Sun, 13 Jun 2010, 02:18 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1250 Joe Carnasciale                        26 Anthony Bertozzi             
E3                   0.024  9.229 145.50     ****WINNER****  0.010  7.405 176.26
       I/SM Index: 9.67 (+/-): -0.441            D/ED Index: 7.87 (+/-): -0.465
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Barone    ) 0.034  9.181 -0.489      (F Aragona Jr) 0.039  7.366 -0.574
E1    (J Caliendo  ) 0.059  9.191 -0.479      (R Schonberge) 0.023  7.519 -0.421
 Qualified:             #9  9.016 -0.654                       #13  7.323 -0.617

2:08 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.71 inches, adjusted altitude 2,740 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1963 Ed Alessi Jr.                         104 Frank Affronti               
E3                   0.033  8.654 155.38     ****WINNER****  0.087  7.740 170.11
      D/SMA Index: 8.97 (+/-): -0.316             D/A Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.460
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Fontana   ) 0.039  8.570 -0.400      (D Eckel     ) 0.098  7.694 -0.566
E1    (K Voight    ) 0.067  8.581 -0.389      (E Bollman   ) 0.110  7.930 -0.330
 Qualified:            #30  8.569 -0.401                       #10  7.606 -0.654

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Sal Biondo                           3380 David Allen                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.115  8.400 137.55                    -0.007  8.818 112.24
       I/AA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.330           BB/AM Index: 7.30 (+/-):  1.518
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.023  8.229 -0.531      (T Ekroth    ) 0.098  6.799 -0.641
E1    (M Hopkins   ) 0.019  8.397 -0.363      (R Boyd Jr.  ) 0.115  7.029 -0.411
 Qualified:            #12  8.127 -0.633                       #16  6.857 -0.583

Allen went red so Biondo will race Affronti in the semi-final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Al Ackerman                            73 Justin Lamb                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.073  8.008 156.12                     0.023  8.560 146.94
        F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.592            C/SR Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.470
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Russo     ) 0.039  8.242 -0.358      (S Szupka    ) 0.024  8.524 -0.566
E1    (M Hardee    ) 0.023  8.099 -0.501      (B Prins     ) 0.031  9.313  0.223
 Qualified:             #7  7.941 -0.659                       #11  8.441 -0.649

Ackerman will race Bertozzi next time out.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink