Sun, 6 Jun 2010, 09:50 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 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
   36 Robert Bailey                         512 Bill Riemenapp               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.063  6.602 191.81                     0.065  8.615 149.93
       A/ED Index: 7.09 (+/-): -0.488            C/SR Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.475
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Lambeck   ) 0.028  6.581 -0.519      (D Warren    ) 0.061  8.766 -0.324
E1    (S Biondo    ) 0.018  6.594 -0.606      (R Kelly     ) 0.073  8.621 -0.469
 Qualified:             #4  6.580 -0.620                       #32  8.704 -0.386

8:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.23 inches, adjusted altitude 1,955 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.

Robert Bailey has a 0.11 CIC penalty; Bill Riemenapp has no CIC penalty.

Almost identical lights and Bailey ran him down without further damage to his index. Robert Bailey's MOV: 0.0151 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4208 James Caro                             42 Adam Hickey                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.047  8.109 163.57                     0.055  8.091 164.59
      B/SMA Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.561           C/SMA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.569
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Harris    )       No Time            (A Martel    ) 0.040  8.157 -0.553
E1    (M DePalma   ) 0.095  8.212 -0.458      (B Antony    ) 0.041  8.297 -0.413
 Qualified:            #26  8.201 -0.469                       #14  8.138 -0.572

James Caro has no CIC penalty; Adam Hickey has a 0.05 CIC penalty.

Caro had a small starting line advantage. James Caro's MOV: 0.0004 seconds (approximately 1 inches), took a temporary 0.06 CIC to get the win. Hickey gave up 0.01 in permanent index adjustment trying to hold Caro off. Caro races Bailey in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 Frank Aragona Jr.                      31 Steve Ambrose                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.047  8.863 113.07                    -0.344 14.849  54.56
       F/ED Index: 8.79 (+/-):  0.073            J/AA Index: 8.29 (+/-):  6.559
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Greenheck ) 0.044  9.220  0.430      (S Szupka    ) 0.072  7.787 -0.553
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.050  8.734 -0.056      (S Vincent   ) 0.140  7.839 -0.561
 Qualified:             #3  8.161 -0.629                        #7  7.804 -0.596

Frank Aragona Jr. has no CIC penalty; Steve Ambrose has a 0.11 CIC penalty.

Ambrose went red.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                           8 David Rampy                  
E3                  -0.388  7.817 122.47     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.542 110.32
       C/DA Index: 7.48 (+/-):  0.337            A/EA Index: 7.74 (+/-):  0.802
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Browell   ) 0.078  7.006 -0.474      (J Billingsle) 0.013  7.293 -0.447
E1    (V Barone    ) 0.028  6.976 -0.584      (C Voges     ) 0.054  7.238 -0.622
 Qualified:            #17  7.013 -0.547                        #5  7.260 -0.600

Greg Kamplain has a 0.08 CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.12 CIC penalty.

Kamplain goes red and Rampy will race Aragona in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink