Fri, 31 May 2013, 15:43 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 44th Toyota NHRA Summernationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1107 Mike Miscovsky                         19 Anthony Niemczyk             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.109  7.060 187.94                     0.257  7.001 184.88
        C/DA Index: 7.58 (+/-): -0.520             I/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.239
 Qualified:            #23  7.114 -0.466                        #7  6.669 -0.571

3:19 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 93 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,927 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Pat Ross                               15 Calvin Hill                  
E1                   0.074  8.052 167.55     ****WINNER****  0.009  8.266 161.96
         F/A Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.488            D/EA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.544
 Qualified:            #18  8.053 -0.487                        #2  8.194 -0.616

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  112 Erich Bollman                        1055 Carl Miller                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.109  8.167 129.73                    -0.032  8.236 163.71
         D/A Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.113             F/A Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.304
 Qualified:            #11  7.732 -0.548                       #27  8.305 -0.235

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1063 Michael Kaufman                       104 Frank Affronti               
E1                   0.069  8.502 159.08     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.798 165.94
       D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.438            B/EA Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.502
 Qualified:            #19  8.462 -0.478                        #3  7.701 -0.599

Affronti will race Bollman in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 213A Anthony Bertozzi                     1571 Michele Costa                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.059  7.879 157.01                     0.015  8.394 153.25
        B/SR Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.501            G/EA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.366
 Qualified:             #9  7.823 -0.557                       #25  8.370 -0.390

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1251 Joe Carnasciale                      1422 Allyn Armstrong              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  9.234 142.79                     0.097  8.878 151.20
       I/SMA Index: 9.67 (+/-): -0.436             L/A Index: 9.29 (+/-): -0.412
 Qualified:             #5  9.095 -0.575                       #21  8.818 -0.472

Carnasciale's car bounced around a bit at the start but he got the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A179 Donny Algieri                        1034 Chip Ippolito                
E1                   0.140  8.390 157.59     ****WINNER****  0.083  7.981 157.71
        F/ED Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.240            PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.239
 Qualified:            #28  8.434 -0.196                       #12  7.692 -0.528

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1086 Mark Hopkins                            3 Frank Aragona                
E1                   0.076  7.894 172.41     ****WINNER****  0.100  8.158 160.79
         D/A Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.386            F/ED Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.472
 Qualified:            #24  7.862 -0.418                        #8  8.060 -0.570

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Steve Szupka                         1985 Don Eckel III                
E1                   0.026  8.410 153.14     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.110 184.22
        G/EA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.350            C/DA Index: 7.58 (+/-): -0.470
 Qualified:            #32  8.843  0.083                       #16  7.086 -0.494

Eckel will race Aragona in the second round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4254 Scott Benham                         1963 Ed Alessi Jr.                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049 10.310  91.91                    -0.025  6.952 194.35
         B/T Index: 8.75 (+/-):  1.560            A/DA Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.158
 Qualified:            #15  8.232 -0.518                       #31  7.078 -0.032

Benham will race Miscovsky in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1203 Dave Hughes                             6 Sal Biondo                   
E1                   0.027  6.620 212.29     ****WINNER****  0.022  8.301 148.14
         A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.490            D/EA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.509
 Qualified:            #17  6.623 -0.487                        #1  8.150 -0.660

Biondo and Bertozzi will race in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 X169 Chris Wentzel                        1155 Tom Stalba                   
E1                   0.045  7.471 177.37     ****WINNER****  0.048  8.833 145.93
        A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.369            L/AA Index: 9.34 (+/-): -0.507
 Qualified:            #20  7.363 -0.477                        #4  8.763 -0.577

Stalba will race Ippolito in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1867 Richard Schonberger                     5 Arnie Martel                 
E1                   0.102  9.097 146.64     ****WINNER****  0.082  7.841 148.35
        I/SM Index: 9.53 (+/-): -0.433            B/EA Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.459
 Qualified:            #22  9.059 -0.471                        #6  7.726 -0.574

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  368 Fred Allen                           199K Kyle Cultrera                
E1                   0.064  8.604 155.51     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.140 136.44
        C/SR Index: 8.99 (+/-): -0.386            H/EA Index: 9.61 (+/-): -0.470
 Qualified:            #14  8.471 -0.519                       #30  9.574 -0.036

Cultrera will race Martel next time.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1995 Rob Carpenter                         151 Darrin Bauder                
E1                         No Time                                 No Time      
       F/SMA Index: 9.18 (+/-): 90.819             C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): 92.069
 Qualified:            #29  9.058 -0.122                       #13  7.411 -0.519

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 David Rampy                          105K Elio Mannino                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.446 140.74                           No Time      
        A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.394            B/AA Index: 7.57 (+/-): 92.429
 Qualified:            #10  7.285 -0.555                       #26  7.325 -0.245

Mannino did not answer the call. Rampy will race Calvin Hill in the second round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1995 Rob Carpenter                         151 Darrin Bauder                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.061  7.954 131.55
       F/SMA Index: 9.18 (+/-): 90.819             C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #29  9.058 -0.122                       #13  7.411 -0.519

Carpenter was a no show. Bauder will race Carnasciale in the second round of eliminations.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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