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Sat, 1 Oct 2011, 05:56 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1203 Dave Hughes                          2725 Keith Roberts                
E1                   0.253  6.460 214.11     ****WINNER****  0.099  7.389 178.50
        A/A Index: 7.07 (+/-): -0.610            C/ED Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.471
 Qualified:            #10  6.478 -0.592                       #26  7.384 -0.476

5:21 p.m. - Hughes was napping at the starting line and it cost him. Roberts got the win and will move on to the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1086 Mark Hopkins                          113 Ken Voight                   
E1                  -0.100  7.830 174.14     ****WINNER****  0.020  8.972 131.36
        D/A Index: 8.23 (+/-): -0.400            G/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.308
 Qualified:            #29  7.811 -0.419                       #13  8.697 -0.583

A red light start by Hopkins gave the easy win to Voight.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 114F Ronnie Boyd                          1101 Pam Miskovsky                
E1                   0.135  7.204 146.11     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.167 155.92
       A/ED Index: 7.16 (+/-):  0.044            C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.393
 Qualified:            #32  6.792 -0.368                       #16  7.009 -0.551

Boyd was late at the tree and Miskovsky was not. She gets the win and will move on to the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1909 Greg Mannix                            16 Kevin Robb                   
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.254  6.961 190.70                    -0.005  8.576  99.68
       B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.519            D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-):  0.656
 Qualified:            #22  6.963 -0.517                        #6  7.308 -0.612

Robb left the starting line too soon so Mannix gets the win. It's a good thing that Robb had a slower dial because Mannix left way too soon. But by then, he already had the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1466 Charlie Greco                        140X Brian Darcy                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037 10.117  96.03                    -0.159  7.683 121.90
       L/AA Index: 9.39 (+/-):  0.727            A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-):  0.263
 Qualified:             #3  8.725 -0.665                       #19  6.878 -0.542

Darcy went red so Greco got the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Pat Ross                              361 Bo Butner                    
E1                  -0.041  8.855 114.00     ****WINNER****  0.046  9.029 109.63
        F/A Index: 8.58 (+/-):  0.275           E/SMA Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:            #21  8.045 -0.535                        #5  8.400 -0.630

Butner got the win on a red light by Ross.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  368 Fred Allen                           1775 Fred Gallo                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.208 111.88                    -0.095 20.518  34.33
       C/SR Index: 9.04 (+/-):  0.168            A/AA Index: 7.11 (+/-): 13.408
 Qualified:            #15  8.487 -0.553                       #31  6.725 -0.385

Allen had a good light but it did not matter because Gallo went red.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2631 Jonathan Gray                        1034 Chip Ippolito                
E1                   0.251  8.238 162.29     ****WINNER****  0.163  7.775 162.25
      C/SMA Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.452            PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.445
 Qualified:            #28  8.227 -0.463                       #12  7.635 -0.585

Ippolito was better getting out of the gate and hung on for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  340 Terry A. Smith                       1484 Allen Stanfield              
E1                   0.102  9.382  94.86     ****WINNER****  0.005  8.782 151.92
       D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-):  1.462            F/SM Index: 9.25 (+/-): -0.468
 Qualified:             #8  7.313 -0.607                       #24  8.766 -0.484

Stanfield was quicker at the tree for the win. Smith's car got a little loose at mid track.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 David Yediny                         1780 Gerry Russo                  
E1                   0.110  8.761 135.74     ****WINNER****  0.012  8.070 167.24
        L/A Index: 9.39 (+/-): -0.629           B/SMA Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.550
 Qualified:             #1  8.649 -0.741                       #17  8.073 -0.547

Russo was quicker out of the gate for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Sal Biondo                              9 Arnie Martel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062  8.659 123.46                    -0.015 11.114  80.54
       I/AA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.041            D/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-):  2.944
 Qualified:            #20  8.161 -0.539                        #4  7.531 -0.639

A red light by Martel means a win by Biondo.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Al Ackerman                          1985 Don Eckel III                
E1                  -0.042 13.848  58.77     ****WINNER**** -0.002  7.189 159.02
        F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-):  5.248            C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.371
 Qualified:            #11  8.015 -0.585                       #27  7.090 -0.470

Eckel got the win on a red light by Ackerman.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Joe Carnasciale                      1057 Calvin Hill                  
E1                   0.043  9.118 134.58     ****WINNER****  0.005  8.136 158.82
       I/SM Index: 9.64 (+/-): -0.522            I/AA Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.564
 Qualified:             #2  8.970 -0.670                       #18  8.158 -0.542

Hill was first out of the gate and first to the finish line.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Frank Aragona Jr.                    3308 John Frech                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037  8.178 156.53                     0.039  8.093 161.57
       F/ED Index: 8.71 (+/-): -0.532             F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.507
 Qualified:             #7  8.101 -0.609                       #23  8.097 -0.503

Aragona and Frech came off the line together but Aragona took the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1867 Richard Schonberger                  199K Kyle Cultrera                
E1                   0.142 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.060  9.438 112.21
        I/A Index: 8.70 (+/-): 91.299            H/EA Index: 9.62 (+/-): -0.182
 Qualified:            #25  8.217 -0.483                        #9  9.018 -0.602

Schonberger launched and began to drift right toward the center line. He tried to straighten it out but his car got loose and he headed toward the wall. Schonberger tried to get the car straightened out, but the rear of his car fishtailed and headed toward the wall in the other lane. He crossed the center line and managed to get the car almost straight so that it just skimmed the wall instead of hitting it head on. Meanwhile, Cultrera went on to take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Steve Szupka                           19 Scott Benham                 
E1                   0.055  9.149 113.83     ****WINNER****  0.031  8.399 139.73
       G/EA Index: 8.78 (+/-):  0.369             B/T Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.301
 Qualified:            #14  8.210 -0.570                       #30  8.286 -0.414

Szupka launched and his car immediately made a move to the right. He stayed with it but by then, he had little chance of overtaking Benham.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink