Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 21:55 PM Competition Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                               1 Frank Aragona                
E5                   0.116  8.109 165.40     ****WINNER****  0.042  7.665 155.40
        C/EA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.551            J/AA Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.515
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Bohn      ) 0.014  9.132  0.472                     0.064 13.744  5.564
E3    (J Granier   ) 0.057  8.156 -0.544      (D Dupps     ) 0.015  7.673 -0.557
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.003  8.440 -0.260      (J Tanksley  ) 0.020  7.725 -0.585
E1    (B Seibenick ) 0.086  8.650 -0.050      (G Coccaro   ) 0.112  7.880 -0.430
 Qualified:            #23  8.137 -0.563                       #21  7.741 -0.569

9:47 p.m. Dodd is way late and Frank Aragona goes to his next final round. MOV: 0.0389 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  224 Brad Plourd                           358 David Billingsley            
E5                   0.026  6.323 213.54     ****WINNER****  0.021  8.080 165.13
       AA/AM Index: 6.88 (+/-): -0.557            I/AA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.580
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Galbraith ) 0.024  6.375 -0.625      (L Zane      ) 0.057  8.642 -0.018
E3                   -0.045 17.522 10.522      (S Chamness  ) 0.035  8.350 -0.310
E2    (J Coan      ) 0.031  6.494 -0.546      (C Williams  ) 0.058  8.286 -0.374
E1    (T Gusso     ) 0.039  6.570 -0.470      (J Kimbrough ) 0.045  8.156 -0.504
 Qualified:             #1  6.260 -0.780                       #12  8.066 -0.594

They leave just 0.005 apart. Billingsley uses his small starting line advantage to hold off a charging Plourd by nine feet.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink