Sun, 28 Oct 2018, 18:35 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, 18th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                    5212 Doug Engels                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.037  8.268 148.48                    -0.017  9.006 101.69
        D/EA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.482            D/ED Index: 7.86 (+/-):  1.146
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.030  8.393 -0.357      (J Lane      ) 0.025  7.354 -0.566
E3    (J Greenheck ) 0.013  8.246 -0.524      (T Mettler   ) 0.017  7.420 -0.520
E2    (M Leonard   ) 0.018  8.265 -0.585      (B Schmiedl  ) 0.028  7.433 -0.517
E1    (S Olsson    ) 0.015  8.341 -0.519      (C Lane      ) 0.017  7.444 -0.666
 Qualified:            #10  8.226 -0.634                        #6  7.455 -0.655

3:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 27.87 inches, adjusted altitude 4,496 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Engels leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Billingsley.

This is Billingsley's fifth national event win and his fourth in Comp.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink