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Mon, 08 Oct 2012, 12:05 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, 28th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Sal Biondo                           1422 Allyn Armstrong              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.005  8.179 159.48                     0.023  8.668 153.28
        D/EA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.591             L/A Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.602
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Miskovsky ) 0.015  8.558 -0.212      (A Mangrum   ) 0.041  9.202 -0.068
E2    (F Allen     ) 0.027  8.294 -0.476      (C Ippolito  ) 0.071  8.763 -0.527
E1    (A Niemczyk  ) 0.047  8.274 -0.496      (L Sharp     ) 0.051  8.790 -0.530
 Qualified:            #17  8.272 -0.498                       #19  8.833 -0.487

11:58 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 55 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.68 inches, adjusted altitude 440 feet, track temperature 57 degrees.

Biondo was quicker off the starting line and extended his lead on the track to take the win and move on to the final round. Sal Biondo's incremental margins MOV: 0.0075 seconds (approximately 20 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   16 Calvin Hill                            18 Al Ackerman                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.019  8.075 159.76                     0.030  7.964 158.48
        I/AA Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.565             F/D Index: 8.46 (+/-): -0.496
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Vierheller) 0.017 11.566  2.926      (A Martel    ) 0.138  8.109 -0.351
E2    (M Hopkins   ) 0.040  8.136 -0.514      (P Ross Sr   ) 0.016  7.960 -0.620
E1    (B Darcy     ) 0.022  8.146 -0.514      (C Miller    ) 0.014  8.254 -0.326
 Qualified:             #4  8.067 -0.593                       #14  8.073 -0.507

Hill had this race from start to finish and will race Sal Biondo in the final round of Competition Eliminator.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink