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Sat, 06 Jul 2013, 14:49 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 Robert Bailey                           6 Sal Biondo                   
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.013  6.970 154.88                    -0.007  8.898 117.81
        A/ED Index: 7.21 (+/-): -0.240            D/EA Index: 8.81 (+/-):  0.088
 Qualified:            #17  6.675 -0.535                        #1  8.143 -0.667

Biondo turned on the red light and Bailey with the freebie.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  368 Fred Allen                           5248 Shaun Vincent                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015  8.528 154.35                     0.106  8.503 156.83
        C/SR Index: 8.99 (+/-): -0.462            C/TA Index: 9.03 (+/-): -0.527
 Qualified:            #27  8.520 -0.470                       #11  8.471 -0.559

Allen with a starting line advantage and wheelstand right at the hit....he takes the win by 0.0268 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 X169 Michael Wentzel                         5 Arnie Martel                 
E1                   0.014  7.444 177.65     ****WINNER****  0.052  7.838 157.15
        A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.396            B/EA Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.462
 Qualified:            #28  7.436 -0.404                       #12  7.741 -0.559

Wentzel with the big starting line advantage, but Martel is able to chase him down for the win. Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0282 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  394 Greg Kamplain                        3073 Jeremy Bailey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  7.014 165.09                     0.238  7.431 141.62
        B/ED Index: 7.47 (+/-): -0.456            B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-):  0.041
 Qualified:             #6  6.891 -0.579                       #22  6.878 -0.512

Kamplain with a near perfect light and huge starting line advantage for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1251 Joe Carnasciale                      5622 Jim Greenheck                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  9.172 142.28                     0.089  7.363 184.22
       I/SMA Index: 9.67 (+/-): -0.498            C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.547
 Qualified:            #26  9.198 -0.472                       #10  7.347 -0.563

Carnasciale with a near perfect light and big starting line advantage. Joe Carnasciale's MOV: 0.0398 seconds (approximately 11 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   33 Chuck Haubiel                         340 Terry Smith                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  8.667 127.47                           No Time      
        C/SM Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.093            D/DA Index: 7.92 (+/-): 92.079
 Qualified:             #9  8.196 -0.564                       #25  7.442 -0.478

Smith was leaking oil on the burnout and was shut off. Haubiel with good light and clicked off early on the free pass.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  361 Bo Butner                              37 Steve Ambrose                
E1                  -0.500 13.451  66.11     ****WINNER**** -0.005  8.665 112.16
       CC/AT Index: 7.73 (+/-):  5.721            J/AA Index: 8.35 (+/-):  0.315
 Qualified:             #3  7.095 -0.635                       #19  7.831 -0.519

Butner rolled the beam and turned on the red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Calvin Hill                             1 Bruno Massel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003  8.287 161.69                     0.035  7.104 195.08
        D/EA Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.523           DD/AT Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.516
 Qualified:             #5  8.221 -0.589                       #21  7.103 -0.517

Hill with a great light and the win. Calvin Hill's MOV: 0.0394 seconds (approximately 11 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  205 Rick Hord                            3002 Pat Ross                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.148  6.974 188.52                     0.066  7.800 173.63
        CC/A Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.566             E/A Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.480
 Qualified:             #8  6.969 -0.571                       #24  7.796 -0.484

Ross with a big starting line advantage, but Hord was able to chase him down for the win. Rick Hord's MOV: 0.0041 seconds (approximately 13 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  104 Frank Affronti                       3308 John Frech                   
E1                   0.068  7.885 171.88     ****WINNER****  0.095  8.069 159.02
        B/EA Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.415             F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.521
 Qualified:            #23  7.809 -0.491                        #7  8.016 -0.574

Affronti launched with the front end in the air and was over close to the wall and Frech gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A179 Donny Algieri                          34 Brian Browell                
E1                   0.051  8.400 158.43     ****WINNER****  0.028  7.478 159.08
        F/ED Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.230             D/D Index: 7.79 (+/-): -0.312
 Qualified:            #30  8.269 -0.361                       #14  7.249 -0.541

Browell with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  336 Michael Lyons                          17 Al Ackerman                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  7.180 165.38                     0.059  8.428 143.03
        B/ED Index: 7.47 (+/-): -0.290             F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.162
 Qualified:            #31  7.687  0.217                       #15  8.050 -0.540

Lyons with the starting line advantage and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  277 Larry Pritchett                      199K Kyle Cultrera                
E1                   0.036  8.117 167.72     ****WINNER****  0.019  9.102 143.43
        B/SM Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.483            H/EA Index: 9.61 (+/-): -0.508
 Qualified:            #20  8.081 -0.519                        #4  9.008 -0.602

Cultrera with the starting line advantage and the win. Kyle Cultrera's MOV: 0.0421 seconds (approximately 10 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1155 Tom Stalba                            357 Rick Brown                   
E1                   0.020  8.886 150.73     ****WINNER****  0.009  8.363 155.83
        L/AA Index: 9.31 (+/-): -0.424            B/TA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.427
 Qualified:            #29  8.941 -0.369                       #13  8.242 -0.548

Brown with a great light and the win. Rick Brown's MOV: 0.0149 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 David Rampy                            21 Glen Treadwell               
E1                   0.025  7.371 179.18     ****WINNER****  0.034  8.377 155.56
        A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.469            E/EA Index: 8.94 (+/-): -0.563
 Qualified:            #18  7.309 -0.531                        #2  8.297 -0.643

Rampy with the starting line advantage, but Treadwell takes the win by 0.0853 seconds (approximately 22 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  390 Ray Skillman                         3276 Rudd Kelly                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.102  8.661 134.04                           No Time      
       E/SMA Index: 8.98 (+/-): -0.319             B/A Index: 7.56 (+/-): 92.439
 Qualified:            #16  8.443 -0.537                       #32  9.723  2.163

Kelly is a no show. Skillman with the freebie. He will face Hord in the next round. Martel vs. Cultrera, Browell vs. Kamplain, Carnasciale vs. Treadwell, Lyons vs. Frech, Allen vs. Ambrose, Brown vs. Hill, and Haubiel vs. Bailey in the next round.

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