Sun, 10 Mar 2024, 17:36 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                      35 Robert Bailey                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.024  8.068 161.46                     0.012  6.614 170.49
        D/EA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.572            A/ED Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.486
 Prior rounds:
E4                         No Time            (J Frech     ) -0.028  8.028  0.928
E3    (D Eaton     ) 0.017  8.145 -0.495      (J Granier   ) 0.072  6.597 -0.583
E2    (P D`Agnolo  ) 0.127  8.136 -0.564      (T Frantz    ) 0.033  9.792  2.612
E1    (S Libersher ) 0.019  8.225 -0.475      (M Hanratty  ) 0.073  9.500  2.320
 Qualified:             #9  8.076 -0.624                       #10  6.569 -0.611

5:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 1,137 feet.

Bailey gets the advantage off of the line but he can't run down Billingsley.

This is Billingsley's sixth national event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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