Sun, 26 Oct 2025, 23:35 PM C Gas Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in C Gas Eliminator at the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 716D Beau Dyson                            712 Brian Smith                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.027  9.555 137.23                     0.027  9.547 141.70
          CG Index: 9.60 (+/-): -0.045              CG Index: 9.60 (+/-): -0.053
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Corradi   ) 0.055  9.609  0.009      (H Ward      ) 0.021  9.571 -0.029
E3    (B Kleeman   ) 0.026  9.656  0.056      (A Brown     ) 0.053  9.593 -0.007
E2    (G Lynch     ) 0.009  9.596 -0.004      (P Giacalone ) 0.029  9.597 -0.003
E1    (E Hopkins   ) 0.029  9.624  0.024      (M Burgess   ) 0.030  9.631  0.031
 Qualified:             #5  9.614  0.014                       #27  0.100 -9.500

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.

they have identical reaction times and Smith took too much stripe to give Dyson the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink