8.207 -0.503      (C Sallee    ) 0.006  7.940 -0.510
E3    (S Hedlund   ) 0.025  8.218 -0.492      (S Vincent   ) 0.025  7.944 -0.556
E2    (B Forrester ) 0.044  8.204 -0.576      (R Van Paepeg) 0.064  7.998 -0.572
E1    (D Giroux    ) 0.039  8.297 -0.483                     0.021  8.069 -0.541
 Qualified:             #8  8.208 -0.572                        #1  7.967 -0.643

3:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 27.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,905 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Patterson has 12 national event wins and has runnered-up 14 times.

Lamb has eleven wins in five different classes.

Patterson gets a small advantage off the line but Lamb is able to hold him off for the win.

With the win in Comp Eliminator, Lamb becomes only the fourth person ever to win a natioanl event in six different classes. He has won in Stock, Super Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, Top Comp and Comp Eliminator.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink