Sun, 10 Oct 2010, 04:24 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 4 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
 4254 Scott Benham                           14 Steve Szupka                 
E4                   0.015  9.116 147.94     ****WINNER****  0.050  8.230 150.77
       I/SM Index: 9.60 (+/-): -0.484            G/EA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.570
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Vierheller) 0.011  9.098 -0.552      (F Affronti  ) 0.057  8.296 -0.504
E2    (K Voight    ) 0.005  9.147 -0.503                     0.043  8.379  8.379
E1    (J Greenheck ) 0.144  9.510 -0.140      (F Gallo     ) 0.051  8.294 -0.506
 Qualified:             #8  9.055 -0.595                       #14  8.242 -0.558

4:21 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.24 inches, adjusted altitude 2,411 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Benham was quicker at the tree but Szupka ran him down to take the win and a spot in the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 Frank Aragona Jr.                      17 Charlie Greco                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.058  8.136 162.10                     0.066  8.881 140.23
       F/ED Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.504            L/AA Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.479
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Perkinson ) 0.016  8.839  0.199      (A Martel    ) 0.054  8.857 -0.563
E2    (D Yediny    ) 0.019  8.133 -0.527      (V Barone    ) 0.082  8.915 -0.565
E1    (A Bertozzi  ) 0.033  8.155 -0.605      (J Frech     ) 0.069  9.856  0.376
 Qualified:            #19  8.239 -0.521                        #9  8.889 -0.591

Aragona got the win and will race teammate Steve Szupka in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink