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Sun, 23 Aug 2009, 07:30 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Charlie Greco                        3903 Stu Sandhaus                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  7.802 151.04                     0.069 10.473  71.50
       D/AA Index: 8.23 (+/-): -0.428            A/ND Index: 7.46 (+/-):  3.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Bamond    ) 0.072  7.789 -0.441      (V Barone    ) 0.033  6.969 -0.491
E1    (M Costa     ) 0.047  7.728 -0.552      (B Darcy     ) 0.050 10.529  3.069
 Qualified:             #2  7.708 -0.572                       #14  7.058 -0.402

7:23 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted altitude 3,172 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Al Ackerman                          1780 Gerry Russo                  
E3                   0.098  8.072 164.47     ****WINNER****  0.042  8.281 152.62
        F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.528           C/SMA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.529
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Johnson   ) 0.056  8.099 -0.541      (J Caliendo  ) 0.008  8.349 -0.461
E1    (E Bollman   ) 0.072  8.257 -0.383      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.008  8.309 -0.511
 Qualified:             #5  8.155 -0.485                        #9  8.371 -0.449


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Dan Fletcher                            8 Arnie Martel                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.273 136.18                    -0.001 11.523  77.70
       C/EA Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.357            D/AA Index: 8.23 (+/-):  3.293
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Gallo     ) 0.027  8.190 -0.440      (P Ross      ) 0.053  7.726 -0.554
E1    (R Hudlow    ) 0.037  8.250 -0.380      (C Ippolito  ) 0.205  7.837 -0.443
 Qualified:             #7  8.168 -0.462                        #3  7.786 -0.494

Fletcher will race Russo in the semifinal round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  104 Frank Affronti                       1162 Sal Biondo                   
E3                  -0.058  9.828  97.60     ****WINNER****  0.014  8.446 137.62
        E/A Index: 8.31 (+/-):  1.518            I/AA Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.294
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.040  7.808 -0.512      (B Alexander ) 0.098  8.391 -0.349
E1    (R Schonberge) 0.061  7.850 -0.470      (D Eckel     ) 0.040  8.238 -0.522
 Qualified:            #12  7.889 -0.431                        #8  8.303 -0.457

Biondo got the win and will race Greco in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink