Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 01:26 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Fourth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3557 Nick Morgan 3718 Terry Smith
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.028 7.364 186.41 -0.046 7.516 174.62
B/AP Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.516 D/ED Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.474
Qualified: #13 7.337 -0.543 #29 7.885 -0.105
12:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,524 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.Smith went red and "Larry's kid" got the win light the easy way, but CIC'ed
himself a hundredth with his best ET of the weekend.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3640 Richard Barga 350 John Berberich Jr
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.058 7.558 159.61 0.353 7.879 166.60
CC/AT Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.262 C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): 0.009
Qualified: #15 7.297 -0.523 #31 7.850 -0.020
Two greens, Berberich very, very green.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3068 Steve Ambrose 300 Mauri Rose
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.067 8.384 116.83 -0.042 7.172 185.51
J/AA Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.016 C/D Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.328
Qualified: #12 7.856 -0.544 #28 7.166 -0.334
Ambrose saw the win light and lifted.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
357 Rick Brown 8 Sal Biondo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.028 8.275 154.05 0.035 7.502 162.80
B/TA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.605 D/ED Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.488
Qualified: #4 8.281 -0.599 #20 7.530 -0.460
Brown had the better light, took a lot of stripe and a dime CIC for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
17 Al Ackerman 104 Frank Affronti
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.089 8.132 150.31 0.106 7.867 172.43
F/D Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.518 D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.413
Qualified: #9 8.093 -0.557 #25 7.902 -0.378
Ackerman also took a bit too much stripe and gave up a small CIC for the win. Al Ackerman's MOV: 0.1223 seconds (approximately
31 feet). We'll be down a few minutes, "stuff" in the right lane near the turnoff.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
31 Robert Bailey 3004 Don Winget
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.847 157.80 0.076 8.536 139.26
A/ED Index: 7.22 (+/-): -0.373 B/SMA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.164
Qualified: #7 6.633 -0.587 #23 8.280 -0.420
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3505 Mike Graves 330 Brian Browell
E1 -0.018 7.876 171.75 ****WINNER**** 0.016 7.564 140.80
D/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.484 D/D Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.256
Qualified: #21 7.917 -0.443 #5 7.223 -0.597
Browell had the instant win and his car then flirted with the centerline, so he lifted.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3864 Scott Chamness 220 Jeff Taylor
E1 0.066 14.952 75.87 ****WINNER**** 0.046 9.408 111.81
A/D Index: 7.04 (+/-): 7.912 H/SMA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.152
Qualified: #24 6.636 -0.404 #8 8.977 -0.583
Chamness' car shook hard and went silent on the launch.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
14 Stephen Szupka 3998 Steve Messina
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.067 8.405 144.27 0.222 7.683 176.01
F/ED Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.425 C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-): -0.337
Qualified: #11 8.285 -0.545 #27 7.656 -0.364
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Frank Aragona Jr. 143Y Doug Doll Jr.
E1 0.110 8.326 152.23 ****WINNER**** 0.016 8.343 156.06
G/EA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.554 F/ED Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.487
Qualified: #6 8.292 -0.588 #22 8.407 -0.423
Half an angine in each lane, half a hemi in Aragona's Bantam and half a Pontiac in Doll's dragster. Aragona must have been
distracted and Doll made it look easy. Doug Doll Jr.'s MOV: 0.0275 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3606 John Peto 394 Greg Kamplain
E1 0.082 8.397 156.86 ****WINNER**** 0.069 7.527 159.99
J/AA Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.003 C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.103
Qualified: #30 8.298 -0.102 #14 7.090 -0.540
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
308R Jeff Wright 3361 Bo Butner
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.043 7.201 188.99 0.022 7.137 199.64
B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.439 CC/A Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.413
Qualified: #19 7.158 -0.482 #3 6.942 -0.608
Butner was away first, but started rattling the tires and had to get out of the throttle. He almost caught Wright, but came up
short. Jeff Wright's MOV: 0.0054 seconds (approximately 19 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2000 Lee Sharp 9 Lee Zane
E1 -0.107 8.893 117.37 ****WINNER**** 0.020 9.438 104.99
D/SMA Index: 9.00 (+/-): -0.107 L/AA Index: 9.55 (+/-): -0.112
Qualified: #10 8.451 -0.549 #26 9.178 -0.372
Zane got an easy win...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5250 Todd Patterson 3015 Bill Yates
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.044 8.154 138.56 No Time
D/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.206 A/ED Index: 7.22 (+/-): 92.779
Qualified: #2 7.751 -0.609 #18 6.718 -0.502
Yates was a no-show.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Jason Coan 3316 Mike Hazlett
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.010 8.267 118.52
G/EA Index: 8.88 (+/-): 91.119 B/A Index: 7.64 (+/-): 0.627
Qualified: #1 8.266 -0.614 #17 7.132 -0.508
#1 qualifier Coan broke in the final qualifying session yesterday and was a no-show today.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3308 John Frech 1780 Gerry Russo
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.108 8.504 142.79
F/D Index: 8.65 (+/-): 91.349 C/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.356
Qualified: #32 11.737 3.087 #16 8.351 -0.509
Frech broke his dragster on his very first run of the weekend.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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