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Thu, 31 May 2012, 14:28 PM

Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 43rd annual Toyota NHRA SuperNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index:

Left Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.814/172.76/-0.106, Now #2 D/DA Index: 7.92
Right Lane: Stu Sandhaus Runs 6.955/189.60/-0.465, Now #1 A/ND Index: 7.42

Left Lane: Scott Benham Runs 8.172/166.07/-0.528, Now #1 B/T Index: 8.70
Right Lane: Darrin Bauder Runs 7.523/182.53/-0.407, Now #3 C/A Index: 7.93

Left Lane: Pete Hanratty Runs 6.578/206.51/-0.482, Now #3 A/DA Index: 7.06
Right Lane: Elio Mannino Runs 7.048/196.50/-0.482, Now #2 B/AA Index: 7.53

Left Lane: Pat Ross Runs 7.979/169.53/-0.601, Now #1 F/A Index: 8.58
Right Lane: Robert Fitzsimmons Runs 25.617/36.95/17.357, Now #8 E/AA Index: 8.26

Fitzsimmons is off the throttle early...

Left Lane: Michael Hanratty Runs 8.419/123.98/0.059, Now #8 K/A Index: 8.36
Right Lane: Russell Joly Runs 12.695/80.65/4.785, Now #9 C/AA Index: 7.91

Jolly clicks it off right off the starting line.

Left Lane: Rich LoCicero Runs 8.515/159.97/-0.425, Now #6 D/SM Index: 8.94
Right Lane: Allyn Armstrong Runs 9.232/120.84/-0.138, Now #8 L/A Index: 9.37

Armstrong got real loose around 1000 feet.

Left Lane: Carl Miller Runs 8.191/164.63/-0.389, Now #9 F/A Index: 8.58
Right Lane: Anthony Niemczyk Runs 6.840/195.76/-0.460, Now #6 I/D Index: 7.30

Left Lane: Erich Bollman Runs 8.195/134.67/-0.035, Now #13 D/A Index: 8.23
Right Lane: Fred Gallo Runs 6.660/208.71/-0.450, Now #7 A/AA Index: 7.11

Left Lane: Don Eckel III Runs 7.107/189.26/-0.443, Now #8 C/DA Index: 7.55
Right Lane: Ronnie Boyd Runs 6.850/195.51/-0.310, Now #12 A/ED Index: 7.16

Left Lane: Dave Hughes Runs 6.728/208.97/-0.332, Now #13 A/A Index: 7.06
Right Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.741/174.08/-0.569, Now #2 B/EA Index: 8.31

Affronti with a nice pass...

Left Lane: Joe Carnasciale Runs 9.113/148.05/-0.467, Now #7 I/SM Index: 9.58
Right Lane: Calvin Hill Runs 8.044/165.84/-0.656, Now #1 I/AA Index: 8.70

Hill goes to the number one spot...

Left Lane: Gerry Russo Runs 8.820/155.11/-0.150, Now #18 B/SMA Index: 8.97
Right Lane: Lonnie Johnson Runs 7.140/194.18/-0.390, Now #14 B/AA Index: 7.53

Left Lane: Mark Hopkins Runs 7.822/174.32/-0.408, Now #13 D/A Index: 8.23
Right Lane: Kyle Cultrera No Time, Now #26 L/AA Index: 9.34

Cultrera had problems getting started and is pushed off the starting line.

Left Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 9.000/136.90/-0.340, Now #18 L/AA Index: 9.34
Right Lane: Steve Szupka Runs 8.216/158.32/-0.564, Now #4 G/EA Index: 8.78

Szupka with a real nice pass...

Left Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 7.969/166.07/-0.631, Now #2 F/D Index: 8.60
Right Lane: Lee Sharp Runs 8.859/153.60/-0.111, Now #24 D/SMA Index: 8.97

Ackerman with a great pass.

Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.208/177.67/-0.632, Now #2 A/EA Index: 7.84
Right Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.204/155.04/-0.576, Now #5 D/EA Index: 8.78

This was a good drag race.

Left Lane: Frank Aragona Runs 8.088/160.37/-0.622, Now #4 F/ED Index: 8.71
Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.560/178.10/-0.610, Now #5 D/AA Index: 8.17

These two go to the number four and five spots.

Left Lane: Dan Fletcher Runs 7.722/174.84/-0.588, Now #7 B/EA Index: 8.31