Sun, 5 Jun 2011, 01:06 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1466 Charlie Greco                        3380 David Allen                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  8.896 129.78                     0.016  6.874 195.00
       L/AA Index: 9.46 (+/-): -0.564           BB/AM Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.526
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.062 10.449  0.989      (T Fontana   ) 0.068  7.268 -0.132
 Qualified:             #1  8.669 -0.791                        #8  6.728 -0.672

12:56 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 1,573 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Allen was quicker out of the gate but it was not enough to get the win. Greco will move on to round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2885 David Rampy                          1203 Dave Hughes                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  7.423 140.71                    -0.030  6.862 170.11
       A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.417             A/A Index: 6.97 (+/-): -0.108
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Miller    ) 0.081  7.862  0.022      (D Yediny    ) 0.186  6.466 -0.644
 Qualified:            #12  7.190 -0.650                       #18  6.543 -0.567

Rampy will race Greco in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 213A Anthony Bertozzi                        9 Arnie Martel                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  7.768 162.29                     0.039  7.667 153.46
       B/SR Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.572            D/AA Index: 8.10 (+/-): -0.433
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Benham    ) 0.033  7.935 -0.405      (B Darcy     ) 0.069  7.594 -0.576
 Qualified:            #15  7.732 -0.608                        #9  7.498 -0.672

Bertozzi will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Steve Szupka                          104 Frank Affronti               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.078  8.292 150.87                     0.216  7.805 161.15
       G/EA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.478            B/EA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.455
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Allen     ) 0.001  8.264 -0.536      (P Talarowski) 0.229  7.757 -0.563
 Qualified:             #7  8.098 -0.702                       #14  7.711 -0.609

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   16 Kevin Robb                              6 Sal Biondo                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  8.028 113.59                           No Time      
       D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-):  0.088            I/AA Index: 8.63 (+/-): 91.369
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Gallo     ) 0.087  7.443 -0.497      (K Voight    ) 0.046  8.125 -0.625
 Qualified:            #10  7.273 -0.667                        #3  8.013 -0.737

Biondo rolled through the beams before the tree was activated.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Al Ackerman                          1867 Richard Schonberger          
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.835 107.21                    -0.003 14.735  56.91
        F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-):  0.235             I/A Index: 8.64 (+/-):  6.095
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Joly      ) -0.006  8.385 -0.215      (C Hill      ) 0.151  8.140 -0.560
 Qualified:            #13  7.964 -0.636                       #19  8.134 -0.566

Schonberger's car slowed at mid track. Ackerman will race Robb next time out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Frank Aragona Jr.                    199K Kyle Cultrera                
E2                   0.072  8.112 161.15     ****WINNER****  0.039  9.103 138.10
       F/ED Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.608            H/EA Index: 9.68 (+/-): -0.577
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Russo     ) 0.037  8.262 -0.458      (L Johnson   ) 0.093  9.796  0.116
 Qualified:             #4  7.994 -0.726                       #11  9.014 -0.666

Cultrera got off the starting line more quickly and stayed out in front for the win. He'll race Steve Szupka in round three. Kyle Cultrera's MOV: 0.0027 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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