Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 02:26 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 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
 2885 David Rampy                           358 David Billingsley            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.072  7.304 164.13                     0.014  8.971 134.07
       A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.536            L/AA Index: 9.42 (+/-): -0.449
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Yediny    ) 0.095  8.439  0.599      (K Cultrera  ) 0.126  9.146 -0.274
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.026  7.459 -0.381      (A Martel    ) 0.108  8.919 -0.541
 Qualified:            #10  7.273 -0.567                       #22  8.960 -0.500

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,035 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

David Rampy's MOV: 0.0294 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  361 Bo Butner                              16 Kevin Robb                   
E3                   0.033 10.291  94.84     ****WINNER****  0.036  8.029 130.35
      E/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-):  1.351            D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-):  0.109
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Haubiel   ) 0.025  8.433 -0.547      (E Bennett II) 0.091  8.305  0.385
E1    (J Peto      ) 0.026  8.479 -0.551      (D Hughes    ) 0.099  8.745  0.825
 Qualified:             #3  8.431 -0.599                        #7  7.343 -0.577

Butner spun hard right off the starting line and then clicked it off early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1466 Charlie Greco                        213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.046  8.862 145.34                     0.111 16.473  46.44
       L/AA Index: 9.33 (+/-): -0.468            B/SR Index: 8.34 (+/-):  8.133
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Bailey    ) 0.058  8.825 -0.605      (R Brown     ) 0.030  7.913 -0.427
E1    (A Ackerman  ) 0.036  8.922 -0.538      (B Browell   ) 0.024  7.861 -0.479
 Qualified:             #8  8.883 -0.577                       #20  7.829 -0.511

Bertozzi with problems early and clicked it off. Greco will face Rampy in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Sal Biondo                            277 Larry Pritchett              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.222 155.81                     0.005  8.137 156.30
       I/AA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.508            B/SM Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.453
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Allen     ) 0.078  8.732  0.002      (P Ross      ) 0.049  8.612  0.022
E1    (F Affronti  ) 0.024  8.658 -0.072      (B Massel    ) 0.099  8.089 -0.581
 Qualified:             #5  8.142 -0.588                        #1  8.024 -0.646

Sal Biondo's MOV: 0.0330 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Biondo will face Robb in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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