Sat, 9 Oct 2010, 05:48 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Jim Samuel
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MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 26th annual Toyo Tires NHRA
Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3002 Pat Ross 18 Brian Darcy
E1 0.073 8.102 151.71 ****WINNER**** 0.084 6.878 191.70
F/A Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.518 A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.542
Qualified: #6 8.008 -0.612 #22 6.927 -0.493
5:20 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.37 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,521 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
113 Ken Voight 1203 Dave Hughes
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.014 9.542 110.26 -0.078 6.567 200.47
G/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): 0.262 A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.543
Qualified: #16 8.733 -0.547 #33 8.596 1.486
Hughes was in as an alternate for Schonberger.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
104 Frank Affronti 1270 Rich LoCicero
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.173 10.290 90.57 -0.065 8.634 159.27
D/A Index: 8.26 (+/-): 2.030 D/SM Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.346
Qualified: #10 7.670 -0.590 #26 8.525 -0.455
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3718 Terry Smith 373 Ray Vierheller
E1 0.098 7.984 123.98 ****WINNER**** 0.125 7.475 151.51
D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-): 0.064 D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.465
Qualified: #28 7.541 -0.379 #12 7.374 -0.566
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1775 Fred Gallo 14 Steve Szupka
E1 0.082 11.802 72.71 ****WINNER**** 0.051 8.294 139.78
A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): 4.652 G/EA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.506
Qualified: #30 7.048 -0.102 #14 8.242 -0.558
Gallo's car made a hard move toward the wall as he came off the starting line. He had to back off the throttle to keep from
making contact.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4254 Scott Benham 5622 Jim Greenheck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.144 9.510 116.78 -0.004 12.022 75.77
I/SM Index: 9.65 (+/-): -0.140 C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): 4.062
Qualified: #8 9.055 -0.595 #24 7.489 -0.471
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
37 John Frech 17 Charlie Greco
E1 -0.011 12.979 89.22 ****WINNER**** 0.069 9.856 101.84
F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): 4.379 L/AA Index: 9.48 (+/-): 0.376
Qualified: #25 8.137 -0.463 #9 8.889 -0.591
Frech's dragster launched slowly and never got up to speed.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
357 Rick Brown 8 David Rampy
E1 0.040 7.928 169.68 ****WINNER**** 0.039 7.275 176.47
F/AA Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.562 A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.565
Qualified: #20 7.980 -0.510 #4 7.221 -0.619
David Rampy's MOV: 0.0047 seconds (approximately 14 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
144 John Caliendo Jr 255 Buddy Perkinson
E1 -0.161 7.789 150.06 ****WINNER**** 0.000 7.559 132.95
D/AA Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.391 B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.001
Qualified: #23 7.689 -0.491 #7 6.954 -0.606
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
105K Elio Mannino 13 Vinny Barone
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** -0.065 8.438 121.50
B/AA Index: 7.60 (+/-): 92.399 A/SR Index: 8.38 (+/-): 0.058
Qualified: #17 7.077 -0.523 #1 7.684 -0.696
Mannino did his burnout and could not get the car backed up to stage. Instead, he slowly made his way down the track so Barone
could make a solo run. Barone backed off the throttle at mid track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
11 Frank Aragona Jr. 26 Anthony Bertozzi
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.033 8.155 161.38 0.026 7.351 171.01
F/ED Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.605 D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.589
Qualified: #19 8.239 -0.521 #3 7.308 -0.632
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Sal Biondo 1784 Paul Talarowski
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 8.519 129.24 -0.049 6.662 192.08
I/AA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.241 A/DA Index: 7.13 (+/-): -0.468
Qualified: #15 8.211 -0.549 #31 7.104 -0.026
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
114F Ronnie Boyd 368 Fred Allen
E1 -0.018 7.191 151.12 ****WINNER**** 0.009 8.928 121.62
A/ED Index: 7.16 (+/-): 0.031 C/SR Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.162
Qualified: #29 6.905 -0.255 #13 8.527 -0.563
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
31 Steve Ambrose 1034 Chip Ippolito
E1 -0.010 8.997 101.70 ****WINNER**** 0.020 8.229 130.30
J/AA Index: 8.39 (+/-): 0.607 PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): 0.009
Qualified: #2 7.724 -0.666 #18 7.698 -0.522
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
19 Dave Yediny 173 Paul Ricci
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.061 8.928 128.51 0.098 8.072 165.74
L/A Index: 9.40 (+/-): -0.472 A/SMA Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.448
Qualified: #11 8.824 -0.576 #27 8.066 -0.454
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1985 Don Eckel III 6 Arnie Martel
E1 0.014 6.923 194.63 ****WINNER**** 0.000 7.947 159.12
C/D Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.477 F/AA Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.543
Qualified: #21 6.907 -0.493 #5 7.874 -0.616
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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