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Sat, 15 Aug 2009, 11:38 AM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By Bob Orme





BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                         5125 Bruce Schmiedl               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  7.953 137.93                    -0.025  7.598 173.61
       D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.327            A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.262
 Qualified:             #7  7.799 -0.481                       #19  7.562 -0.298
10:15 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 28.51 inches, adjusted altitude 3,783 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Peter Biondo wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Tom Schmidt                           512 Bill Riemenapp               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015  8.433 146.88                     0.047  7.945 170.13
        C/T Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.467            B/EA Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.395
 Qualified:             #5  8.412 -0.488                       #17  7.987 -0.353
Tom Schmidt's MOV: 0.1041 seconds (approximately 26 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5248 Shaun Vincent                        5296 Pat Nahan                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  9.425 102.27                    -0.007  8.429 104.70
       C/TA Index: 9.13 (+/-):  0.295             E/D Index: 8.12 (+/-):  0.309
 Qualified:            #14  8.758 -0.372                        #2  7.564 -0.556
Shaun Vincent wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   58 Matthew Harris                       5764 Brian Antony                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.043  7.853 165.17                     0.084  7.522 183.05
        E/A Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.467            B/AP Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.358
 Qualified:             #6  7.834 -0.486                       #18  7.533 -0.347
Matthew Harris' MOV: 0.1507 seconds (approximately 40 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Arnie Martel                          590 Clint Neff                   
E1                   0.060  8.707 150.23     ****WINNER****  0.112  8.028 162.74
       C/SR Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.413             K/A Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.512
 Qualified:            #16  8.766 -0.354                        #4  8.004 -0.536
Clint Neff's MOV: 0.0476 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Charlie Greco                         366 Brad Allen                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  7.808 165.50                    -0.015  7.891 135.96
       D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.472            C/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:            #10  7.819 -0.461                       #22  7.626 -0.244
Charlie Greco wins on a red light. He'll face Neff in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  514 Clint Sallee                         6618 Dale Giroux                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.222  7.714 125.60                    -0.139  7.573 149.50
        B/D Index: 7.26 (+/-):  0.454            B/AA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.057
 Qualified:             #8  6.787 -0.473                       #20  7.339 -0.291
Clint Sallee wins on a red light. He'll face Vincent in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Lou Ficco                            5622 Jim Greenheck                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.086  7.974 124.88                    -0.032  7.659 176.07
       B/AP Index: 7.88 (+/-):  0.094            C/AA Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.331
 Qualified:             #9  7.416 -0.464                       #21  7.714 -0.276
Greenheck has the best appearing crew for this race. Lou Ficco wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6241 Casey Plaizer                          51 Bruno Massel                 
E1                   0.054  8.435 158.52     ****WINNER****  0.103  7.414 164.43
      C/SMA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.385           DD/AT Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.466
 Qualified:            #15  8.464 -0.356                        #3  7.338 -0.542
Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.0325 seconds (approximately 8 feet). He'll face Ficco in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  146 Dave Yediny                          5019 Paul Pittman                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  9.559 104.44                    -0.067  7.394 193.16
        L/A Index: 9.49 (+/-):  0.069            B/AA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.236
 Qualified:             #1  8.914 -0.576                       #13  7.239 -0.391
Dave Yediny wins on a red light. He'll face Biondo in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  518 Douglas Kjono                        4444 Robert Hass                  
E1                  -0.034  8.736 149.90     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.339 188.70
        F/D Index: 8.64 (+/-):  0.096            B/AA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.291
 Qualified:            #24  8.768  0.128                       #12  7.227 -0.403
Robert Hass wins on a red light. He'll face Harris in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5008 Travis Gusso                         2885 David Rampy                  
E1                  -0.057  9.821 101.88     ****WINNER****  0.044  7.421 177.98
       E/SM Index: 9.09 (+/-):  0.731            A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.439
 Qualified:            #23  9.075 -0.015                       #11  7.425 -0.435
David Rampy wins on a red light. He'll face Schmidt in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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