Sun, 18 Oct 2015, 16:32 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, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4337 Craig Bourgeois                       590 Clint Neff                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.840 175.66                     0.038  7.591 171.08
        B/ND Index: 7.49 (+/-): -0.650            K/AA Index: 8.23 (+/-): -0.639
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.025  7.364 -0.126      (K Self      ) 0.012  8.188 -0.042
E3    (D Thomas    ) 0.003  6.981 -0.539      (K Mawhee    ) 0.017  7.777 -0.453
E2    (R Goodman   ) 0.104  7.052 -0.468      (C Sallee    ) 0.017  7.730 -0.510
E1    (B Forrester ) 0.066  7.088 -0.432                     0.041  8.041 -0.199
 Qualified:             #2  6.855 -0.665                        #1  7.573 -0.667

3:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 29.73 inches, adjusted altitude 2,151 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Neff has two national event wins, Bourgeois has five.

Bourgeois has a 0.03 CIC penalty; Neff has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

Bourgeois gets the advantage off the line, reels in Neff and goes around him for his fifth national event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink