Sun, 23 Aug 2009, 10:10 AM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Jim Samuel |
MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
18 Patrick Ross 1101 Pam Miskovsky
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.122 8.166 148.71 0.191 13.883 56.80
F/A Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.454 C/DA Index: 7.57 (+/-): 6.313
Qualified: #11 8.185 -0.435 #27 7.302 -0.268
9:30 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent,
barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 2,728 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.Miskovsky
launched and got off the throttle.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3718 Terry Smith 2229 Lonnie Johnson
E1 0.148 7.535 174.68 ****WINNER**** 0.077 7.235 175.21
D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.405 B/AA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.395
Qualified: #29 7.709 -0.231 #13 7.227 -0.403
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
104 Frank Affronti 1867 Richard Schonberger
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.061 7.850 163.35 0.073 8.306 159.82
E/A Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.470 I/A Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.394
Qualified: #12 7.889 -0.431 #28 8.465 -0.235
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
9 Al Ackerman 112 Erich Bollman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.072 8.257 135.00 5.851 No Time
F/D Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.383 E/A Index: 8.32 (+/-): 91.679
Qualified: #5 8.155 -0.485 #21 7.963 -0.357
Bollman staged and did not move when the tree came down.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
146 Dave Yediny 144 John Caliendo Jr
E1 -0.047 9.118 121.29 ****WINNER**** 0.225 No Time
L/A Index: 9.49 (+/-): -0.372 D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): 91.719
Qualified: #1 8.874 -0.616 #17 7.897 -0.383
Caliendo got to mid track and stopped with the rear end locked up. He got the win anyway
because Yediny fouled out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
107 Kyle Koretsky 1775 Fred Gallo
E1 0.000 9.036 148.30 ****WINNER**** 0.153 6.640 208.04
G/SM Index: 9.33 (+/-): -0.294 A/AA Index: 7.15 (+/-): -0.510
Qualified: #31 9.168 -0.162 #15 6.750 -0.400
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1250 Joe Carnasciale 1759 Ray Bamond
E1 -0.086 9.950 102.42 ****WINNER**** 0.092 8.515 140.12
I/SM Index: 9.67 (+/-): 0.280 C/SMA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.305
Qualified: #10 9.230 -0.440 #26 8.514 -0.306
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1034 Chip Ippolito 8 Arnie Martel
E1 -0.040 7.744 173.18 ****WINNER**** 0.205 7.837 148.72
PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.476 D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.443
Qualified: #19 7.846 -0.374 #3 7.786 -0.494
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
140X Brian Darcy 3903 Stu Sandhaus
E1 -0.034 9.051 92.94 ****WINNER**** 0.050 10.529 88.44
A/ND Index: 7.46 (+/-): 1.591 A/ND Index: 7.46 (+/-): 3.069
Qualified: #30 7.276 -0.184 #14 7.058 -0.402
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
16 Stephen Szupka 106 Vinny Barone
E1 0.015 8.754 155.24 ****WINNER**** 0.100 8.093 147.50
F/ED Index: 8.83 (+/-): -0.076 A/SR Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.307
Qualified: #22 8.482 -0.348 #6 7.926 -0.474
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
14 Charlie Greco 1571 Michele Costa
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.047 7.728 156.53 0.047 9.152 140.69
D/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.552 G/D Index: 9.64 (+/-): -0.488
Qualified: #2 7.708 -0.572 #18 9.261 -0.379
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1780 Gerry Russo 11 Anthony Bertozzi
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.008 8.309 162.90 0.035 7.426 177.72
C/SMA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.511 D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.514
Qualified: #9 8.371 -0.449 #25 7.613 -0.327
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
256 Blake Alexander 12 Frank Aragona Jr.
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 6.806 198.82 0.089 8.444 147.34
A/AP Index: 7.26 (+/-): -0.454 G/EA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.436
Qualified: #32 7.236 -0.024 #16 8.482 -0.398
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1985 Don Eckel III 1162 Sal Biondo
E1 0.024 7.042 190.30 ****WINNER**** 0.040 8.238 154.00
C/D Index: 7.45 (+/-): -0.408 I/AA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.522
Qualified: #24 7.111 -0.339 #8 8.303 -0.457
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2885 David Rampy 189 Pete Hanratty
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.044 7.408 173.23 0.088 6.658 203.83
A/EA Index: 7.86 (+/-): -0.452 A/DA Index: 7.14 (+/-): -0.482
Qualified: #4 7.373 -0.487 #20 6.775 -0.365
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1902 Robbie Hudlow 1 Dan Fletcher
E1 0.173 7.236 189.68 ****WINNER**** 0.037 8.250 140.44
B/AA Index: 7.63 (+/-): -0.394 C/EA Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.380
Qualified: #23 7.283 -0.347 #7 8.168 -0.462
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