Fri, 10 Sep 2021, 13:13 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1057 Calvin Hill                          1160 Al Ackerman                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.084  8.324 146.94                     0.054  8.342 128.74
         I/A Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.486             F/D Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.148
 Qualified:             #8  8.269 -0.541                       #16  8.926  0.436

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 1,697 feet.

Ackerman with the starting line advantage, but Hill holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Pat Ross                             114F Ronnie Boyd                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.059  8.136 145.22                     0.074  6.881 200.56
         F/A Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.464            A/ED Index: 7.28 (+/-): -0.399
 Qualified:             #4  8.017 -0.583                       #12  6.793 -0.487

Ross with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Lee Zane                             1471 Thomas Miller                
E1                   0.033  8.275 158.78     ****WINNER****  0.134  7.334 176.44
        F/DA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.405            C/AA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.536
 Qualified:            #14  8.239 -0.441                        #6  7.298 -0.572

Zane with the starting line advantage, but Miller chases him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1298 Chris Piston                         1034 Chip Ippolito                
E1                   0.086  8.244 160.52     ****WINNER****  0.101  7.695 164.13
        F/DA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.476            PSTA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.505
 Qualified:            #15  8.625 -0.095                        #7  7.637 -0.563

Piston with the starting line advantage, but Ippolito chases him down for win. Chip Ippolito's MOV: 0.0148 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  186 Tom Martino                          1086 Mark Hopkins                 
E1                  -0.051  8.208 144.23     ****WINNER****  0.071 13.592  63.32
        B/SM Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.452             D/A Index: 8.30 (+/-):  5.292
 Qualified:            #10  8.140 -0.520                        #2  7.653 -0.647

Martino goes red to give Hopkins the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1958 Lee Ream                               25 Jim Kimbrough                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034  7.470 176.30                     0.124  6.792 198.47
        D/DA Index: 8.01 (+/-): -0.540            B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.598
 Qualified:            #13  7.547 -0.463                        #5  6.817 -0.573

Ream with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Frank Aragona                              Bye
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.011  7.883 132.21     
        J/AA Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.117    
 Qualified:             #1  7.314 -0.686                     Bye

Aragona with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  107 Doug Hemp                              14 Joe Carnascale               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.014 10.394  97.03
       FS/SM Index: 8.49 (+/-): 91.509            I/SM Index: 9.52 (+/-):  0.874
 Qualified:            #11  7.971 -0.519                        #3  8.889 -0.631

Hamp was a no-show to give Carnascale the freebie. He clicks it off early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1990 David Barton                         1498 Santo Volpe                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.060  7.580 150.63
       FS/SM Index: 8.49 (+/-): 91.509            A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.330
 Qualified:            #17  9.376  0.886                        #9  7.382 -0.528

Barton is a no-show to give Volpe the freebie. Volpe clicks it off early.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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