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Sat, 26 Jun 2010, 10:26 AM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3002 Pat Ross                             3483 Nick Panagiotaros            
E1                   0.166  8.097 159.36     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.118 194.91
        F/A Index: 8.62 (+/-): -0.523            B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.502
 Qualified:             #6  8.036 -0.584                       #22  7.164 -0.456

9:31 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,825 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Ross is way late and Panagiotaros gets an easy win. He dodges the dreaded CIC too.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Robert Bailey                        3380 David Allen                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.184  6.629 190.06                     0.028  7.004 202.58
       A/ED Index: 7.19 (+/-): -0.561           BB/AM Index: 7.40 (+/-): -0.396
 Qualified:             #5  6.584 -0.606                       #21  6.939 -0.461

Lots of power on the line.

It's Bailey's turn to be late and it will cost him some CIC in round two for his three foot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1498 Santo Volpe                           368 Fred Allen                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.074  8.995 140.50                     0.035  8.578 152.35
       L/AA Index: 9.55 (+/-): -0.555            C/SR Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.512
 Qualified:             #3  8.935 -0.615                       #19  8.600 -0.490

Santo Volpe take a CIC hit too on his close win. MOV: 0.0043 seconds (approximately 12 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5622 Jim Greenheck                          15 Al Ackerman                  
E1                   0.107  7.516 180.40     ****WINNER****  0.085  8.148 147.15
       C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.444             F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.452
 Qualified:            #26  7.550 -0.410                       #10  8.051 -0.549

Greenheck's Camaro steps out of at the groove a little at the hit and he can't catch Ackerman.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Vinny Barone                         3190 Glenn Butcher                
E1                   0.040  7.877 162.88     ****WINNER****  0.103  6.405 217.46
       A/SR Index: 8.40 (+/-): -0.523            A/PM Index: 7.05 (+/-): -0.645
 Qualified:             #1  7.740 -0.660                       #17  6.537 -0.513

Butcher is way late and he has to take a permanent CIC to get past Barone. Ouch!!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Brian Darcy                            14 Steve Szupka                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.128  7.013 163.29                     0.052  8.492 152.76
       A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.407            G/EA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.328
 Qualified:            #16  6.902 -0.518                       #32  9.348  0.528

Darcy is late this time and barely catches an improving Szupka.

Brian Darcy's MOV: 0.0032 seconds (approximately 9 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 Frank Aragona Jr.                    7910 Frank Cervelli               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  8.318 136.81                     0.026  6.995 185.46
       F/ED Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.472            B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.395
 Qualified:             #7  8.208 -0.582                       #23  6.954 -0.436

Aragona from start to finish with an easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Sal Biondo                            357 Rick Brown                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  8.343 145.81                     0.028  8.212 145.69
       I/AA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.417            F/AA Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.278
 Qualified:            #12  8.221 -0.539                       #28  8.108 -0.382

Two big wheel stands at the green and Brown's better RT isn't enough to catch Biondo.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3557 Nick Morgan                             8 David Rampy                  
E1                  -0.030  7.321 160.56     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.928 122.53
        B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.239            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-):  0.088
 Qualified:            #20  7.079 -0.481                        #4  7.226 -0.614

Two long time Comp families here.
Second generation Nick Morgan is too quick on the lights and gets the Big Red Eye.

Rampy lifts to ensure no CIC hit.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2229 Lonnie Johnson                          6 Arnie Martel                 
E1                   0.036  7.298 191.92     ****WINNER****  0.078  7.746 163.20
       B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.322            D/AA Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.434
 Qualified:            #31  7.966  0.346                       #15  7.660 -0.520

Martel manages his package and takes an easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   37 John Frech                             26 Anthony Bertozzi             
E1                   0.088  8.093 162.55     ****WINNER****  0.058  7.439 166.21
        F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.507            D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.501
 Qualified:            #24  8.165 -0.435                        #8  7.379 -0.561

Only ten cylinders between these two.

Both cars run close to the same amount under their indexes, but Bertozzi's RT makes the difference. Anthony Bertozzi's MOV: 0.0244 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  373 Ray Vierheller                         31 Steve Ambrose                
E1                   0.059  7.405 178.00     ****WINNER****  0.080  7.781 168.28
       D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.535            J/AA Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.609
 Qualified:            #18  7.442 -0.498                        #2  7.762 -0.628

Vierheller gets the starting line advantage and Ambrose take a big bite of the CIC to get the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 301X John Coughlin                        3185 Bert Dawson                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  8.447 139.49                     0.116  7.951 170.34
       C/SM Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.343            B/EA Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.389
 Qualified:            #11  8.246 -0.544                       #27  7.952 -0.388

Coughlin plays it safe on the top end, when Dawson is late off the line.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3903 Stu Sandhaus                          104 Frank Affronti               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.023  8.387 122.38
       A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): 92.579             D/A Index: 8.26 (+/-):  0.127
 Qualified:            #29  7.067 -0.353                       #13  7.732 -0.528

Sandhaus is a No Show. Affronti dumps early for no CIC hit.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                         255 Buddy Perkinson              
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.016  7.935 121.96
       C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): 92.439            B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-):  0.315
 Qualified:            #14  7.039 -0.521                       #30  7.454 -0.166

Kamplain is the No Show this time. Nice Comp light for Perkinson on his single.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  277 Larry Pritchett                         9 Brian Browell                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.025  7.656 124.78
       B/SM Index: 8.68 (+/-): 91.319             D/D Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.134
 Qualified:            #25  8.256 -0.424                        #9  7.236 -0.554

...and again. Pritchett joins the missing cars in the right lane.
Browell clicks it early too.

9:54 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink