Sun, 16 Aug 2009, 06:26 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  590 Clint Neff                             14 Charlie Greco                
E2                  -0.008  8.233 129.92     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.748 167.12
        K/A Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.297            D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.532
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Martel    ) 0.112  8.028 -0.512      (B Allen     ) 0.060  7.808 -0.472
 Qualified:             #4  8.004 -0.536                       #10  7.819 -0.461

5:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.47 inches, adjusted altitude 3,490 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5248 Shaun Vincent                         514 Clint Sallee                 
E2                   0.091  8.674 152.69     ****WINNER****  0.041  6.781 169.98
       C/TA Index: 9.13 (+/-): -0.456             B/D Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.479
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Nahan     ) 0.040  9.425  0.295      (D Giroux    ) 0.222  7.714  0.454
 Qualified:            #14  8.758 -0.372                        #8  6.787 -0.473

Clint Sallee's MOV: 0.0737 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                          146 Dave Yediny                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.151 121.11                    -0.002  9.222 115.56
       D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.129             L/A Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.268
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Schmiedl  ) 0.022  7.953 -0.327      (P Pittman   ) 0.050  9.559  0.069
 Qualified:             #7  7.799 -0.481                        #1  8.914 -0.576

Biondo will face Greco in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   58 Matthew Harris                       4444 Robert Hass                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  8.105 124.02                    -0.098  8.301 133.95
        E/A Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.215            B/AA Index: 7.63 (+/-):  0.671
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Antony    ) 0.043  7.853 -0.467      (D Kjono     ) 0.016  7.339 -0.291
 Qualified:             #6  7.834 -0.486                       #12  7.227 -0.403

Matthew Harris wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Bruno Massel                            6 Lou Ficco                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.033  7.229 186.56                     0.001  7.296 186.28
      DD/AT Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.651            B/AP Index: 7.88 (+/-): -0.584
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Plaizier  ) 0.103  7.414 -0.466      (J Greenheck ) 0.086  7.974  0.094
 Qualified:             #3  7.338 -0.542                        #9  7.416 -0.464

Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.0353 seconds (approximately 10 feet). He'll face Harris in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Tom Schmidt                          2885 David Rampy                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  8.294 160.61                     0.075  7.266 182.40
        C/T Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.606            A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.594
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Riemenapp ) 0.015  8.433 -0.467      (T Gusso     ) 0.044  7.421 -0.439
 Qualified:             #5  8.412 -0.488                       #11  7.425 -0.435

Tom Schmidt's MOV: 0.0517 seconds (approximately 14 feet). He'll face Sallee in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink