Sun, 19 Apr 2009, 04:26 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 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
   18 Pat Ross                             5250 Todd Patterson               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.041  8.085 161.52                     0.078  7.875 152.68
        F/A Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.495             E/A Index: 8.23 (+/-): -0.355
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Saye      ) 0.069  8.077 -0.543      (A Stanfield ) 0.129  7.726 -0.634
E1    (S Szupka    ) 0.011  8.716  0.096                     0.082  8.268 -0.092
 Qualified:            #20  7.998 -0.622                        #1  7.597 -0.763

4:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.18 inches, adjusted altitude 2,401 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Right now, conditions are excellent and the radar looks good for a few more hours of the same, so keep your fingers crossed.

Pat Ross has a 0.04 CIC penalty; Todd Patterson has a 0.13 CIC penalty.

Ross had a good light and Patterson did not run him down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Arnie Martel                         2780 Grant Lewis                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.011 157.48                     0.051  8.969 152.81
       F/AA Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.479           H/SMA Index: 9.45 (+/-): -0.481
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Treadwell ) 0.028  7.985 -0.575      (R Brown     ) 0.012  8.950 -0.570
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.082  9.029  0.469      (A Hodges    ) 0.114  9.017 -0.543
 Qualified:            #16  7.918 -0.642                       #12  8.912 -0.648

Arnie Martel has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Grant Lewis has a 0.11 CIC penalty.

Martel had the better light and drove by for the win. Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0142 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3361 Bo Butner                            1162 Sal Biondo                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.096  8.443 119.97                     0.043  9.676  98.85
       D/AA Index: 8.27 (+/-):  0.173            I/AA Index: 8.77 (+/-):  0.906
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.012  7.769 -0.511      (J Treadwell ) 0.026  8.263 -0.507
E1    (R Bailey    ) 0.044  8.539  0.259      (D Eberly    ) 0.037  8.266 -0.524
 Qualified:             #2  7.569 -0.711                       #14  8.144 -0.646

Bo Butner has a 0.01 CIC penalty; Sal Biondo has a 0.02 CIC penalty.

Biondo slowed past half track, pulled over next to the wall in the shutdown area, but didn't stop. Butner faces Martel in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2711 Dennis Mitchell                        11 Anthony Bertozzi             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.836 171.62                     0.010  7.444 176.95
        E/A Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.464            D/ED Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.406
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Kamplain  ) 0.010  7.795 -0.505      (S Ambrose   ) 0.047  7.341 -0.509
E1    (R Vierheller) 0.036  7.791 -0.569      (B Browell   ) 0.054  7.346 -0.644
 Qualified:            #30  7.966 -0.394                       #18  7.354 -0.636

Dennis Mitchell has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Anthony Bertozzi has a 0.14 CIC penalty.

Two good lights...and Mitchell held on for the win. Dennis Mitchell's MOV: 0.0484 seconds (approximately 13 feet). He races Ross in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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