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Sat, 9 Oct 2010, 05:48 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By Jim Samuel





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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