Sat, 4 Jun 2011, 08:06 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Jim Samuel
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ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual NHRA
SuperNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1784 Paul Talarowski 104 Frank Affronti
E1 0.007 8.545 99.96 ****WINNER**** 0.229 7.757 161.00
A/DA Index: 7.13 (+/-): 1.415 B/EA Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.563
Qualified: #27 10.154 3.024 #14 7.711 -0.609
6:58 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.92 inches, adjusted
altitude 1,466 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.Talarowski launched and his car made a move to the left. He corrected it, then
his car came too close to the center line so he had to back off the throttle to keep from crossing.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Frank Aragona Jr. 1780 Gerry Russo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 8.262 133.45 0.098 8.427 124.83
F/ED Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.458 B/SMA Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.203
Qualified: #4 7.994 -0.726 #17 8.056 -0.574
Aragona was quicker off the starting line and stayed out in front to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1203 Dave Hughes 17 David Yediny
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.186 6.466 215.55 0.151 8.844 124.71
A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.644 L/A Index: 9.40 (+/-): -0.556
Qualified: #18 6.543 -0.567 #5 8.680 -0.720
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
14 Steve Szupka 368 Fred Allen
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.001 8.264 153.39 0.007 8.498 155.24
G/EA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.536 C/SR Index: 9.04 (+/-): -0.542
Qualified: #7 8.098 -0.702 #20 8.489 -0.551
Steve Szupka's MOV: 0.0006 seconds (approximately 2 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
16 Kevin Robb 1775 Fred Gallo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.087 7.443 145.64 0.094 13.333 85.83
D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.497 A/AA Index: 7.11 (+/-): 6.223
Qualified: #10 7.273 -0.667 #23 6.579 -0.531
Gallo's car slowed at mid track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
140X Brian Darcy 9 Arnie Martel
E1 0.178 6.887 191.65 ****WINNER**** 0.069 7.594 163.29
A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.533 D/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.576
Qualified: #22 6.888 -0.532 #9 7.498 -0.672
Martel was out of the gate first and used that advantage to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
19 Scott Benham 213A Anthony Bertozzi
E1 -0.370 10.584 93.76 ****WINNER**** 0.033 7.935 126.32
I/SM Index: 9.64 (+/-): 0.944 B/SR Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.405
Qualified: #2 8.884 -0.756 #15 7.732 -0.608
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
103F Todd Fontana 3380 David Allen
E1 -0.015 6.420 168.85 ****WINNER**** 0.068 7.268 152.28
A/PM Index: 6.81 (+/-): -0.390 BB/AM Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.132
Qualified: #21 6.275 -0.535 #8 6.728 -0.672
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1055 Carl Miller 2885 David Rampy
E1 0.024 9.375 105.46 ****WINNER**** 0.081 7.862 129.83
F/A Index: 8.58 (+/-): 0.795 A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): 0.022
Qualified: #25 8.105 -0.475 #12 7.190 -0.650
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1057 Calvin Hill 1867 Richard Schonberger
E1 0.018 8.448 145.39 ****WINNER**** 0.151 8.140 154.02
I/AA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.302 I/A Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.560
Qualified: #6 8.038 -0.712 #19 8.134 -0.566
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
113 Ken Voight 6 Sal Biondo
E1 0.017 8.701 155.52 ****WINNER**** 0.046 8.125 157.52
G/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.579 I/AA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.625
Qualified: #16 8.673 -0.607 #3 8.013 -0.737
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Al Ackerman 2617 Russell Joly
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.006 8.385 123.66 No Time
F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.215 C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): 92.039
Qualified: #13 7.964 -0.636 #26 8.073 0.113
Joly did not answer the call.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
27 Lonnie Johnson 199K Kyle Cultrera
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.093 9.796 100.97
B/AA Index: 7.57 (+/-): 92.429 H/EA Index: 9.68 (+/-): 0.116
Qualified: #24 7.080 -0.490 #11 9.014 -0.666
Johnson did not answer the call.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 1466 Charlie Greco
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.062 10.449 90.89
L/AA Index: 9.46 (+/-): 0.989
Qualified: #1 8.669 -0.791
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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