Sun, 5 Jun 2011, 03:20 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Al Ackerman                          2885 David Rampy                  
E4                  -0.010  8.347 121.57     ****WINNER****  0.058  7.777 125.02
        F/D Index: 8.52 (+/-): -0.173            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.063
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Robb      ) 0.030  8.016 -0.584      (C Greco     ) 0.007  8.195  0.355
E2    (R Schonberge) 0.018  8.835  0.235      (D Hughes    ) 0.050  7.423 -0.417
E1    (R Joly      ) -0.006  8.385 -0.215      (C Miller    ) 0.081  7.862  0.022
 Qualified:            #13  7.964 -0.636                       #12  7.190 -0.650

3:16 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 1,650 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Ackerman went red so Rampy will be in the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Steve Szupka                         213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E4                   0.050  8.246 149.83     ****WINNER****  0.022  7.821 156.30
       G/EA Index: 8.68 (+/-): -0.434            B/SR Index: 8.27 (+/-): -0.449
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Cultrera  ) 0.021  8.176 -0.594                     0.042  8.557  0.287
E2    (F Affronti  ) 0.078  8.292 -0.478      (A Martel    ) 0.011  7.768 -0.572
E1    (F Allen     ) 0.001  8.264 -0.536      (S Benham    ) 0.033  7.935 -0.405
 Qualified:             #7  8.098 -0.702                       #15  7.732 -0.608

Bertozzi will be in the final round. vs. Rampy.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink