Sun, 10 Oct 2010, 05:22 PM Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 5 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
   11 Frank Aragona Jr.                      14 Steve Szupka                 
E5                  -0.010  8.801 112.65     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.180 105.75
       F/ED Index: 8.64 (+/-):  0.161            G/EA Index: 8.73 (+/-):  0.450
 Prior rounds:
E4    (C Greco     ) 0.058  8.136 -0.504      (S Benham    ) 0.050  8.230 -0.570
E3    (B Perkinson ) 0.016  8.839  0.199      (F Affronti  ) 0.057  8.296 -0.504
E2    (D Yediny    ) 0.019  8.133 -0.527                     0.043  8.379  8.379
E1    (A Bertozzi  ) 0.033  8.155 -0.605      (F Gallo     ) 0.051  8.294 -0.506
 Qualified:            #19  8.239 -0.521                       #14  8.242 -0.558

5:18 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.21 inches, adjusted altitude 2,621 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Aragona left the starting too soon, so teammate Szupka got his first national event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink