Sat, 25 Jun 2011, 11:24 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 2 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
    6 Sal Biondo                            368 Fred Allen                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.078  8.732 117.63                    -0.026 No Time      
       I/AA Index: 8.73 (+/-):  0.002            B/SR Index: 8.34 (+/-): 91.659
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Affronti  ) 0.024  8.658 -0.072      (S Ambrose   ) 0.024  7.879 -0.461
 Qualified:             #5  8.142 -0.588                       #29  7.923 -0.417

11:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 2,415 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Allen fouls out then the timing system has a problem resulting in no time recorded for him.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1466 Charlie Greco                          35 Robert Bailey                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.058  8.825 143.34                     0.061  6.609 205.13
       L/AA Index: 9.43 (+/-): -0.605            A/ED Index: 7.16 (+/-): -0.551
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Ackerman  ) 0.036  8.922 -0.538      (B Dawson    ) 0.109  7.345  0.185
 Qualified:             #8  8.883 -0.577                       #16  6.635 -0.525

Greco gets the win but takes a big hit to his index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Pat Ross                              277 Larry Pritchett              
E2                  -0.031  8.172 146.59     ****WINNER****  0.049  8.612 115.53
        F/A Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.388            B/SM Index: 8.59 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Vierheller) 0.024  8.056 -0.524      (B Massel    ) 0.099  8.089 -0.581
 Qualified:            #25  8.099 -0.481                        #1  8.024 -0.646

Ross leaves too quick and gives the win to Pritchett.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 David Yediny                         2885 David Rampy                  
E2                   0.119 12.604  71.09     ****WINNER****  0.095  8.439 137.96
        L/A Index: 9.29 (+/-):  3.314            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-):  0.599
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Kamplain  ) 0.084  8.782 -0.618      (B Alexander ) 0.026  7.459 -0.381
 Qualified:             #2  8.797 -0.603                       #10  7.273 -0.567

Rampy blows the tires off at the hit but Yediny breaks at half track and Rampy drives by.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  331 Ed Bennett                             16 Kevin Robb                   
E2                  -0.048 11.724  69.57     ****WINNER****  0.091  8.305 103.40
        A/D Index: 7.03 (+/-):  4.694            D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-):  0.385
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Greenheck ) 0.053  6.706 -0.324      (D Hughes    ) 0.099  8.745  0.825
 Qualified:            #31  6.638 -0.392                        #7  7.343 -0.577

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                           213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E2                   0.205  8.279 151.78     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.913 157.04
       B/TA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.521            B/SR Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.427
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Messina   ) 0.034  8.363 -0.437      (B Browell   ) 0.024  7.861 -0.479
 Qualified:            #12  8.242 -0.558                       #20  7.829 -0.511

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  307 Chuck Haubiel                         361 Bo Butner                    
E2                   0.028  8.189 162.49     ****WINNER****  0.025  8.433 152.59
       C/SM Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.511           E/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.547
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Bailey    ) 0.020  8.198 -0.562      (J Peto      ) 0.026  8.479 -0.551
 Qualified:            #11  8.196 -0.564                        #3  8.431 -0.599

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                    199K Kyle Cultrera                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.126  9.146 112.98                    -0.024 17.449  42.95
       L/AA Index: 9.42 (+/-): -0.274            H/EA Index: 9.63 (+/-):  7.819
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Martel    ) 0.108  8.919 -0.541      (J Frech     ) 0.017  9.128 -0.552
 Qualified:            #22  8.960 -0.500                       #14  9.151 -0.529

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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