Sun, 5 Jun 2011, 02:16 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 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
 1466 Charlie Greco                        2885 David Rampy                  
E3                  -0.031 14.260  55.21     ****WINNER****  0.007  8.195 109.65
       L/AA Index: 9.40 (+/-):  4.860            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-):  0.355
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Allen     ) 0.046  8.896 -0.564      (D Hughes    ) 0.050  7.423 -0.417
E1                   0.062 10.449  0.989      (C Miller    ) 0.081  7.862  0.022
 Qualified:             #1  8.669 -0.791                       #12  7.190 -0.650

2:07 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 1,717 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Greco went red so Rampy will move on to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   16 Kevin Robb                              1 Al Ackerman                  
E3                   0.136  7.304 171.77     ****WINNER****  0.030  8.016 166.42
       D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.636             F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.584
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Biondo    ) 0.017  8.028  0.088      (R Schonberge) 0.018  8.835  0.235
E1    (F Gallo     ) 0.087  7.443 -0.497      (R Joly      ) -0.006  8.385 -0.215
 Qualified:            #10  7.273 -0.667                       #13  7.964 -0.636

Robb was late at the starting line. Ackerman got the win and will move on to race Rampy in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Steve Szupka                         199K Kyle Cultrera                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  8.176 151.89                     0.024  9.083 130.08
       G/EA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.594            H/EA Index: 9.61 (+/-): -0.527
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Affronti  ) 0.078  8.292 -0.478      (F Aragona Jr) 0.039  9.103 -0.577
E1    (F Allen     ) 0.001  8.264 -0.536      (L Johnson   ) 0.093  9.796  0.116
 Qualified:             #7  8.098 -0.702                       #11  9.014 -0.666

They came off the line together but Szupka pulled ahead for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 213A Anthony Bertozzi                           Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.042  8.557   NS       
       B/SR Index: 8.27 (+/-):  0.287     
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Martel    ) 0.011  7.768 -0.572   
E1    (S Benham    ) 0.033  7.935 -0.405   
 Qualified:            #15  7.732 -0.608                     Bye

Bertozzi took the green for the win and will race Szupka in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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