Sun, 16 Aug 2009, 08:00 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 3 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
   14 Charlie Greco                        1136 Peter Biondo                 
E3                   0.134  7.811 155.01     ****WINNER****  0.017  7.758 155.51
       D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.469            D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.522
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Neff      ) 0.038  7.748 -0.532      (D Yediny    ) 0.016  8.151 -0.129
E1    (B Allen     ) 0.060  7.808 -0.472      (B Schmiedl  ) 0.022  7.953 -0.327
 Qualified:            #10  7.819 -0.461                        #7  7.799 -0.481

6:53 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 28.51 inches, adjusted altitude 3,487 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Peter Biondo's MOV: 0.1706 seconds (approximately 39 feet). He'll have a bye run in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Bruno Massel                           58 Matthew Harris               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  7.246 174.84                     0.120  7.763 173.70
      DD/AT Index: 7.73 (+/-): -0.484             E/A Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.557
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Ficco     ) 0.033  7.229 -0.651      (R Hass      ) 0.038  8.105 -0.215
E1    (C Plaizier  ) 0.103  7.414 -0.466      (B Antony    ) 0.043  7.853 -0.467
 Qualified:             #3  7.338 -0.542                        #6  7.834 -0.486

Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.0191 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Tom Schmidt                           514 Clint Sallee                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  8.324 157.28                     0.140  6.676 202.73
        C/T Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.476             B/D Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.584
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.036  8.294 -0.606      (S Vincent   ) 0.041  6.781 -0.479
E1    (B Riemenapp ) 0.015  8.433 -0.467      (D Giroux    ) 0.222  7.714  0.454
 Qualified:             #5  8.412 -0.488                        #8  6.787 -0.473

Tom Schmidt's MOV: 0.0125 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Massel versus Schmidt in the semi's.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink