Sun, 17 Mar 2013, 15:11 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 44th annual Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Frank Aragona                          38 Robert Bailey                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.051  8.098 160.96                     0.071  6.612 202.76
        F/ED Index: 8.66 (+/-): -0.562            A/ED Index: 7.16 (+/-): -0.548
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Szupka    ) 0.074  8.248 -0.412      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.038  7.588  0.428
E2    (J Treadwell ) 0.023  8.374 -0.286      (K Houghtalin) 0.018  7.474  0.314
E1    (K Robb      ) 0.068  8.219 -0.441      (J Kimbrough ) 0.062  6.651 -0.559
 Qualified:            #18  8.013 -0.647                       #24  6.603 -0.607

3:17 p.m. The small motor dragster slays the bigger V8 powered dragster - Frank Aragona's MOV: 0.0346 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Bruno Massel                           37 Steve Ambrose                
E4                   0.047  6.584 188.46     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.700 168.28
         I/D Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.646            J/AA Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.620
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Terry     ) 0.083  6.755 -0.475      (M Hardee    ) 0.076  7.817 -0.533
E2    (V Puckett   ) 0.105  6.727 -0.543      (L Sharp     ) 0.025  7.885 -0.465
E1    (P Williams  ) 0.074  8.018  0.748      (D Eaton     ) 0.021  7.846 -0.544
 Qualified:            #15  6.612 -0.658                       #13  7.723 -0.667

Both drivers wanted the win light, Ambrose won the battle by less than two feet. 3:19 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink