Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 06:10 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 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
 143Y Doug Doll Jr.                           1 Frank Aragona                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.317 154.76                     0.022  8.410 154.19
       F/ED Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.503            G/EA Index: 8.89 (+/-): -0.480
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.009  8.314 -0.516      (J Frech     ) 0.071  8.400 -0.490
E1    (E Mannino   ) 0.114  8.768 -0.062      (D Civiello  ) 0.187  8.505 -0.385
 Qualified:            #17  8.256 -0.574                       #13  8.294 -0.596

6:01 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,779 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Sal Biondo                             16 Arnie Martel                 
E3                   0.046  8.215 154.32     ****WINNER****  0.063  7.920 157.98
       I/AA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.515            B/SR Index: 8.47 (+/-): -0.550
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Bertozzi  ) 0.007  8.221 -0.569      (T Stalba    ) 0.067  8.085 -0.385
E1    (L Hewell    ) 0.056  8.664 -0.126      (K Voight    ) 0.058  7.964 -0.556
 Qualified:            #15  8.207 -0.583                        #3  7.860 -0.660

Martel will race Doll in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1759 Ray Bamond                           1780 Gerry Russo                  
E3                  -0.018  8.457 137.83     ****WINNER****  0.030  8.468 133.71
      C/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.403           C/SMA Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.392
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Eckel     ) 0.024  8.338 -0.462      (D Strouse   ) 0.045  8.338 -0.502
E1    (R Schonberge) 0.099  8.296 -0.564      (T Ekroth    ) 0.012  8.336 -0.524
 Qualified:            #26  8.360 -0.500                       #14  8.277 -0.583

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Al Ackerman                          3002 Pat Ross                     
E3   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.528  98.35                    -0.076  8.158 151.07
        F/D Index: 8.64 (+/-):  0.888             F/A Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.472
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Szupka    ) 0.053  8.133 -0.517      (G Supinski J) 0.150  8.254 -0.376
E1    (K Roberts   ) 0.098  8.146 -0.544      (E Bollman   ) 0.090  8.130 -0.550
 Qualified:             #4  8.034 -0.656                        #8  8.047 -0.633

Ackerman will race Russo in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink