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Sat, 11 Oct 2008, 02:32 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual Virginia NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1484 Allen Stanfield                      3002 Pat Ross                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  9.420 101.04                    -0.012  8.250 139.59
       G/SM Index: 9.38 (+/-):  0.040             F/A Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.430
 Qualified:             #8  8.678 -0.702                       #24  8.056 -0.624

2:07 p.m. First, a m oment of silence for all the indexes that are about to make the untimate sacrifice...

We start with the traditional red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3718 Terry Smith                           353 Bruno Massel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  7.405 170.49                     0.037  7.340 165.80
       D/ED Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.585           DD/AT Index: 7.90 (+/-): -0.560
 Qualified:            #29  7.409 -0.581                       #13  7.229 -0.671

Terry Smith's MOV: 0.0226 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He takes a 0.08 CIC "Hit" to win a close race.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1571 Michele Costa                        7910 Frank Cervelli               
E1                   0.234  9.048 139.04     ****WINNER****  0.140  7.084 193.60
        G/D Index: 9.64 (+/-): -0.592            B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.556
 Qualified:            #16  8.977 -0.663                       #32  7.087 -0.553

Frank Cervelli's MOV: 0.0581 seconds (approximately 12 feet) - and a 0.05 CIC.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Al Ackerman                          1112 Erich Bollman                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  8.133 158.99                     0.109  7.829 169.74
        F/D Index: 8.65 (+/-): -0.517             E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.531
 Qualified:            #12  7.974 -0.676                       #28  7.778 -0.582

Ackerman drilled the tree and took a minimal 0.01 CIC penalty for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2617 Russell Joly                           18 Charlie Greco                
E1                   0.010  8.133 158.26     ****WINNER****  0.073  7.683 170.95
       F/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.507            D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.597
 Qualified:            #26  8.053 -0.587                       #10  7.591 -0.689

Charlie Greco's MOV: 0.0278 seconds (approximately 6 feet).Greco was late and paid a 0.09 CIC penalty to get the win. Charlie Greco's MOV: 0.0278 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2229 Lonnie Johnson                       2347 Tony Terry                   
E1                   0.111  7.217 191.02     ****WINNER****  0.138  8.157 145.00
       B/AA Index: 7.64 (+/-): -0.423            F/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.483
 Qualified:            #27  7.058 -0.582                       #11  7.958 -0.682

Johnson's car had a big backfire when he cranked it up under the tower...but there was no apparent damage. However, Terry was an easy winner despite a leisurely light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4171 Rodger Brogdon                       143Y Doug Doll Jr.                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.580  92.51                    -0.046  8.579 116.88
       D/SM Index: 8.98 (+/-):  0.600            F/ED Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.251
 Qualified:             #2  8.258 -0.722                       #18  8.189 -0.641

Doll was way red...


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1127 Bill Scott                           1136 Peter Biondo                 
E1                   0.031  6.819 194.46     ****WINNER****  0.039  9.138 138.76
       B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.571           I/SMA Index: 9.74 (+/-): -0.602
 Qualified:            #33  6.843 -0.547                        #3  9.019 -0.721

Close race. Biondo gave up "a dime" but avoided a permanent index change. Peter Biondo's MOV: 0.0231 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1867 Richard Schonberger                  2126 Michael Hardee               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.105  8.160 159.76                     0.074  8.546 151.75
        I/A Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.660            E/SM Index: 9.14 (+/-): -0.594
 Qualified:            #22  8.191 -0.629                        #6  8.436 -0.704

Schonberger was late, gave up .16 CIC for the win - that will be a 0.05 permanent adjustment.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 213A Anthony Bertozzi                      104 Frank Affronti               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.818 160.33                     0.078  7.760 165.23
       B/SR Index: 8.43 (+/-): -0.612             D/A Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.550
 Qualified:             #7  7.727 -0.703                       #23  7.682 -0.628

Bertozzi had a very good light, still gave up .11 in CIC and a 0.01 index change on Monday.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona Jr.                    1628 Don Nase Jr.                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  8.370 139.18                     0.078  6.769 195.36
       G/EA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.510             I/D Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.531
 Qualified:            #14  8.209 -0.671                       #30  6.725 -0.575

Frank Aragona Jr.'s MOV: 0.0163 seconds (approximately 5 feet) - and a 0.01 CIC.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2885 David Rampy                            14 Stephen Szupka               
E1                   0.040  7.440 141.56     ****WINNER****  0.000  8.254 157.87
       A/EA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.430            F/ED Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.576
 Qualified:             #9  7.175 -0.695                       #25  8.209 -0.621

Szupka was perfect at the tree and Rampy liofted early. Szupka was waiting for him to go by and took a 0.07 CIC. Stephen Szupka's MOV: 0.1866 seconds (approximately 39 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  199 Gary Wisecarver                      1780 Gerry Russo                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.991 146.61                     0.026  8.292 154.47
       H/SM Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.569           C/SMA Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.558
 Qualified:            #31  8.997 -0.563                       #15  8.186 -0.664

Wisecarver's car took the long route, out toward the wall, then back to the groove on the launch. It didn't appear to hurt anything, it was a very close race, Wisecarver with the win and a 0.06 CIC. Gary Wisecarver's MOV: 0.0128 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1101 Pam Miskovsky                          16 Arnie Martel                 
E1                   0.182  6.982 184.25     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.863 151.46
       C/DA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.648            B/SR Index: 8.43 (+/-): -0.567
 Qualified:            #21  6.995 -0.635                        #5  7.726 -0.704

Miskovsky was very late and gave up a 0.04 permanent index adjustment in a losing cause. Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0742 seconds (approximately 20 feet) and a temporary 0.06 CIC "hit" for Martel.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1250 Joe Carnasciale                         8 Sal Biondo                   
E1                  -0.004 10.792  89.87     ****WINNER****  0.002  7.846 128.40
       I/SM Index: 9.67 (+/-):  1.122            D/ED Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.144
 Qualified:             #4  8.958 -0.712                       #20  7.353 -0.637

Easy win for Biondo.

In round two it's Book vs Szupka, Smith vs Martel, Peter Biondo vs Terry, Bertozzi vs Wisecarver, Brogdon vs Greco, Schonberger vs Aragona, Sal Biondo vs Ackerman and Stanfield vs Vervelli.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink