Sun, 12 Oct 2008, 03:54 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of final, round 5 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
   16 Arnie Martel                         1484 Allen Stanfield              
E5   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.687 168.60                     0.116  8.688 155.63
       B/SR Index: 8.21 (+/-): -0.523            G/SM Index: 9.30 (+/-): -0.612
 Prior rounds:
E4    (A Bertozzi  ) 0.015  7.703 -0.727      (F Aragona Jr) 0.037  8.795 -0.535
E3    (S Szupka    ) 0.053  7.809 -0.471      (A Ackerman  ) 0.132  8.823 -0.537
E2    (T Smith     ) 0.033  7.779 -0.591      (F Cervelli  ) 0.059  8.860 -0.520
E1    (P Miskovsky ) 0.027  7.863 -0.567      (P Ross      ) 0.050  9.420  0.040
 Qualified:             #5  7.726 -0.704                        #8  8.678 -0.702

3:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 30.22 inches, adjusted altitude 1,291 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Martel comes in with nine wins, three this year, including two weeks ago in Memphis. His first career win came here in '98. Stanfield has one win, also here, in '99.

Arnie Martel has a 0.22 CIC penalty; Allen Stanfield has a 0.08 CIC penalty.

Despite the huge CIC penalty, Martel notches his tenth win, fourth of the season when Stanfield gave back most of the CIC penalty with a late light. Unbelievable! Stanfield also takes a permanent index "hit" in a losing cause.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink