Sat, 12 Oct 2019, 19:07 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag
Racing Series, 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
104 Frank Affronti 1034 Chip Ippolito
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.030 7.807 170.13 0.107 7.838 167.26
E/AA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.453 PSTA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.362
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Kimbrough ) 0.102 8.085 -0.175 (D Eaton ) 0.030 7.726 -0.474
Qualified: #17 7.787 -0.473 #12 7.636 -0.564
6:57 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 38
percent, barometer 29.26 inches, adjusted altitude 3,191 feet, track temperature 105
degrees.Affronti gets the advantage off the line and holds off Ippolito to take the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
340 Terry Smith 1 Frank Aragona
E2 0.052 6.473 182.97 ****WINNER**** 0.037 7.552 169.66
A/DA Index: 6.97 (+/-): -0.497 J/AA Index: 8.09 (+/-): -0.538
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Russo ) 0.106 6.462 -0.608 -0.015 7.982 -0.108
Qualified: #7 6.452 -0.618 #1 7.335 -0.755
Aragona gets the advantage off the line and holds off Smith to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
9 Van Puckett 186 Tom Martino
E2 0.188 9.570 108.60 ****WINNER**** 0.214 8.237 145.45
F/AA Index: 8.47 (+/-): 1.100 C/SM Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.533
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Carnascial) 0.031 7.970 -0.560 (C Logan ) 0.053 8.761 -0.009
Qualified: #14 7.991 -0.539 #9 8.167 -0.603
Puckett gets the holeshot but his car noses over late in the run. Martino takes the
win and will take on Affronti in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 David Rampy 105K Elio Mannino
E2 -0.010 8.370 108.55 ****WINNER**** 0.056 7.676 140.30
A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): 0.550 B/AA Index: 7.55 (+/-): 0.126
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Kramer ) 0.042 7.633 -0.187 (A Hodges ) 0.000 7.049 -0.571
Qualified: #2 7.135 -0.685 #19 7.167 -0.453
Rampy leaves a little too quickly and goes red giving the win to Mannino.Mannino
backs off the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
24 Randy Daniels 1937 Lee Zane
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.023 8.522 145.88 0.030 8.904 121.28
E/SM Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.488 F/DA Index: 8.74 (+/-): 0.164
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Frech ) 0.105 8.503 -0.557 (T Terry ) 0.006 8.793 0.053
Qualified: #10 8.467 -0.593 #4 8.071 -0.669
Daniels gets the advantage off the line and he holds off Zane to take the
win.Daniels will take on Aragona in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
353 Bruno Massel 224 Brad Plourd
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.676 164.11 0.037 6.397 207.05
I/D Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.584 AA/AM Index: 6.94 (+/-): -0.543
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Ackerman ) 0.047 6.752 -0.518 (C Piston ) 0.002 6.482 -0.458
Qualified: #5 6.602 -0.668 #22 7.084 0.144
Massel gets the holeshot and holds off Plourd to take the win. Massel uses up a little
bit of his index in the win.Massel will take on Mannino in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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