Sun, 1 Oct 2006, 12:43 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
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By Jim Samuel
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MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, 22nd annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1780 Gerry Russo 10 Frank Aragona
E2 0.054 8.544 133.58 ****WINNER**** 0.048 8.562 149.12
C/SMA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.296 G/EA Index: 9.10 (+/-): -0.538
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Caliendo J) 0.042 8.332 -0.598 (J Carnascial) 0.015 8.912 -0.188
Qualified: #8 8.326 -0.604 #16 8.544 -0.556
12:25 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent,
barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 656 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3098 Douglas Stewart 1052 Arnie Martel
E2 -0.019 8.941 106.71 ****WINNER**** 0.083 10.545 81.75
B/SMA Index: 8.68 (+/-): 0.261 G/SMA Index: 9.44 (+/-): 1.105
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Aloisio ) 0.012 8.180 -0.590 (R Schonberge) 0.081 8.938 -0.512
Qualified: #9 8.171 -0.599 #1 8.738 -0.712
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
121 Scott MacKay 1495 Dominic Surace
E2 0.167 7.483 168.81 ****WINNER**** 0.031 7.670 176.21
D/ED Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.517 PST Index: 8.07 (+/-): -0.400
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Hardee ) -0.033 7.813 -0.187 (P Ross ) 0.015 7.702 -0.368
Qualified: #6 7.383 -0.617 #30 7.745 -0.325
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1937 Lee Zane 1162 Sal Biondo
E2 0.061 8.989 145.63 ****WINNER**** 0.018 8.206 161.61
L/AA Index: 9.65 (+/-): -0.661 I/AA Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.624
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Bartucci ) 0.007 9.292 -0.358 (T Terry ) 0.035 8.326 -0.574
Qualified: #11 9.064 -0.586 #3 8.231 -0.669
Sal Biondo's MOV: 0.0062 seconds (approximately 16 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
178 Dan Fletcher 15 Vinny Barone
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.072 9.359 115.30 -0.063 8.336 122.10
G/SMA Index: 9.45 (+/-): -0.091 A/SR Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.064
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Logan ) 0.028 9.360 -0.090 (C Hill ) -0.081 19.968 11.568
Qualified: #7 8.843 -0.607 #15 7.827 -0.573
Fletcher will race Biondo in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1262 Kevin Houghtaling 1034 Chip Ippolito
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.070 9.337 118.05 -0.059 7.571 169.87
H/SM Index: 9.69 (+/-): -0.353 PST Index: 8.07 (+/-): -0.499
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Richard ) 0.068 9.183 -0.557 (C Greco ) 0.039 15.939 7.869
Qualified: #10 9.144 -0.596 #18 7.523 -0.547
Houghtaling will meet Surace next time out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1112 Erich Bollman 1718 Tommy Ciccarone Jr.
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.038 No Time No Time
E/A Index: 8.38 (+/-): 91.619 D/SMA Index: 9.08 (+/-): 90.919
Prior rounds:
E1 (P Stewart ) 0.012 7.879 -0.511 (F Affronti ) 0.065 8.580 -0.510
Qualified: #13 7.808 -0.582 #5 8.459 -0.631
Ciccarone was involved in a crash last night with Frank Affronti during the first half of
the first round of eliminations, so he was not able to answer the call. Reports are that he is
fine.
Bollman had a competition single pass. He launched, the car broke and came to a rest at 330
feet.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink


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