Mon, 07 Sep 2015, 16:25 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 6 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of final, round 6 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                        4337 Craig Bourgeois              
E6   ****WINNER****  0.034  6.845 194.02                     0.036  6.912 189.39
        B/ED Index: 7.43 (+/-): -0.585            B/ND Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.568
 Prior rounds:
E5    (T Patterson ) 0.008  6.924 -0.516      (T Galbraith ) 0.029  6.978 -0.532
E4    (R Daniels   ) 0.223  8.612  1.172      (C Neff      ) 0.039  7.707  0.197
E3    (K Self      ) 0.001  6.938 -0.512      (C Voges     ) 0.012  7.359 -0.151
E2    (R Skillman  ) 0.062  7.439 -0.011                     0.073  7.534  0.024
E1    (J Keilers   ) 0.071  7.436 -0.014      (J Santangelo) 0.040  7.001 -0.549
 Qualified:            #13  6.914 -0.536                        #1  6.975 -0.575

4:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.10 inches, adjusted altitude 3,811 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Bourgeois has four career national event wins and two runner-ups. Kamplain four national event wins with two in Comp. He won Comp here in 2012. He has three runner-ups with one in Comp. He was also the 2002 Super Gar runner-up.

Greg Kamplain has a 0.02 CIC penalty; Craig Bourgeois has a 0.07 CIC penalty. There is a 0.05 difference in the two dragster indexes.

Just 0.002 difference in RT's and Kamplain makes his best pass of the weekend to capture the close five foot win. Bourgeois couldn't hold off the charging Kamplain.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink