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Sun, 10 Oct 2010, 09:32 AM

Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 26th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Steve Szupka                           18 Brian Darcy                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.043  8.379 132.02                     0.084  6.918 183.07
       G/EA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.421            A/ND Index: 7.38 (+/-): -0.462
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Gallo     ) 0.051  8.294 -0.506      (P Ross      ) 0.084  6.878 -0.542
 Qualified:            #14  8.242 -0.558                       #22  6.927 -0.493

9:21 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.43 inches, adjusted altitude 810 feet, track temperature 70 degrees.

Steve Szupka's MOV: 0.0006 seconds (approximately 2 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 Frank Aragona Jr.                      19 Dave Yediny                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  8.133 150.33                     0.090  8.893 124.27
       F/ED Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.527             L/A Index: 9.40 (+/-): -0.507
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Bertozzi  ) 0.033  8.155 -0.605      (P Ricci     ) 0.061  8.928 -0.472
 Qualified:            #19  8.239 -0.521                       #11  8.824 -0.576


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Charlie Greco                          13 Vinny Barone                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.082  8.915 129.21                     0.039  7.897 138.17
       L/AA Index: 9.48 (+/-): -0.565            A/SR Index: 8.38 (+/-): -0.483
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Frech     ) 0.069  9.856  0.376      (E Mannino   ) -0.065  8.438  0.058
 Qualified:             #9  8.889 -0.591                        #1  7.684 -0.696

Greco got the Best Engineered Car award here this weekend.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4254 Scott Benham                          113 Ken Voight                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.147 132.08                     0.193  8.750 146.51
       I/SM Index: 9.65 (+/-): -0.503            G/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.530
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Greenheck ) 0.144  9.510 -0.140      (D Hughes    ) 0.014  9.542  0.262
 Qualified:             #8  9.055 -0.595                       #16  8.733 -0.547


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  104 Frank Affronti                       1034 Chip Ippolito                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  7.630 171.58                     0.025  7.684 164.35
        D/A Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.630            PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.536
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R LoCicero  ) 0.173 10.290  2.030      (S Ambrose   ) 0.020  8.229  0.009
 Qualified:            #10  7.670 -0.590                       #18  7.698 -0.522

Affronti will race Szupka in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  255 Buddy Perkinson                         4 Sal Biondo                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.393 142.57                    -0.500 15.461  87.67
        B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.167            I/AA Index: 8.76 (+/-):  6.701
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Caliendo  ) 0.000  7.559 -0.001      (P Talarowski) 0.024  8.519 -0.241
 Qualified:             #7  6.954 -0.606                       #15  8.211 -0.549

Biondo has won this race three times. He will not be adding a fourth win this year because his car rolled through the beams. Perkinson got the win and will race Aragona in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  368 Fred Allen                              6 Arnie Martel                 
E2                  -0.082  8.784 118.14     ****WINNER****  0.059  8.679 105.04
       C/SR Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.306            F/AA Index: 8.45 (+/-):  0.229
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Boyd Jr.  ) 0.009  8.928 -0.162      (D Eckel     ) 0.000  7.947 -0.543
 Qualified:            #13  8.527 -0.563                        #5  7.874 -0.616

It will be Martel vs. Greco in round three. Martel won this race in 2006.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 David Rampy                           373 Ray Vierheller               
E2                   0.001  7.526 143.83     ****WINNER****  0.071  7.340 159.74
       A/EA Index: 7.78 (+/-): -0.254            D/ED Index: 7.94 (+/-): -0.600
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Brown     ) 0.039  7.275 -0.565      (T Smith     ) 0.125  7.475 -0.465
 Qualified:             #4  7.221 -0.619                       #12  7.374 -0.566

Rampy got out of the gate first but his car trailed smoke from 330 feet on. Vierheller will race Benham in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink