Sat, 18 Apr 2009, 04:50 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations |
By Larry Sullivan |
COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
231 Mike Saye 18 Pat Ross
E2 0.063 8.733 153.44 ****WINNER**** 0.069 8.077 155.26
H/AA Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.497 F/A Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.543
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Connolly ) 0.053 8.892 -0.338 (S Szupka ) 0.011 8.716 0.096
Qualified: #28 8.784 -0.446 #20 7.998 -0.622
4:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,164 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.Neither driver has a CIC penalty. Things got off to a much better start here,
with almost identical green lights and a close race. Pat Ross' MOV: 0.0402 seconds (approximately 9 feet), but he picked up a 0.04
event CIC to get the win light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
394 Greg Kamplain 2711 Dennis Mitchell
E2 0.040 7.002 187.47 ****WINNER**** 0.010 7.795 172.78
C/DA Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.518 E/A Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.505
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Tanksley ) 0.012 7.015 -0.555 (R Vierheller) 0.036 7.791 -0.569
Qualified: #22 7.006 -0.564 #30 7.966 -0.394
Greg Kamplain has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Dennis Mitchell has a 0.06 CIC penalty. Again green in both lanes, Mitchell with a very
good light. Another close race, Dennis Mitchell's MOV: 0.0178 seconds (approximately 5 feet), with no additional CIC.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2885 David Rampy 3361 Bo Butner
E2 0.054 7.414 146.54 ****WINNER**** 0.012 7.769 154.02
A/EA Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.456 D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.511
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Kimbrough ) 0.012 7.891 0.021 (R Bailey ) 0.044 8.539 0.259
Qualified: #10 7.207 -0.663 #2 7.569 -0.711
Neither driver has a CIC penalty. Butner had a great light, paid a small CIC price for the win light, probably expecting
Rampy to show up at the finish.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1484 Allen Stanfield 5250 Todd Patterson
E2 0.034 9.028 127.88 ****WINNER**** 0.129 7.726 163.67
H/SM Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.532 E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.634
Prior rounds:
E1 (V Puckett ) 0.054 9.064 -0.496 0.082 8.268 -0.092
Qualified: #9 8.890 -0.670 #1 7.597 -0.763
Neither driver has a CIC penalty. Again two greens, but Patterson gave up almost a tenth on the tree and paid a big CIC price
for the win, a 0.13 event CIC and a permanent 0.03 index adjustment. Todd Patterson's MOV: 0.0072 seconds (approximately 16 inches).
He races Ross in the quarterfinals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2112 Jenny Treadwell 1162 Sal Biondo
E2 0.071 8.278 152.49 ****WINNER**** 0.026 8.263 152.21
E/ED Index: 8.78 (+/-): -0.502 I/AA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.507
Prior rounds:
E1 (F Aragona ) 0.049 8.274 -0.576 (D Eberly ) 0.037 8.266 -0.524
Qualified: #21 8.252 -0.598 #14 8.144 -0.646
Jenny Treadwell has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Sal Biondo has a 0.02 CIC penalty. Two more green lights. Sal Biondo's MOV: 0.0506
seconds (approximately 11 feet) with no additional CIC penalty. He faces Butner in the quarters.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3068 Steve Ambrose 11 Anthony Bertozzi
E2 0.130 7.815 165.99 ****WINNER**** 0.047 7.341 173.63
J/AA Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.585 D/ED Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.509
Prior rounds:
E1 (L Johnson ) 0.067 8.341 -0.059 (B Browell ) 0.054 7.346 -0.644
Qualified: #11 7.750 -0.650 #18 7.354 -0.636
Steve Ambrose has no CIC penalty; Anthony Bertozzi has a 0.14 CIC penalty. Ambrose gave most of the difference back at the
green and Bertozzi was able to get the win light without any additional CIC penalty. He faces Mitchell next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
357 Rick Brown 2780 Grant Lewis
E2 0.050 8.232 163.53 ****WINNER**** 0.012 8.950 148.62
B/TA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.578 H/SMA Index: 9.52 (+/-): -0.570
Prior rounds:
E1 (L Sharp ) 0.059 8.303 -0.557 (A Hodges ) 0.114 9.017 -0.543
Qualified: #4 8.171 -0.689 #12 8.912 -0.648
Rick Brown has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Grant Lewis has a 0.04 CIC penalty. Lewis had a very good light, still picked up 0.07
additional event CIC and a 0.01 permanent adjustment for the win. Grant Lewis' MOV: 0.0304 seconds (approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
211 Glen Treadwell 8 Arnie Martel
E2 0.047 8.036 149.60 ****WINNER**** 0.028 7.985 162.72
G/ED Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.524 F/AA Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.575
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Coan ) 0.091 8.908 0.348 (B Alexander ) 0.082 9.029 0.469
Qualified: #8 7.888 -0.672 #16 7.918 -0.642
Last pair. Neither driver has a CIC penalty. Martel had the better light, still paid a price for the win and will pick up a
0.07 event CIC for his race against Lewis tomorrow. Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0707 seconds (approximately 16 feet).
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