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Sat, 18 Apr 2009, 04:50 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
By Larry Sullivan





COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  231 Mike Saye                              18 Pat Ross                     
E2                   0.063  8.733 153.44     ****WINNER****  0.069  8.077 155.26
       H/AA Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.497             F/A Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.543
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Connolly  ) 0.053  8.892 -0.338      (S Szupka    ) 0.011  8.716  0.096
 Qualified:            #28  8.784 -0.446                       #20  7.998 -0.622
4:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted altitude 2,164 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Neither driver has a CIC penalty. Things got off to a much better start here, with almost identical green lights and a close race. Pat Ross' MOV: 0.0402 seconds (approximately 9 feet), but he picked up a 0.04 event CIC to get the win light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                        2711 Dennis Mitchell              
E2                   0.040  7.002 187.47     ****WINNER****  0.010  7.795 172.78
       C/DA Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.518             E/A Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.505
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Tanksley  ) 0.012  7.015 -0.555      (R Vierheller) 0.036  7.791 -0.569
 Qualified:            #22  7.006 -0.564                       #30  7.966 -0.394
Greg Kamplain has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Dennis Mitchell has a 0.06 CIC penalty. Again green in both lanes, Mitchell with a very good light. Another close race, Dennis Mitchell's MOV: 0.0178 seconds (approximately 5 feet), with no additional CIC.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2885 David Rampy                          3361 Bo Butner                    
E2                   0.054  7.414 146.54     ****WINNER****  0.012  7.769 154.02
       A/EA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.456            D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.511
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Kimbrough ) 0.012  7.891  0.021      (R Bailey    ) 0.044  8.539  0.259
 Qualified:            #10  7.207 -0.663                        #2  7.569 -0.711
Neither driver has a CIC penalty.

Butner had a great light, paid a small CIC price for the win light, probably expecting Rampy to show up at the finish.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1484 Allen Stanfield                      5250 Todd Patterson               
E2                   0.034  9.028 127.88     ****WINNER****  0.129  7.726 163.67
       H/SM Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.532             E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.634
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Puckett   ) 0.054  9.064 -0.496                     0.082  8.268 -0.092
 Qualified:             #9  8.890 -0.670                        #1  7.597 -0.763
Neither driver has a CIC penalty.

Again two greens, but Patterson gave up almost a tenth on the tree and paid a big CIC price for the win, a 0.13 event CIC and a permanent 0.03 index adjustment. Todd Patterson's MOV: 0.0072 seconds (approximately 16 inches). He races Ross in the quarterfinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2112 Jenny Treadwell                      1162 Sal Biondo                   
E2                   0.071  8.278 152.49     ****WINNER****  0.026  8.263 152.21
       E/ED Index: 8.78 (+/-): -0.502            I/AA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.507
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Aragona   ) 0.049  8.274 -0.576      (D Eberly    ) 0.037  8.266 -0.524
 Qualified:            #21  8.252 -0.598                       #14  8.144 -0.646
Jenny Treadwell has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Sal Biondo has a 0.02 CIC penalty.

Two more green lights. Sal Biondo's MOV: 0.0506 seconds (approximately 11 feet) with no additional CIC penalty. He faces Butner in the quarters.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3068 Steve Ambrose                          11 Anthony Bertozzi             
E2                   0.130  7.815 165.99     ****WINNER****  0.047  7.341 173.63
       J/AA Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.585            D/ED Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.509
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Johnson   ) 0.067  8.341 -0.059      (B Browell   ) 0.054  7.346 -0.644
 Qualified:            #11  7.750 -0.650                       #18  7.354 -0.636
Steve Ambrose has no CIC penalty; Anthony Bertozzi has a 0.14 CIC penalty.

Ambrose gave most of the difference back at the green and Bertozzi was able to get the win light without any additional CIC penalty. He faces Mitchell next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                           2780 Grant Lewis                  
E2                   0.050  8.232 163.53     ****WINNER****  0.012  8.950 148.62
       B/TA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.578           H/SMA Index: 9.52 (+/-): -0.570
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Sharp     ) 0.059  8.303 -0.557      (A Hodges    ) 0.114  9.017 -0.543
 Qualified:             #4  8.171 -0.689                       #12  8.912 -0.648
Rick Brown has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Grant Lewis has a 0.04 CIC penalty.

Lewis had a very good light, still picked up 0.07 additional event CIC and a 0.01 permanent adjustment for the win. Grant Lewis' MOV: 0.0304 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  211 Glen Treadwell                          8 Arnie Martel                 
E2                   0.047  8.036 149.60     ****WINNER****  0.028  7.985 162.72
       G/ED Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.524            F/AA Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.575
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Coan      ) 0.091  8.908  0.348      (B Alexander ) 0.082  9.029  0.469
 Qualified:             #8  7.888 -0.672                       #16  7.918 -0.642
Last pair. Neither driver has a CIC penalty.

Martel had the better light, still paid a price for the win and will pick up a 0.07 event CIC for his race against Lewis tomorrow. Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0707 seconds (approximately 16 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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