Sat, 25 Jun 2011, 08:06 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing
Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3185 Bert Dawson 35 Robert Bailey
E1 -0.013 7.996 168.53 ****WINNER**** 0.109 7.345 130.58
B/EA Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.324 A/ED Index: 7.16 (+/-): 0.185
Qualified: #32 7.933 -0.387 #16 6.635 -0.525
Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.00
inches, adjusted altitude 2,749 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.Bailey has seven National
event wins...Dawson turns on the red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
357 Rick Brown 3998 Steve Messina
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.034 8.363 150.33 0.159 7.505 181.62
B/TA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.437 C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.425
Qualified: #12 8.242 -0.558 #28 7.508 -0.422
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
213A Anthony Bertozzi 5 Brian Browell
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 7.861 149.07 0.028 7.849 178.76
B/SR Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.479 D/D Index: 7.79 (+/-): 0.059
Qualified: #20 7.829 -0.511 #4 7.197 -0.593
Bertozzi will face Brown in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
358 David Billingsley 9 Arnie Martel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.108 8.919 145.11 0.203 7.596 176.72
L/AA Index: 9.46 (+/-): -0.541 D/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.574
Qualified: #22 8.960 -0.500 #6 7.592 -0.578
Martel has 11 National event wins...David Billingsley's MOV: 0.0621 seconds (approximately 16
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Bruno Massel 277 Larry Pritchett
E1 0.014 7.578 145.50 ****WINNER**** 0.099 8.089 154.81
DD/AT Index: 7.71 (+/-): -0.132 B/SM Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.581
Qualified: #17 7.187 -0.523 #1 8.024 -0.646
Pritchett with 11 National event wins. Massel with the starting line advantage and then had
problems around half track and Pritchett gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
368 Fred Allen 33 Steve Ambrose
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 7.879 165.97 0.118 7.836 166.07
B/SR Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.461 J/AA Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.554
Qualified: #29 7.923 -0.417 #13 7.843 -0.547
This is a great drag race...Fred Allen's MOV: 0.0015 seconds (approximately 4 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1203 Dave Hughes 16 Kevin Robb
E1 -0.049 6.656 197.97 ****WINNER**** 0.099 8.745 94.35
A/A Index: 7.07 (+/-): -0.414 D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-): 0.825
Qualified: #23 6.571 -0.499 #7 7.343 -0.577
Hughes went red...Robb was off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
32 Ray Vierheller 3002 Pat Ross
E1 0.149 7.354 177.81 ****WINNER**** 0.024 8.056 167.59
D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.566 F/A Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.524
Qualified: #9 7.349 -0.571 #25 8.099 -0.481
Ross with the starting line advantage and the win..ross will face Pritchett in the next
round..
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
331 Ed Bennett 56 Jim Greenheck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.053 6.706 185.13 -0.045 7.434 182.72
A/D Index: 7.03 (+/-): -0.324 C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.526
Qualified: #31 6.638 -0.392 #15 7.434 -0.526
Bennett will face Robb in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
256 Blake Alexander 2885 David Rampy
E1 0.196 7.454 170.92 ****WINNER**** 0.026 7.459 156.44
A/AP Index: 7.17 (+/-): 0.284 A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.381
Qualified: #26 6.730 -0.440 #10 7.273 -0.567
Rampy has 64 National event wins in Comp.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
17 David Yediny 394 Greg Kamplain
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.084 8.782 138.51 0.003 6.953 191.40
L/A Index: 9.40 (+/-): -0.618 B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.527
Qualified: #2 8.797 -0.603 #18 6.962 -0.518
David Yediny's MOV: 0.0100 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Yediny will face Rampy in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3606 John Peto 361 Bo Butner
E1 0.063 7.820 165.74 ****WINNER**** 0.026 8.479 156.61
J/AA Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.570 E/SMA Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.551
Qualified: #19 7.873 -0.517 #3 8.431 -0.599
Bo Butner's MOV: 0.0181 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Al Ackerman 1466 Charlie Greco
E1 0.081 8.088 163.26 ****WINNER**** 0.036 8.922 135.35
F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.512 L/AA Index: 9.46 (+/-): -0.538
Qualified: #24 8.102 -0.498 #8 8.883 -0.577
Greco will face Bailey in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3308 John Frech 199K Kyle Cultrera
E1 0.049 8.167 159.85 ****WINNER**** 0.017 9.128 136.36
F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.433 H/EA Index: 9.68 (+/-): -0.552
Qualified: #30 8.190 -0.410 #14 9.151 -0.529
Cultrera will face Billingsley in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
307 Chuck Haubiel 3073 Jeremy Bailey
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 8.198 158.78 0.047 7.141 186.54
C/SM Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.562 C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.419
Qualified: #11 8.196 -0.564 #27 7.136 -0.424
Haubiel will face Butner in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
104 Frank Affronti 6 Sal Biondo
E1 -0.070 8.434 121.79 ****WINNER**** 0.024 8.658 122.09
B/EA Index: 8.32 (+/-): 0.114 I/AA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.072
Qualified: #21 7.814 -0.506 #5 8.142 -0.588
Biondo has nine National event wins...He will face Allen in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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