Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 02:34 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   48 Joey Tanksley                          77 Alan Ellis                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.043  7.048 144.86                    -0.017  7.030 139.79
        C/D Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.252            A/AA Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.080
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Benham    ) 0.087  6.796 -0.614      (J Edwards   ) 0.052  7.222  0.112
E2    (R Brown     ) 0.052  6.925  0.465      (T Patterson ) 0.029  7.231  0.121
E1    (R Hord      )       No Time            (G Agan      ) 0.014  6.601 -0.549
 Qualified:            #32  6.842 -0.568                       #28  6.572 -0.578

2:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.08 inches, adjusted altitude 3,157 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Red light start for Ellis, so no additional CIC for Tanksley.

Joey Tanksley's incremental times: 60ft-1.006 sec., 330ft-2.781, 660ft-4.302/160.50 mph, 1,000ft-5.652.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4440 Kevin Self                           5248 Shaun Vincent                
E4                  -0.009  8.179 131.25     ****WINNER****  0.039  9.372 106.98
       F/EA Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.211            C/TA Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.322
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Caliendo  ) 0.135  7.889 -0.551      (D Warren    ) 0.057  9.745  0.695
E2    (D Billingsle) -0.013  7.998 -0.442      (A Martel    ) 0.002  8.541 -0.539
E1    (J Holland   ) 0.033  7.933 -0.597      (S Chamness  ) 0.061  8.571 -0.559
 Qualified:            #11  7.918 -0.612                       #31  8.559 -0.571

Kevin Self has a 0.14 CIC penalty; Shaun Vincent has a 0.08 CIC penalty.

Shaun Vincent wins on a -0.009 red light by Self.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Al Ackerman                           255 Buddy Perkinson              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.004  9.301 100.55                    -0.052  9.355  99.22
        F/D Index: 8.54 (+/-):  0.761             B/A Index: 7.55 (+/-):  1.805
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Kent      ) 0.048  8.040 -0.560      (G Treadwell ) 0.084  8.334  0.784
E2    (M Trumble   ) 0.015  8.370 -0.230      (M Harris    ) 0.039  7.639  0.089
E1    (B Morse     ) 0.023  9.548  0.948      (J Greenheck ) 0.106  7.041 -0.519
 Qualified:            #17  8.000 -0.600                       #21  6.967 -0.593

Al Ackerman has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Buddy Perkinson has a 0.01 CIC penalty.

Third red lights in a row. Al Ackerman cuts a 0.004 light and wins on a red light.

He will face Vincent in round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  359 Jay Billingsley                         1 Bruno Massel                 
E4                   0.054  8.216 161.04     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.185 170.82
       F/ED Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.504           DD/AT Index: 7.71 (+/-): -0.525
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Arnold    ) 0.052  8.220 -0.570      (S Biondo    ) 0.031  7.228 -0.482
E2    (T Gusso     ) 0.053  8.412 -0.378      (J Coan      ) 0.024  7.203 -0.587
E1    (D Yediny    ) 0.065  8.422 -0.368      (F Cervelli  ) 0.024  7.344 -0.446
 Qualified:            #38  8.243 -0.547                       #26  7.206 -0.584

Jay Billingsley has a 0.07 CIC penalty; Bruno Massel has a 0.08 CIC penalty.

Massel gets the hair dryer off the line with a better RT and runs down Billingsley for an eleven foot win. He gets a little more CIC for his efforts.

He will face Tanksley in the next round.

2:17 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink