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Fri, 20 Jun 2008, 06:32 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1144 Bill Griffin Jr.                     1155 Tom Stalba                   
E1                   0.318  8.177 162.96     ****WINNER****  0.027  8.468 151.89
       C/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.543           C/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.392
 Qualified:            #11  8.115 -0.605                       #27  8.360 -0.500

6:09 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,194 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Griffin was slow at the tree and could not overcome that disadvantage. Stalba had an easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  115 David Strouse III                    2229 Lonnie Johnson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.074  7.154 176.56                     0.377 14.781  79.29
        B/A Index: 7.65 (+/-): -0.496            B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-):  7.141
 Qualified:            #22  7.122 -0.528                        #6  7.006 -0.634

Johnson had a bad start and then coasted down the track. Strouse took the win and will move on to the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1780 Gerry Russo                           145 Tom Ekroth                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  8.336 148.27                     0.114  7.556 178.66
      C/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.524             C/A Index: 7.98 (+/-): -0.424
 Qualified:            #14  8.277 -0.583                       #30  7.546 -0.434


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1055 Carl Miller                          1411 George Supinski              
E1                   0.091  8.399 158.71     ****WINNER****  0.202  8.277 159.14
        F/A Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.281            C/SM Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.523
 Qualified:            #32  8.351 -0.329                       #16  8.218 -0.582


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Stephen Szupka                       1086 Mark Hopkins                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  8.265 151.34                     0.001  7.959 168.72
       F/ED Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.565             D/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.401
 Qualified:            #12  8.230 -0.600                       #28  7.875 -0.485


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3308 John Frech                             18 Charlie Greco                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.341 135.99                    -0.016  9.697  96.65
        F/D Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.349            D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-):  1.417
 Qualified:            #21  8.158 -0.532                        #5  7.646 -0.634


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 140X Brian Darcy                          1985 Don Eckel III                
E1                   0.424  7.405 130.09     ****WINNER****  0.056  7.010 173.41
       A/ND Index: 7.50 (+/-): -0.095             C/D Index: 7.51 (+/-): -0.500
 Qualified:             #2  6.818 -0.682                       #18  6.958 -0.552

Darcy drifted out of the lane and got close to the center line. He tried to get the car back in the groove but got loose and started to go sideways. He managed to get the car straightened out but by then he had no chance to get the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  144 John Caliendo Jr                     2885 David Rampy                  
E1                  -0.045  7.836 155.47     ****WINNER****  0.017  7.417 147.18
       D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.444            A/EA Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.483
 Qualified:            #25  7.770 -0.510                        #9  7.274 -0.626


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1759 Ray Bamond                           1867 Richard Schonberger          
E1   ****WINNER****  0.099  8.296 160.37                     0.102  8.277 162.24
      C/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.564             I/A Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.543
 Qualified:            #26  8.360 -0.500                       #10  8.200 -0.620


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  113 Kennith Voight                         16 Arnie Martel                 
E1                   0.049  8.848 151.27     ****WINNER****  0.058  7.964 153.09
       G/SM Index: 9.38 (+/-): -0.532            B/SR Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.556
 Qualified:            #19  8.838 -0.542                        #3  7.860 -0.660


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Pat Ross                             1112 Erich Bollman                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.090  8.130 150.90                     0.071  7.914 167.41
        F/A Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.550             E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.446
 Qualified:             #8  8.047 -0.633                       #24  7.849 -0.511


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Al Ackerman                          2725 Keith Roberts                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.098  8.146 150.30                     0.105  9.243 141.79
        F/D Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.544           I/SMA Index: 9.74 (+/-): -0.497
 Qualified:             #4  8.034 -0.656                       #20  9.203 -0.537


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  104 Frank Affronti                       213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E1                   0.044  8.893 109.40     ****WINNER****  0.011  8.213 120.44
       C/AA Index: 8.02 (+/-):  0.873            B/SR Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.307
 Qualified:            #23  7.505 -0.515                        #7  7.886 -0.634


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 143Y Doug Doll Jr.                        105K Elio Mannino                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.114  8.768 113.78                    -0.024  7.403 177.32
       F/ED Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.062            B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.237
 Qualified:            #17  8.256 -0.574                       #33  7.394 -0.246

Mannino was in the field as an alternate for number one qualifier Jake Crimmins.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 198H Leland Hewell                           8 Sal Biondo                   
E1                   8.502 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.056  8.664 119.87
       C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-): 92.369            I/AA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.126
 Qualified:            #31  7.301 -0.329                       #15  8.207 -0.583

Hewell did his burnout and was backing up to stage when his car shut down.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1258 Daniel Civiello                         1 Frank Aragona                
E1                   0.554 10.816 128.60     ****WINNER****  0.187  8.505 122.51
       A/SM Index: 8.43 (+/-):  2.386            G/EA Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.385
 Qualified:            #34 11.008  2.578                       #13  8.294 -0.596

Civiello was in the field as an alternate for Ippolito.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink