Sun, 18 Sep 2005, 02:43 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 21st annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  106 Vinny Barone                           16 Don Eckel                    
E4                   0.010  7.992 166.01     ****WINNER****  0.140  7.059 189.10
       A/SR Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.408             C/D Index: 7.61 (+/-): -0.551
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Costa     ) 0.048  7.898 -0.562      (T Ciccarone ) 0.013  7.122 -0.488
E2    (S Ambrose   ) 0.072  7.960 -0.560      (S Mackay    ) 0.147  7.262 -0.348
E1    (R Vierheller) 0.083  8.026 -0.494      (A Armstrong ) -0.034  7.338 -0.272
 Qualified:            #11  7.994 -0.526                       #17  7.134 -0.476

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,627 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Barone with a huge starting line advantage, but Eckel withthe power to chase him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1250 Joe Carnasciale                      1780 Gerry Russo                  
E4                   0.047  8.734 154.30     ****WINNER****  0.014  8.676 150.18
       E/SM Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.536           E/SMA Index: 9.18 (+/-): -0.504
 Prior rounds:
E3    (F Affronti  ) 0.040  8.770 -0.530      (A Ackerman  ) 0.019  9.089 -0.091
E2    (P Biondo    ) 0.085  9.265 -0.035      (L Zane      ) 0.026  8.729 -0.451
E1    (G Supinski J) 0.079  8.797 -0.513      (G Wisecarver) 0.054  8.674 -0.536
 Qualified:            #14  8.800 -0.510                        #8  8.660 -0.550

Gerry Russo's MOV: 0.0013 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink