Thu, 2 Jun 2011, 03:06 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, amount over/under index, and position in order following run, class and class index:

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Left Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 9.268/130.08/0.948, Now #2 D/A Index: 8.32
Right Lane: Ken Voight Runs 8.998/152.24/-0.282, Now #1 G/SM Index: 9.28

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,007 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

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Left Lane: Todd Fontana No Time, Now #4 A/PM Index: 6.81
Right Lane: Anthony Bertozzi Runs 7.813/169.44/-0.527, Now #1 B/SR Index: 8.34

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Left Lane: Carl Miller Runs 8.181/164.87/-0.399, Now #3 F/A Index: 8.58
Right Lane: Fred Gallo Runs 6.695/206.45/-0.415, Now #2 A/AA Index: 7.11

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Left Lane: David Allen Runs 22.777/40.04/15.377, Now #7 BB/AM Index: 7.40
Right Lane: Calvin Hill Runs 8.153/164.33/-0.597, Now #1 I/AA Index: 8.75

Allen broke right off the line...

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Left Lane: Charlie Greco Runs 8.864/132.86/-0.596, Now #2 L/AA Index: 9.46
Right Lane: Paul Talarowski No Time, Now #10 A/DA Index: 7.13

Talarowski broke on the burnout.

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Left Lane: Kevin Robb Runs 7.289/179.44/-0.651, Now #1 D/ED Index: 7.94
Right Lane: Dave Hughes Runs 9.318/99.60/2.208, Now #9 A/A Index: 7.11

Robb with a great pass running on the National record.

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Left Lane: Scott Benham Runs 8.953/150.31/-0.687, Now #1 I/SM Index: 9.64
Right Lane: Russell Joly Runs 8.073/137.57/0.113, Now #9 C/AA Index: 7.96

Benham with a great pass, quicker and faster than the class record.

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Left Lane: Gerry Russo No Time, Now #14 B/SMA Index: 8.63
Right Lane: Brian Darcy No Time, Now #15 A/ND Index: 7.42

Darcy's car is shut off after the burnout. Russo launched with the wheels in the air and when they came down the car made a quick move toward the centerline and it crossed it.

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Left Lane: Fred Allen Runs 8.519/154.19/-0.521, Now #6 C/SR Index: 9.04
Right Lane: Lonnie Johnson Runs 7.129/194.24/-0.441, Now #7 B/AA Index: 7.57

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Left Lane: Richard Schonberger Runs 8.203/161.79/-0.497, Now #8 I/A Index: 8.70
Right Lane: David Yediny Runs 8.840/130.17/-0.560, Now #5 L/A Index: 9.40

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Left Lane: Steve Szupka Runs 8.402/145.30/-0.398, Now #13 F/ED Index: 8.80
Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.681/176.58/-0.489, Now #9 D/AA Index: 8.17

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Left Lane: Al Ackerman Runs 18.871/73.56/10.271, Now #19 F/D Index: 8.60
Right Lane: David Rampy Runs 7.256/175.23/-0.584, Now #5 A/EA Index: 7.84

Ackerman with problems right off the starting line..

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Left Lane: Frank Aragona Jr. Runs 8.184/154.19/-0.536, Now #7 G/EA Index: 8.72
Right Lane: Kyle Cultrera Runs 9.186/126.13/-0.494, Now #11 H/EA Index: 9.68

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Right Lane: Sal Biondo Runs 8.183/145.22/-0.567, Now #6 I/AA Index: 8.75

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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