Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 25 Jun 2011, 08:06 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green



NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3185 Bert Dawson                            35 Robert Bailey                
E1                  -0.013  7.996 168.53     ****WINNER****  0.109  7.345 130.58
       B/EA Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.324            A/ED Index: 7.16 (+/-):  0.185
 Qualified:            #32  7.933 -0.387                       #16  6.635 -0.525
Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,749 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Bailey has seven National event wins...Dawson turns on the red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                           3998 Steve Messina                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034  8.363 150.33                     0.159  7.505 181.62
       B/TA Index: 8.80 (+/-): -0.437             C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.425
 Qualified:            #12  8.242 -0.558                       #28  7.508 -0.422


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 213A Anthony Bertozzi                        5 Brian Browell                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  7.861 149.07                     0.028  7.849 178.76
       B/SR Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.479             D/D Index: 7.79 (+/-):  0.059
 Qualified:            #20  7.829 -0.511                        #4  7.197 -0.593
Bertozzi will face Brown in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  358 David Billingsley                       9 Arnie Martel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.108  8.919 145.11                     0.203  7.596 176.72
       L/AA Index: 9.46 (+/-): -0.541            D/AA Index: 8.17 (+/-): -0.574
 Qualified:            #22  8.960 -0.500                        #6  7.592 -0.578
Martel has 11 National event wins...David Billingsley's MOV: 0.0621 seconds (approximately 16 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Bruno Massel                          277 Larry Pritchett              
E1                   0.014  7.578 145.50     ****WINNER****  0.099  8.089 154.81
      DD/AT Index: 7.71 (+/-): -0.132            B/SM Index: 8.67 (+/-): -0.581
 Qualified:            #17  7.187 -0.523                        #1  8.024 -0.646
Pritchett with 11 National event wins. Massel with the starting line advantage and then had problems around half track and Pritchett gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  368 Fred Allen                             33 Steve Ambrose                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  7.879 165.97                     0.118  7.836 166.07
       B/SR Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.461            J/AA Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.554
 Qualified:            #29  7.923 -0.417                       #13  7.843 -0.547
This is a great drag race...Fred Allen's MOV: 0.0015 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1203 Dave Hughes                            16 Kevin Robb                   
E1                  -0.049  6.656 197.97     ****WINNER****  0.099  8.745  94.35
        A/A Index: 7.07 (+/-): -0.414            D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-):  0.825
 Qualified:            #23  6.571 -0.499                        #7  7.343 -0.577
Hughes went red...Robb was off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 Ray Vierheller                       3002 Pat Ross                     
E1                   0.149  7.354 177.81     ****WINNER****  0.024  8.056 167.59
       D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-): -0.566             F/A Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.524
 Qualified:             #9  7.349 -0.571                       #25  8.099 -0.481
Ross with the starting line advantage and the win..ross will face Pritchett in the next round..

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  331 Ed Bennett                             56 Jim Greenheck                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  6.706 185.13                    -0.045  7.434 182.72
        A/D Index: 7.03 (+/-): -0.324            C/AA Index: 7.96 (+/-): -0.526
 Qualified:            #31  6.638 -0.392                       #15  7.434 -0.526
Bennett will face Robb in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                      2885 David Rampy                  
E1                   0.196  7.454 170.92     ****WINNER****  0.026  7.459 156.44
       A/AP Index: 7.17 (+/-):  0.284            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.381
 Qualified:            #26  6.730 -0.440                       #10  7.273 -0.567
Rampy has 64 National event wins in Comp.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 David Yediny                          394 Greg Kamplain                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.084  8.782 138.51                     0.003  6.953 191.40
        L/A Index: 9.40 (+/-): -0.618            B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.527
 Qualified:             #2  8.797 -0.603                       #18  6.962 -0.518
David Yediny's MOV: 0.0100 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Yediny will face Rampy in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3606 John Peto                             361 Bo Butner                    
E1                   0.063  7.820 165.74     ****WINNER****  0.026  8.479 156.61
       J/AA Index: 8.39 (+/-): -0.570           E/SMA Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.551
 Qualified:            #19  7.873 -0.517                        #3  8.431 -0.599
Bo Butner's MOV: 0.0181 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Al Ackerman                          1466 Charlie Greco                
E1                   0.081  8.088 163.26     ****WINNER****  0.036  8.922 135.35
        F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.512            L/AA Index: 9.46 (+/-): -0.538
 Qualified:            #24  8.102 -0.498                        #8  8.883 -0.577
Greco will face Bailey in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3308 John Frech                           199K Kyle Cultrera                
E1                   0.049  8.167 159.85     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.128 136.36
        F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.433            H/EA Index: 9.68 (+/-): -0.552
 Qualified:            #30  8.190 -0.410                       #14  9.151 -0.529
Cultrera will face Billingsley in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  307 Chuck Haubiel                        3073 Jeremy Bailey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  8.198 158.78                     0.047  7.141 186.54
       C/SM Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.562            C/DA Index: 7.56 (+/-): -0.419
 Qualified:            #11  8.196 -0.564                       #27  7.136 -0.424
Haubiel will face Butner in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  104 Frank Affronti                          6 Sal Biondo                   
E1                  -0.070  8.434 121.79     ****WINNER****  0.024  8.658 122.09
       B/EA Index: 8.32 (+/-):  0.114            I/AA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.072
 Qualified:            #21  7.814 -0.506                        #5  8.142 -0.588
Biondo has nine National event wins...He will face Allen in the next round.

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