Sun, 10 Oct 2010, 02:36 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 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
  104 Frank Affronti                         14 Steve Szupka                 
E3                   0.083  7.676 169.91     ****WINNER****  0.057  8.296 146.70
        D/A Index: 8.13 (+/-): -0.454            G/EA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.504
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Ippolito  ) 0.037  7.630 -0.630                     0.043  8.379  8.379
E1    (R LoCicero  ) 0.173 10.290  2.030      (F Gallo     ) 0.051  8.294 -0.506
 Qualified:            #10  7.670 -0.590                       #14  8.242 -0.558

2:29 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.31 inches, adjusted altitude 2,160 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 Frank Aragona Jr.                     255 Buddy Perkinson              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.839 112.98                    -0.055  7.577 129.78
       F/ED Index: 8.64 (+/-):  0.199             B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Yediny    ) 0.019  8.133 -0.527      (S Biondo    ) 0.006  7.393 -0.167
E1    (A Bertozzi  ) 0.033  8.155 -0.605      (J Caliendo  ) 0.000  7.559 -0.001
 Qualified:            #19  8.239 -0.521                        #7  6.954 -0.606

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Arnie Martel                           17 Charlie Greco                
E3                   0.179  7.864 168.70     ****WINNER****  0.054  8.857 141.82
       F/AA Index: 8.45 (+/-): -0.586            L/AA Index: 9.42 (+/-): -0.563
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Allen     ) 0.059  8.679  0.229      (V Barone    ) 0.082  8.915 -0.565
E1    (D Eckel     ) 0.000  7.947 -0.543      (J Frech     ) 0.069  9.856  0.376
 Qualified:             #5  7.874 -0.616                        #9  8.889 -0.591

Greco will race Aragona in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  373 Ray Vierheller                       4254 Scott Benham                 
E3                   0.006  7.366 173.76     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.098 143.29
       D/ED Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.474            I/SM Index: 9.65 (+/-): -0.552
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.071  7.340 -0.600      (K Voight    ) 0.005  9.147 -0.503
E1    (T Smith     ) 0.125  7.475 -0.465      (J Greenheck ) 0.144  9.510 -0.140
 Qualified:            #12  7.374 -0.566                        #8  9.055 -0.595

Benham will race Szupka in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink