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Sat, 11 Oct 2008, 05:02 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 2 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
   17 Al Ackerman                             8 Sal Biondo                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034  8.048 164.91                     0.021  7.483 167.24
        F/D Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.592            D/ED Index: 7.99 (+/-): -0.507
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Bollman   ) 0.012  8.133 -0.517      (J Carnascial) 0.002  7.846 -0.144
 Qualified:            #12  7.974 -0.676                       #20  7.353 -0.637

4:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 30.13 inches, adjusted altitude 1,369 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.
Al Ackerman has a 0.01 CIC penalty; Sal Biondo has no CIC penalty.

Good race, but Ackerman took another 0.09 in CIC to get the win. Al Ackerman's MOV: 0.0723 seconds (approximately 18 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 213A Anthony Bertozzi                      199 Gary Wisecarver              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.786 159.76                     0.005  9.005 152.62
       B/SR Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.534            H/SM Index: 9.50 (+/-): -0.495
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Affronti  ) 0.027  7.818 -0.612      (G Russo     ) 0.025  8.991 -0.569
 Qualified:             #7  7.727 -0.703                       #31  8.997 -0.563

Anthony Bertozzi has a 0.11 CIC penalty; Gary Wisecarver has a 0.06 CIC penalty.

Anthony Bertozzi's MOV: 0.0184 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He adds another 0.03 CIC, both temporary and permanent.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  301 Bob Book                               14 Stephen Szupka               
E2                  -0.034  7.215 121.04     ****WINNER****  0.041  8.805 116.83
        A/D Index: 7.04 (+/-):  0.175            F/ED Index: 8.76 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Treadwell ) 0.110  6.756 -0.284      (D Rampy     ) 0.000  8.254 -0.576
 Qualified:             #1  6.315 -0.725                       #25  8.209 -0.621

Bob Book has no CIC penalty; Stephen Szupka has a 0.07 CIC penalty.

Book went red and Szupka got a free pass to the quarterfinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2347 Tony Terry                           1136 Peter Biondo                 
E2                  -0.007 10.657  86.17     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.844 101.34
       F/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-):  2.017           I/SMA Index: 9.64 (+/-):  0.204
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Johnson   ) 0.138  8.157 -0.483      (B Lee Scott ) 0.039  9.138 -0.602
 Qualified:            #11  7.958 -0.682                        #3  9.019 -0.721

Tony Terry has no CIC penalty; Peter Biondo has a 0.10 CIC penalty.

Another red and Peter Biondo gets to save what's left of his index for another round. Biondo runs Bertozzi in the quarters.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3718 Terry Smith                            16 Arnie Martel                 
E2                   0.016  7.514 141.59     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.779 164.39
       D/ED Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.396            B/SR Index: 8.37 (+/-): -0.591
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Massel    ) 0.040  7.405 -0.585      (P Miskovsky ) 0.027  7.863 -0.567
 Qualified:            #29  7.409 -0.581                        #5  7.726 -0.704

Terry Smith has a 0.08 CIC penalty; Arnie Martel has a 0.06 CIC penalty. Smith fell way behind on the top end and M


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Charlie Greco                        4171 Rodger Brogdon               
E2                   0.119  7.742 160.23     ****WINNER****  0.035  8.412 143.20
       D/AA Index: 8.19 (+/-): -0.448            D/SM Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.568
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Joly      ) 0.073  7.683 -0.597      (D Doll Jr   ) 0.029  9.580  0.600
 Qualified:            #10  7.591 -0.689                        #2  8.258 -0.722

Charlie Greco has a 0.09 CIC penalty; Rodger Brogdon has no CIC penalty.

Brogdon had a big edge at the tree andtook a 0.06 CIC penalty to insure the win, getting to the stripe first by over two tenths.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1484 Allen Stanfield                      7910 Frank Cervelli               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.059  8.860 131.42                    -0.038  7.140 170.90
       G/SM Index: 9.38 (+/-): -0.520            B/AA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.450
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Ross      ) 0.050  9.420  0.040      (M Costa     ) 0.140  7.084 -0.556
 Qualified:             #8  8.678 -0.702                       #32  7.087 -0.553

Allen Stanfield has no CIC penalty; Frank Cervelli has a 0.05 CIC penalty.

Cervelli went red, Stanfield didn't see the win light, took a 0.02 CIC penalty. He races Ackerman next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona Jr.                    1867 Richard Schonberger          
E2   ****WINNER****  0.048  8.304 148.64                     0.073  8.172 157.26
       G/EA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.566             I/A Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.488
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Nase Jr   ) 0.041  8.370 -0.510      (M Hardee    ) 0.105  8.160 -0.660
 Qualified:            #14  8.209 -0.671                       #22  8.191 -0.629

Frank Aragona Jr. has a 0.01 CIC penalty; Richard Schonberger has a 0.16 CIC penalty.

Aragona had the better light, took a 0.06 CIC penalty to win by a tenth of a second. He races Brogdon next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink