Sun, 6 Jun 2010, 10:50 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 4 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
 4208 James Caro                             36 Robert Bailey                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.028  8.132 165.03                     0.032  6.709 172.19
      B/SMA Index: 8.61 (+/-): -0.478            A/ED Index: 7.09 (+/-): -0.381
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Hickey    ) 0.047  8.109 -0.561      (B Riemenapp ) 0.063  6.602 -0.488
E2    (M Harris    )       No Time            (D Lambeck   ) 0.028  6.581 -0.519
E1    (M DePalma   ) 0.095  8.212 -0.458      (S Biondo    ) 0.018  6.594 -0.606
 Qualified:            #26  8.201 -0.469                        #4  6.580 -0.620

9:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.24 inches, adjusted altitude 1,984 feet, track temperature 73 degrees.

James Caro has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Robert Bailey has a 0.11 CIC penalty. Caro qualified 26th, well down the 32-car ladder, Bailey 4th, near the top.

Caro had a small starting line advantage and Bailey was unable to run him down. James Caro's MOV: 0.1018 seconds (approximately 26 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 Frank Aragona Jr.                       8 David Rampy                  
E4                   0.682 15.145  54.82     ****WINNER****  0.199  8.352 115.79
       F/ED Index: 8.79 (+/-):  6.355            A/EA Index: 7.74 (+/-):  0.612
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Ambrose   ) 0.047  8.863  0.073      (G Kamplain  ) 0.019  8.542  0.802
E2    (J Greenheck ) 0.044  9.220  0.430      (J Billingsle) 0.013  7.293 -0.447
E1    (A Ellis     ) 0.050  8.734 -0.056      (C Voges     ) 0.054  7.238 -0.622
 Qualified:             #3  8.161 -0.629                        #5  7.260 -0.600

Frank Aragona Jr. has no CIC penalty; David Rampy has a 0.12 CIC penalty.

Aragona pulled into the water and the engine sounded like it was running on about half the four cylinders, very rough. He had to refire the engine once as he staged, then shut it off after launching. Rampy launched, then cruised to victory. It will be Rampy and Caro in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink