Sun, 13 Oct 2002, 05:45 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Mike Trumble        8.164 -0.586 Q    2 Jeff Taylor         8.215 -0.685
     A/SMA Index: 8.75                       B/SMA Index: 8.66
   (D Howerton  ) 0.591  9.689  0.939 E1   (B Kent      ) 0.532  8.503 -0.397
   (D Manichia  ) 0.563  8.947  0.197 E2   (R Slavinski ) 0.575  8.235 -0.665
   (B Self      ) 0.553  8.644 -0.106 E3   (G Williams  ) 0.517  8.413 -0.327
   (B Gibbs     ) 0.567  8.743 -0.007 E4   (M Saye      ) 0.549  8.156 -0.584
 *****WINNER***** 0.524  8.572 -0.178 E5                  0.538 10.321  1.661

4:25 PM Taylor comes in with 0.24 in CIC penalties, Trumble had none. Taylor launched, the car carried the wheels and headed for the centerline, and he had to lift. Congratulations to Trumble on his win against a tough Comp field under tough racing conditions.