Sun, 6 Jun 2010, 03:40 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 13th annual United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Miller Welders:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Brian Browell                         394 Greg Kamplain                
E2                   0.034  7.303 167.09     ****WINNER****  0.078  7.006 177.63
        D/D Index: 7.72 (+/-): -0.417            C/DA Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.474
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Brown     ) 0.021  7.219 -0.571      (V Barone    ) 0.028  6.976 -0.584
 Qualified:             #9  7.203 -0.587                       #17  7.013 -0.547

2:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,715 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

The indexes took a beating in most of the round one pairings - nothing permanent, but lots of adjustments for the rest of this race.

Brian Browell has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Greg Kamplain has a 0.08 CIC penalty.

Browell had the better light, but Kamplain ran him down for the win. Greg Kamplain's MOV: 0.0134 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Robert Bailey                           7 Doug Lambeck                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  6.581 186.12                     0.055  8.470 158.13
       A/ED Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.519           D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.500
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Biondo    ) 0.018  6.594 -0.606      (J Arnold    ) 0.014  8.686 -0.284
 Qualified:             #4  6.580 -0.620                       #28  8.527 -0.443

Robert Bailey has a 0.10 CIC penalty; Doug Lambeck has no CIC penalty.

Bailey had a very good light and caught Lambek on the top end. Robert Bailey's MOV: 0.0467 seconds (approximately 11 feet). However, he took a permanent 0.01 index adjustment to get that win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  512 Bill Riemenapp                        356 Doug Warren                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.061  8.766 130.67                    -0.004  6.803 166.64
       C/SR Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.324            A/DA Index: 7.13 (+/-): -0.327
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Kelly     ) 0.073  8.621 -0.469      (S Chamness  ) 0.077  6.693 -0.437
 Qualified:            #32  8.704 -0.386                        #8  6.535 -0.595

Neither driver has a CIC penalty.

Warren was early and Riemenapp gets to round 3 with his index intact. He faces Bailey next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Arnie Martel                           42 Adam Hickey                  
E2                   0.189  7.577 178.21     ****WINNER****  0.040  8.157 156.97
       D/AA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.623           C/SMA Index: 8.71 (+/-): -0.553
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Allen     ) 0.025  8.061 -0.139      (B Antony    ) 0.041  8.297 -0.413
 Qualified:             #6  7.601 -0.599                       #14  8.138 -0.572

Neither driver has a CIC penalty.

Martel was late and that cost him the drag race. He went way under his index trying to catch Hickey, will permanently lose 0.02 tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Steve Szupka                           31 Steve Ambrose                
E2                   0.057  8.232 159.16     ****WINNER****  0.072  7.787 160.52
       G/EA Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.518            J/AA Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.553
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Graves    ) 0.065  8.248 -0.572      (S Vincent   ) 0.140  7.839 -0.561
 Qualified:            #15  8.261 -0.559                        #7  7.804 -0.596

Steve Szupka has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Steve Ambrose has a 0.06 CIC penalty.

Steve Ambrose's MOV: 0.0204 seconds (approximately 5 feet). That costs him another "nickle" and a permanent 0.01 adjustment.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 Frank Aragona Jr.                    5622 Jim Greenheck                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.044  9.220 107.29                    -0.044  7.484 181.28
       F/ED Index: 8.79 (+/-):  0.430            C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.476
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.050  8.734 -0.056      (P Ross      ) -0.035  7.568 -0.392
 Qualified:             #3  8.161 -0.629                       #27  7.492 -0.468

Neither driver has a CIC penalty.

Greenheck went red, allowing Aragona to cruise to victory. He races Aragona next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  359 Jay Billingsley                         8 David Rampy                  
E2                   0.087  8.290 158.99     ****WINNER****  0.013  7.293 159.51
       F/ED Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.500            A/EA Index: 7.74 (+/-): -0.447
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Robb      ) 0.096  8.340 -0.450      (C Voges     ) 0.054  7.238 -0.622
 Qualified:            #29  8.351 -0.439                        #5  7.260 -0.600

Jay Billingsley has no CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.12 CIC penalty.

David Rampy's MOV: 0.0219 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He had a great light and avoided further penalty. He races Kamplain next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   53 Matt Harris                          4208 James Caro                   
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  1.528 No Time      
        E/A Index: 8.30 (+/-): 91.699           B/SMA Index: 8.67 (+/-): 91.329
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Massel    ) 0.082  7.798 -0.562      (M DePalma   ) 0.095  8.212 -0.458
 Qualified:             #2  7.730 -0.630                       #26  8.201 -0.469

Caro was to have raced Harris, but Harris was unable to return after the first-round tangle with Bruno Massel and Caro got a free pass to round three. he took the light and backed away. He will raceHickey in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink