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Sat, 05 Oct 2013, 10:36 AM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Sal Biondo                           140X Brian Darcy                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  8.383 130.76                     0.219  7.514 156.35
        D/EA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.417            A/ND Index: 7.43 (+/-):  0.084
 Qualified:            #18  8.266 -0.534                        #2  6.830 -0.600

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 29.52 inches, adjusted altitude 2,423 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Biondo with a big starting line advantage and Darcy with problems so he clicked it off early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  368 Fred Allen                           2229 Lonnie Johnson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.918 152.14                     0.161  7.087 192.71
        B/SR Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.462            B/AA Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.483
 Qualified:             #6  7.797 -0.583                       #22  7.093 -0.477

Allen with the big starting line advantage for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  112 Erich Bollman                        1985 Don Eckel III                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  7.728 166.62                     0.007  7.070 188.15
         D/A Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.552            C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.490
 Qualified:             #8  7.708 -0.572                       #24  7.091 -0.469

Eckel III gets the starting line advantage, but Bollman chases him down to take the win by 0.0343 seconds (approximately 9 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1422 Allyn Armstrong                      1155 Tom Stalba                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058  8.960 128.40                     0.922 24.208  42.93
         L/A Index: 9.29 (+/-): -0.330            L/AA Index: 9.31 (+/-): 14.898
 Qualified:            #25  8.827 -0.463                        #9  8.755 -0.555

Armstrong with the big starting line advantage as Stalba has problems right at the hit.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  104 Frank Affronti                       1203 Dave Hughes                  
E1                  -0.500 24.255  47.61     ****WINNER**** -0.126  8.576 111.25
        B/EA Index: 8.28 (+/-): 15.975             A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-):  1.466
 Qualified:            #17  7.746 -0.534                        #1  6.510 -0.600

Affronti with problems and goes red...Hughes gets the win and will face Armstrong in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   19 Anthony Niemczyk                     X169 Chris Wentzel                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.741 176.95                     0.050  7.381 177.11
         I/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.499            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.459
 Qualified:            #10  6.688 -0.552                       #26  7.384 -0.456

Niemczyk with the win will face Biondo in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1867 Richard Schonberger                  2617 Russell Joly                 
E1                   0.074  9.927 126.42     ****WINNER****  0.023  7.731 152.88
        I/SM Index: 9.51 (+/-):  0.417            C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.179
 Qualified:            #31  9.141 -0.369                       #15  7.369 -0.541

Jolly gets the starting line advantage and the win as Schonberger has problems.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1251 Joe Carnasciale                      1090 Gary Guarriello              
E1                   0.053  9.327 137.86     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.379 168.37
       I/SMA Index: 9.62 (+/-): -0.293            C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.451
 Qualified:             #4  9.029 -0.591                       #20  7.321 -0.509

Guarriello with a great light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1086 Mark Hopkins                         105K Elio Mannino                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058  7.856 173.29                     0.312  7.075 194.72
         D/A Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.424            B/AA Index: 7.57 (+/-): -0.495
 Qualified:            #27  7.856 -0.424                       #11  7.019 -0.551

Hopkins with a big starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Steve Szupka                         1571 Michele Costa                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.078  8.713 115.99                    -0.008  8.913 105.07
        G/EA Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.027            G/EA Index: 8.74 (+/-):  0.173
 Qualified:            #12  8.190 -0.550                       #28  8.325 -0.415

Heads-up! Costa is just little too quick on the tree and turns on the red light. Szupka will face Guarriello in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Al Ackerman                          1063 Michael Kaufman              
E1                   0.110  8.086 147.10     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.489 157.95
         F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.504           D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.451
 Qualified:             #7  8.014 -0.576                       #23  8.465 -0.475

Kaufman with the starting line advantage and takes the win by 0.0295 seconds (approximately 6 feet). He will face Jolly in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Pat Ross                             1223 Sean Gaffney                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  7.816 158.61                     0.014  8.567 155.42
         E/A Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.464           D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.373
 Qualified:            #13  7.730 -0.550                       #29  8.542 -0.398

Gaffney with the starting line advantage, but Ross chases him down for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A179 Donny Algieri                          15 Calvin Hill                  
E1                   0.067  8.205 159.29     ****WINNER****  0.025  8.354 140.18
        F/ED Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.425            D/EA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.446
 Qualified:            #32  8.272 -0.358                       #16  8.262 -0.538

Hill with the starting line advatage and the win. He will face Bollman in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 199K Kyle Cultrera                        1034 Chip Ippolito                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  9.700 104.24                    -0.039  8.716 107.05
        H/EA Index: 9.61 (+/-):  0.090            PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-):  0.496
 Qualified:            #14  9.063 -0.547                       #30  7.826 -0.394

Ippolito turns on the red light and Cultrera with the win. He will face Allen in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1414 Kevin Robb                           7004 Art Hodges                   
E1                  -0.007 19.441  36.99     ****WINNER****  0.108  8.756 103.67
        B/SR Index: 8.38 (+/-): 11.061             C/A Index: 7.89 (+/-):  0.866
 Qualified:             #5  7.795 -0.585                       #33  7.559 -0.331

Hodges is in as an alternate for Bauder. Robb goes red and Hodges with the easy win. He will face


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Frank Aragona                           5 Arnie Martel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  8.117 162.16                     0.097  7.706 174.19
        F/ED Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.513            B/EA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.574
 Qualified:            #19  8.103 -0.527                        #3  7.681 -0.599

Aragona with the starting line advantage and the win. This was a close one...Frank Aragona's MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 20 inches). Aragona will face Hopkins in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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