Sun, 15 Aug 2010, 03:56 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  500 Lou Ficco Jr.                        5248 Shaun Vincent                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.081  7.237 179.97                     0.031  8.583 154.97
       B/AP Index: 7.85 (+/-): -0.613            C/TA Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.507
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Neff      ) 0.012  7.346 -0.534      (A Martel    ) 0.052  8.584 -0.546
E2                   0.011  7.835 -0.045      (P Nahan     ) 0.073  8.678 -0.452
E1    (B Antony    ) 0.054  7.377 -0.503      (B Alexander ) 0.139  8.677 -0.453
 Qualified:             #2  7.377 -0.503                        #9  8.758 -0.372

2:50 p.m. Lou Ficco Jr.'s MOV: 0.0564 seconds (approximately 13 feet) His class will get some permanent index adjustment on Monday.

Lou Ficco Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-1.012 sec., 330ft-2.958, 660ft-4.606/149.53 mph, 1,000ft-6.024.
Shaun Vincent's incremental times: 60ft-1.161 sec., 330ft-3.460, 660ft-5.427/124.69 mph, 1,000ft-7.135.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Al Ackerman                                Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  6.777 No Time           
        F/D Index: 8.51 (+/-): 91.489     
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Rampy     ) 0.011  8.003 -0.597   
E2    (S Volpe     ) 0.016  8.117 -0.483   
E1    (T Patterson ) 0.033  8.185 -0.415   
 Qualified:             #3  8.129 -0.471                     Bye

Ackerman took the green light.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink