Sun, 13 Oct 2024, 17:25 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4548 Keith Mawhee                           52 Matt Harris                  
E5                   0.138  8.059 167.92     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.705 175.83
         F/A Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.501             E/A Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.495
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Secrest   ) 0.059  8.073 -0.487      (J Mozeris   ) 0.022  7.697 -0.513
E3    (J Treadwell ) 0.084  8.056 -0.554      (B Sandlin   ) 0.073  7.704 -0.586
E2    (S Linder    ) 0.056  8.615  0.005      (V Musolino  ) 0.002  8.070 -0.220
E1    (S Volpe     ) 0.068  8.623  0.013      (J Grima     ) 0.022  8.178 -0.112
 Qualified:             #8  7.959 -0.651                        #3  7.609 -0.681

4:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 96 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,303 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

We will have a first time winner in Comp eliminator today.

Harris gets the advantage off of the line and he reels in Mawhee and goes around for the win.

This is the first national event win for Harris.

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