Sun, 16 Aug 2009, 08:48 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 4 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
        Bye                                1136 Peter Biondo                 
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.684 No Time      
                                                 D/AA Index: 8.26 (+/-): 91.739
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (C Greco     ) 0.017  7.758 -0.522
E2                                           (D Yediny    ) 0.016  8.151 -0.129
E1                                           (B Schmiedl  ) 0.022  7.953 -0.327
 Qualified:                                                       #7  7.799 -0.481

7:42 p.m. Biondo took the green light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Bruno Massel                           54 Tom Schmidt                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.052  7.177 181.72                     0.018  8.320 160.65
      DD/AT Index: 7.73 (+/-): -0.553             C/T Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.480
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Harris    ) 0.028  7.246 -0.484      (C Sallee    ) 0.020  8.324 -0.476
E2    (L Ficco     ) 0.033  7.229 -0.651      (D Rampy     ) 0.036  8.294 -0.606
E1    (C Plaizier  ) 0.103  7.414 -0.466      (B Riemenapp ) 0.015  8.433 -0.467
 Qualified:             #3  7.338 -0.542                        #5  8.412 -0.488

Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.0394 seconds (approximately 9 feet). That should be a national record.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink