Sun, 12 Oct 2008, 12:28 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
|
|
By Larry Sullivan
|
DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual Virginia NHRA
Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Frank Aragona Jr. 4171 Rodger Brogdon
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.003 8.560 126.32 0.040 10.290 93.10
G/EA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.250 D/SM Index: 8.92 (+/-): 1.370
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Schonberge) 0.048 8.304 -0.566 (C Greco ) 0.035 8.412 -0.568
E1 (D Nase Jr ) 0.041 8.370 -0.510 (D Doll Jr ) 0.029 9.580 0.600
Qualified: #14 8.209 -0.671 #2 8.258 -0.722
12:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 30.26 inches, adjusted
altitude 1,094 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.Frank Aragona Jr. has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Rodger Brogdon has a 0.06 CIC
penalty.
Both cars had problems on the start, Brogdon's a bucking bronco and Aragona making a hard move toward the Christmas
tree. Brogdon sloed around half track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
17 Al Ackerman 1484 Allen Stanfield
E3 0.020 8.141 138.96 ****WINNER**** 0.132 8.823 130.97
F/D Index: 8.55 (+/-): -0.409 G/SM Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.537
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Biondo ) 0.034 8.048 -0.592 (F Cervelli ) 0.059 8.860 -0.520
E1 (E Bollman ) 0.012 8.133 -0.517 (P Ross ) 0.050 9.420 0.040
Qualified: #12 7.974 -0.676 #8 8.678 -0.702
Al Ackerman has a 0.10 CIC penalty; Allen Stanfield has a 0.02 CIC penalty. Stanfield gave back a tenth on the tree, almost
giving Ackerman an easy win, but Ackerman could not run the number and Stanfield got the win light. Allen Stanfield's MOV: 0.0168
seconds (approximately 3 feet). Stanfield race Aragona next round, picked up 0.03 more in CIC for the win here.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
14 Stephen Szupka 16 Arnie Martel
E3 0.028 8.329 159.64 ****WINNER**** 0.053 7.809 159.97
F/ED Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.431 B/SR Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.471
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Book ) 0.041 8.805 0.045 (T Smith ) 0.033 7.779 -0.591
E1 (D Rampy ) 0.000 8.254 -0.576 (P Miskovsky ) 0.027 7.863 -0.567
Qualified: #25 8.209 -0.621 #5 7.726 -0.704
Stephen Szupka has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Arnie Martel has a 0.15 CIC penalty. Szupka was off the pace and Martel got the win
without taking any more CIC burden. Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0151 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
213A Anthony Bertozzi 1136 Peter Biondo
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.770 159.97 0.034 9.220 117.23
B/SR Index: 8.29 (+/-): -0.520 I/SMA Index: 9.64 (+/-): -0.420
Prior rounds:
E2 (G Wisecarver) 0.026 7.786 -0.534 (T Terry ) 0.027 9.844 0.204
E1 (F Affronti ) 0.027 7.818 -0.612 (B Lee Scott ) 0.039 9.138 -0.602
Qualified: #7 7.727 -0.703 #3 9.019 -0.721
Anthony Bertozzi has a 0.14 CIC penalty; Peter Biondo has a 0.10 CIC penalty. Two of the best ever...Anthony Bertozzi's MOV:
0.1146 seconds (approximately 20 feet). He picked up a couple hundredths additional CIC, so his index will take a "nickel hit" on
Monday. He races Martel in the semifinals, so their CIC penalties will just about cancel each other out.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
NHRA: 10 Most Recent Entries [ top ]
Oct 28- LAS VEGAS - Deecell Power Systems Comp Clash Preview
Oct 28- LAS VEGAS - NHRA Summit Racing Series Preview
Oct 28- LAS VEGAS - Funny Car Preview
Oct 27- Penwell Knights Raceway Joins NHRA Member Track Network for the First Time in Division 4
Oct 27- LAS VEGAS - Ted Wiens Trick or Traction Award Returns
Oct 26- LAS VEGAS - JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Series Preview
Oct 26- Little River Dragway Latest Track to Join Growing NHRA Member Track Network
Oct 26- Cordova Dragway Joins NHRA West Central Division
Oct 25- LAS VEGAS - Event Preview
Oct 22- NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony Returns to Pechanga Resort Casino
