Sun, 19 Apr 2009, 08:54 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Pat Ross                             2711 Dennis Mitchell              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.011  8.142 165.74                     0.052  7.856 171.51
        F/A Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.438             E/A Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.444
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Patterson ) 0.041  8.085 -0.495      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.020  7.836 -0.464
E2    (M Saye      ) 0.069  8.077 -0.543      (G Kamplain  ) 0.010  7.795 -0.505
E1    (S Szupka    ) 0.011  8.716  0.096      (R Vierheller) 0.036  7.791 -0.569
 Qualified:            #20  7.998 -0.622                       #30  7.966 -0.394

8:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.10 inches, adjusted altitude 2,213 feet, track temperature 73 degrees.

Pat Ross has a 0.04 CIC penalty; Dennis Mitchell has a 0.06 CIC penalty.

Pat Ross' MOV: 0.0358 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3361 Bo Butner                               8 Arnie Martel                 
E4                   0.028  7.771 170.67     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.978 168.26
       D/AA Index: 8.27 (+/-): -0.499            F/AA Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.512
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Biondo    ) 0.096  8.443  0.173      (G Lewis     ) 0.035  8.011 -0.479
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.012  7.769 -0.511      (G Treadwell ) 0.028  7.985 -0.575
E1    (R Bailey    ) 0.044  8.539  0.259      (B Alexander ) 0.082  9.029  0.469
 Qualified:             #2  7.569 -0.711                       #16  7.918 -0.642

Bo Butner has a 0.01 CIC penalty; Arnie Martel has a 0.07 CIC penalty.

Two good lights...Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0066 seconds (approximately 20 inches). He picks up an additional hundredth in CIOC, it was worth the price, he will face Ross in the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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