Sat, 06 Oct 2012, 10:51 AM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Jim Samuel |
MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
22 Fred Allen 105K Elio Mannino
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.099 8.458 154.46 0.046 7.071 194.69
C/SR Index: 9.04 (+/-): -0.582 B/AA Index: 7.53 (+/-): -0.459
Qualified: #9 8.482 -0.558 #25 7.103 -0.427
10:18 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 29.24 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,118 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
140X Brian Darcy 16 Calvin Hill
E1 0.149 6.924 191.57 ****WINNER**** 0.022 8.146 164.19
A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.496 I/AA Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.514
Qualified: #20 6.933 -0.487 #4 8.067 -0.593
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1414 Kevin Robb 3002 Pat Ross
E1 0.046 7.846 167.07 ****WINNER**** 0.034 8.036 162.47
B/SR Index: 8.34 (+/-): -0.494 F/A Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.524
Qualified: #22 7.875 -0.465 #6 7.999 -0.561
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
X169 Chris Wentzel 114F Ronnie Boyd
E1 -0.116 8.168 118.22 ****WINNER**** 0.071 6.956 165.13
A/EA Index: 7.83 (+/-): 0.338 A/ED Index: 7.16 (+/-): -0.204
Qualified: #16 7.332 -0.498 #32 7.254 0.094
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1107 Mike Miscovsky 4254 Scott Benham
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.083 7.229 157.78 0.063 8.481 150.58
C/DA Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.321 B/T Index: 8.70 (+/-): -0.219
Qualified: #13 7.035 -0.515 #29 8.310 -0.390
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1055 Carl Miller 18 Al Ackerman
E1 0.070 8.220 164.05 ****WINNER**** 0.014 8.254 148.01
F/A Index: 8.56 (+/-): -0.340 F/D Index: 8.58 (+/-): -0.326
Qualified: #30 8.206 -0.354 #14 8.073 -0.507
Ackerman was runner up here in 1999 and 2007.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2788 Tony Mangrum 1203 Dave Hughes
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.009 6.662 208.91 -0.081 6.508 213.30
A/A Index: 7.06 (+/-): -0.398 A/A Index: 7.06 (+/-): -0.552
Qualified: #23 6.618 -0.442 #7 6.500 -0.560
Heads-up!
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1909 Greg Mannix 1086 Mark Hopkins
E1 0.100 11.923 64.63 ****WINNER**** 0.089 7.877 174.12
B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): 4.443 D/A Index: 8.23 (+/-): -0.353
Qualified: #33 7.586 0.106 #28 7.837 -0.393
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
35 Ray Vierheller 145 Tom Ekroth
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.031 7.545 144.35 -0.001 7.528 179.16
D/ED Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.365 C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): -0.402
Qualified: #8 7.351 -0.559 #24 7.491 -0.439
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3903 Stu Sandhaus 1034 Chip Ippolito
E1 -0.021 6.988 182.38 ****WINNER**** 0.082 7.913 144.71
A/ND Index: 7.42 (+/-): -0.432 PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.307
Qualified: #27 7.009 -0.411 #11 7.676 -0.544
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1262 Kevin Houghtaling 1049 Todd Logan
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.165 8.935 133.76 0.094 8.034 166.50
G/SM Index: 9.28 (+/-): -0.345 A/EA Index: 7.83 (+/-): 0.204
Qualified: #21 8.814 -0.466 #34 8.040 0.210
Houghtaling was runner up at this race in 2002.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Sal Biondo 1801 Anthony Niemczyk
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.047 8.274 159.23 0.009 6.921 172.98
D/EA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.496 I/D Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.349
Qualified: #17 8.272 -0.498 #1 6.631 -0.639
Biondo is a three time winner here: 1995, 1996, 2007. He was runner up in 2011.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1422 Allyn Armstrong 207 Lee Sharp
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 8.790 146.00 0.156 8.475 139.57
L/A Index: 9.32 (+/-): -0.530 D/SMA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.465
Qualified: #19 8.833 -0.487 #3 8.323 -0.617
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1867 Richard Schonberger 23 Arnie Martel
E1 0.076 9.169 144.16 ****WINNER**** 0.073 7.873 154.55
I/SM Index: 9.57 (+/-): -0.401 B/EA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.437
Qualified: #18 9.076 -0.494 #2 7.679 -0.631
Martel won here in 2006. Schonberger was runner up in 2001.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
151 Darrin Bauder 1250 Joe Carnasciale
E1 -0.018 10.701 84.84 ****WINNER**** 0.037 9.572 116.62
C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): 2.771 I/SM Index: 9.57 (+/-): 0.002
Qualified: #15 7.429 -0.501 #31 9.246 -0.324
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1127 William Scott 104 Frank Affronti
E1 -0.123 6.966 191.95 ****WINNER**** 0.161 8.514 119.55
B/DA Index: 7.36 (+/-): -0.394 B/EA Index: 8.31 (+/-): 0.204
Qualified: #26 6.947 -0.413 #10 7.766 -0.544
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