Sat, 26 Jun 2010, 04:18 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 2 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
  255 Buddy Perkinson                      3483 Nick Panagiotaros            
E2                   0.410 23.643  31.00     ****WINNER****  0.011  8.065 192.08
       B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): 16.023            B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-):  0.445
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Kamplain  ) 0.016  7.935  0.315      (P Ross      ) 0.033  7.118 -0.502
 Qualified:            #30  7.454 -0.166                       #22  7.164 -0.456

2:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 28.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,508 feet, track temperature 123 degrees.

Both cars are B/AA's, so we get a heads up race.

Perkinson has big problems at the green and is way late. He motors on down the track.

Panagiotaros plays it safe and lifts early to save a CIC hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Brian Browell                        3190 Glenn Butcher                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  7.272 172.92                     0.024  6.438 218.27
        D/D Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.518            A/PM Index: 6.91 (+/-): -0.472
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Pritchett ) 0.025  7.656 -0.134      (V Barone    ) 0.103  6.405 -0.645
 Qualified:             #9  7.236 -0.554                       #17  6.537 -0.513

Butcher gets a small RT advantage, but Browell has to power to stay in front for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 301X John Coughlin                        1498 Santo Volpe                  
E2                  -0.002  8.299 151.95     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.190 119.18
       C/SM Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.491            L/AA Index: 9.50 (+/-): -0.310
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Dawson    ) 0.028  8.447 -0.343      (F Allen     ) 0.074  8.995 -0.555
 Qualified:            #11  8.246 -0.544                        #3  8.935 -0.615

Santo Volpe has a 0.05 CIC penalty.

Coughlin goes red by -0.002. Volpe goes to round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Arnie Martel                           11 Frank Aragona Jr.            
E2                   0.067  7.689 175.05     ****WINNER****  0.064  8.282 160.61
       D/AA Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.491            F/ED Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.508
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Johnson   ) 0.078  7.746 -0.434      (F Cervelli  ) 0.042  8.318 -0.472
 Qualified:            #15  7.660 -0.520                        #7  8.208 -0.582

Almost identical RT's and Aragona stays in front for the five foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Brian Darcy                            26 Anthony Bertozzi             
E2                   0.086  6.873 183.27     ****WINNER****  0.047  7.401 177.79
       A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.547            D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.539
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Szupka    ) 0.128  7.013 -0.407      (J Frech     ) 0.058  7.439 -0.501
 Qualified:            #16  6.902 -0.518                        #8  7.379 -0.561

Darcy is late and can't catch Bertozzi, but he pushes him to a small CIC in round 3.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Sal Biondo                              8 David Rampy                  
E2                   0.051  8.328 161.02     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.407 157.82
       I/AA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.432            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.433
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Brown     ) 0.046  8.343 -0.417      (N Morgan    ) 0.038  7.928  0.088
 Qualified:            #12  8.221 -0.539                        #4  7.226 -0.614

Nice wheels up leave for Biondo, but Rampy gets a better RT to get out in front by four feet in the lights for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Robert Bailey                         104 Frank Affronti               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.053  6.613 196.53                     0.091  7.795 174.87
       A/ED Index: 7.13 (+/-): -0.517             D/A Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.465
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Allen     ) 0.184  6.629 -0.561      (S Sandhaus  ) 0.023  8.387  0.127
 Qualified:             #5  6.584 -0.606                       #13  7.732 -0.528

Robert Bailey has a 0.06 CIC penalty.

Bailey has the better RT and runs further under his index for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Steve Ambrose                          15 Al Ackerman                  
E2                   3.382 11.522 113.12     ****WINNER****  0.025  8.362 123.76
       J/AA Index: 8.29 (+/-):  3.232             F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.238
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Vierheller) 0.080  7.781 -0.609      (J Greenheck ) 0.085  8.148 -0.452
 Qualified:             #2  7.762 -0.628                       #10  8.051 -0.549

Well, that was weird. Ackerman gets a good start at the green, but Ambrose just sits in the beam and then motors on down the track.

In round three tomorrow: Browell vs. Bailey; Volpe vs. Aragona; Ackerman vs. Panagiotaros; and Rampy vs. Bertozzi

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink