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Sun, 23 Aug 2009, 06:30 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                      1162 Sal Biondo                   
E2                  -0.034  6.814 198.47     ****WINNER****  0.098  8.391 138.39
       A/AP Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.446            I/AA Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.349
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Aragona   ) 0.037  6.806 -0.454      (D Eckel     ) 0.040  8.238 -0.522
 Qualified:            #32  7.236 -0.024                        #8  8.303 -0.457

6:13 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted altitude 3,172 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3903 Stu Sandhaus                          106 Vinny Barone                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.033  6.969 193.38                     0.067  7.888 159.99
       A/ND Index: 7.46 (+/-): -0.491            A/SR Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.512
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Darcy     ) 0.050 10.529  3.069      (S Szupka    ) 0.100  8.093 -0.307
 Qualified:            #14  7.058 -0.402                        #6  7.926 -0.474


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1780 Gerry Russo                           144 John Caliendo Jr             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  8.349 148.22                     0.241  7.844 170.71
      C/SMA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.461            D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.436
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Bertozzi  ) 0.008  8.309 -0.511      (D Yediny    )       No Time      
 Qualified:             #9  8.371 -0.449                       #17  7.897 -0.383

Caliendo locked up the rear end of his car in the first round but his crew managed to get it back for this round. Russo was a lot better at the starting line and got the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Patrick Ross                            8 Arnie Martel                 
E2                   0.008  8.124 166.62     ****WINNER****  0.053  7.726 167.43
        F/A Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.496            D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.554
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Miskovsky ) 0.122  8.166 -0.454      (C Ippolito  ) 0.205  7.837 -0.443
 Qualified:            #11  8.185 -0.435                        #3  7.786 -0.494

Ross got out of the gate first but martel closed the gap and took the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Charlie Greco                        1759 Ray Bamond                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.072  7.789 155.60                     0.029  8.437 156.77
       D/AA Index: 8.23 (+/-): -0.441           C/SMA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.383
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Costa     ) 0.047  7.728 -0.552      (J Carnascial) 0.092  8.515 -0.305
 Qualified:             #2  7.708 -0.572                       #26  8.514 -0.306

Greco will race Sandhaus in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  104 Frank Affronti                       2885 David Rampy                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  7.808 170.47                     0.044  7.599 143.98
        E/A Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.512            A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.261
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Schonberge) 0.061  7.850 -0.470      (P Hanratty  ) 0.044  7.408 -0.452
 Qualified:            #12  7.889 -0.431                        #4  7.373 -0.487

Affronti got the win and will race Biondo next time around.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Al Ackerman                          2229 Lonnie Johnson               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  8.099 164.15                     0.000  7.166 192.08
        F/D Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.541            B/AA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.464
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Bollman   ) 0.072  8.257 -0.383      (T Smith     ) 0.077  7.235 -0.395
 Qualified:             #5  8.155 -0.485                       #13  7.227 -0.403

Ackerman beat out Johnson's perfect light to take the win and move on to face Russo in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Dan Fletcher                         1775 Fred Gallo                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.190 152.37                     0.096  6.651 207.94
       C/EA Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.440            A/AA Index: 7.14 (+/-): -0.489
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hudlow    ) 0.037  8.250 -0.380      (K Koretsky  ) 0.153  6.640 -0.510
 Qualified:             #7  8.168 -0.462                       #15  6.750 -0.400

Fletcher was quicker out of the gate and will race Martel in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink