Sun, 29 Oct 2017, 18:05 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, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Greg Kamplain                        7098 Tom Mettler                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.123  7.021 166.81                    -0.002  7.792 142.36
        B/ED Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.479             PST Index: 8.05 (+/-): -0.258
 Prior rounds:
E4                         No Time            (T Mandella  ) 0.002  7.567 -0.483
E3    (R Warter    ) 0.026  6.992 -0.548                     0.043  7.891 -0.159
E2    (J Mozeris   ) 0.018  7.078 -0.552      (R Van Paepeg) 0.003  7.548 -0.532
E1    (M Withers   ) 0.029  8.087  0.547      (R Martin    ) 0.050  7.577 -0.593
 Qualified:             #4  6.916 -0.714                        #6  7.505 -0.665

3:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.72 inches, adjusted altitude 4,645 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Mettler has four career wins and this is his eighth final round. Kamplain has six wins and this is his 11th final round.

Mettler leaves a tick too soon and goes red giving Kamplain the win.

This is Kamplain's seventh career win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink