Sat, 04 Oct 2014, 17:21 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Joe Carnasciale                      2262 Mark Moreland                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  9.677 105.73                    -0.099  9.136 147.42
       I/SMA Index: 9.43 (+/-):  0.247            H/SM Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.424
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Armstrong ) 0.145  8.924 -0.586      (B Darcy     ) -0.041  9.341 -0.219
 Qualified:             #4  8.866 -0.644                       #26  9.167 -0.393

5:03 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.04 inches, adjusted altitude 1,859 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1466 Charlie Greco                        1160 Al Ackerman                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.120  8.616 147.36                     0.074  8.049 165.50
        L/AA Index: 9.18 (+/-): -0.564             F/D Index: 8.51 (+/-): -0.461
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Sandhaus  ) 0.045  8.672 -0.568      (D Eckel     ) 0.018  8.004 -0.566
 Qualified:            #10  8.628 -0.612                        #3  7.900 -0.670

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Kyle Cultrera                        2106 Scotty Richardson            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.956 139.40                     0.026  8.181 160.27
        H/EA Index: 9.57 (+/-): -0.614            D/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.539
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hopkins   ) 0.052  9.069 -0.501      (R Schonberge) 0.023  8.367 -0.353
 Qualified:             #7  8.948 -0.622                       #14  8.184 -0.536

Cultrera got the win and will race Greco in round three tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   22 Lee Sharp                            1471 Thomas Miller                
E2                   0.152  8.286 153.30     ****WINNER****  0.071  7.580 168.11
       D/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.594            PSTA Index: 8.14 (+/-): -0.560
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Bamond    ) 0.033  8.371 -0.549      (C Hill      ) 0.065  7.636 -0.564
 Qualified:             #2  8.250 -0.670                        #9  7.587 -0.613

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                     113 Ken Voight                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.054  8.947 117.34                    -0.104  9.612 106.53
        F/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.283            F/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-):  0.382
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Frech     ) 0.082  8.654 -0.576      (C Miller    ) 0.091  8.732 -0.498
 Qualified:             #6  8.607 -0.623                       #13  8.662 -0.568

Houghtaling will race Miller in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1203 Dave Hughes                           104 Frank Affronti               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.101  6.474 207.56                     0.042  7.638 175.89
         A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.636            B/EA Index: 8.19 (+/-): -0.552
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Wentzel   ) -0.007  8.295  1.185      (F Aragona   ) 0.022  7.684 -0.536
 Qualified:             #8  6.490 -0.620                       #15  7.688 -0.532

Hughes will race Carnasciale in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Steve Szupka                         1890 Michael Hanratty             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  8.696 117.57                    -0.111  8.207 120.61
        G/EA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.034             K/A Index: 8.17 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Schonberge) 0.038  8.438 -0.292      (E Mannino   ) 0.076  7.665 -0.545
 Qualified:            #12  8.144 -0.586                        #5  7.570 -0.640

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1052 Arnie Martel                               Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009 14.431  58.54     
        E/AA Index: 8.29 (+/-):  6.141    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Ippolito  ) 0.046  7.785 -0.515   
 Qualified:             #1  7.580 -0.720                     Bye

Martel had the bye and will race Steve Szupka in the next round tomorrow.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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