Sun, 01 Nov 2015, 18:42 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, 15th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4337 Craig Bourgeois                      1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.002  6.952 174.46                     0.006  8.164 157.89
        B/ND Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.528            C/EA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.476
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Greenheck ) 0.021  6.975 -0.535      (D Carter    ) 0.032  8.152 -0.488
E3                   0.095  7.654  0.144      (D Rampy     ) 0.015  8.136 -0.584
E2    (B Schmiedl  ) 0.043  7.589  0.079      (E Sigmon    ) 0.032  8.214 -0.516
E1    (T Mandella  ) 0.008  7.009 -0.551      (J Lane      ) 0.028  8.286 -0.444
 Qualified:             #8  7.008 -0.552                        #5  8.161 -0.569

3:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.80 inches, adjusted altitude 4,408 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Fletcher has 94 national event wins, the most of any Sportsman driver. He has won six times at this track, three in the Spring race and three in the Fall race. He has 16 wins in this class.

Bourgeois has six wins, two this year.

Craig Bourgeois has a 0.08 CIC penalty; Dan Fletcher has a 0.09 CIC penalty.

Bourgeois gets a great light but doesn't gain much on Fletcher who had a pretty good light himself. Bourgeois is able to reel in Fletcher and go around him for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink