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Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 03:34 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 5 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
   15 Al Ackerman                          5248 Shaun Vincent                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.063  8.166 138.09                    -0.009  9.053 120.05
        F/D Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.374            C/TA Index: 9.05 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Perkinson ) 0.004  9.301  0.761      (K Self      ) 0.039  9.372  0.322
E3    (S Kent      ) 0.048  8.040 -0.560      (D Warren    ) 0.057  9.745  0.695
E2    (M Trumble   ) 0.015  8.370 -0.230      (A Martel    ) 0.002  8.541 -0.539
E1    (B Morse     ) 0.023  9.548  0.948      (S Chamness  ) 0.061  8.571 -0.559
 Qualified:            #17  8.000 -0.600                       #31  8.559 -0.571

Al Ackerman has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Shaun Vincent has a 0.08 CIC penalty.

Vincent misses the green by -0.007. Al Ackerman wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   48 Joey Tanksley                           1 Bruno Massel                 
E5                   0.032  6.812 182.01     ****WINNER****  0.032  7.090 181.54
        C/D Index: 7.30 (+/-): -0.488           DD/AT Index: 7.69 (+/-): -0.600
 Prior rounds:
E4    (A Ellis     ) 0.043  7.048 -0.252      (J Billingsle) 0.030  7.185 -0.525
E3    (S Benham    ) 0.087  6.796 -0.614      (S Biondo    ) 0.031  7.228 -0.482
E2    (R Brown     ) 0.052  6.925  0.465      (J Coan      ) 0.024  7.203 -0.587
E1    (R Hord      )       No Time            (F Cervelli  ) 0.024  7.344 -0.446
 Qualified:            #32  6.842 -0.568                       #26  7.206 -0.584

Joey Tanksley has a 0.11 CIC penalty; Bruno Massel has a 0.10 CIC penalty.
Identical RT's and Massel's turbo Cobalt is just too quick to take the win without a permanent CIC hit.
Bruno Massel's MOV: 0.1125 seconds (approximately 30 feet).

Joey Tanksley's incremental times: 60ft-1.015 sec., 330ft-2.792, 660ft-4.318/160.25 mph, 1,000ft-5.649.
Bruno Massel's incremental times: 60ft-1.051 sec., 330ft-2.946, 660ft-4.532/154.49 mph, 1,000ft-5.899.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink