Mon, 01 Sep 2014, 13:19 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 60th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1052 Arnie Martel                          332 Todd Frantz                  
E4                   0.124  7.734 174.50     ****WINNER****  0.013  8.458 154.74
        E/AA Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.546           D/SMA Index: 8.92 (+/-): -0.462
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Coan      ) 0.046  8.483  0.203      (S Ambrose   ) 0.040  8.453 -0.467
E2    (J Greenheck ) 0.021  7.772 -0.528      (G Kamplain  ) 0.007  8.455 -0.465
E1    (T Smith     ) 0.059  7.884 -0.416      (L Pritchett ) 0.021  8.675 -0.245
 Qualified:             #7  7.727 -0.573                       #59  9.030  0.110

1:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 28.95 inches, adjusted altitude 3,617 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Arnie Martel has a 0.02 CIC penalty; Todd Frantz has no CIC penalty.

Martel is dead late and Todd Frantz steals the win. MOV: 0.0276 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Jim Kimbrough                        3864 Scott Chamness               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.058  7.159 162.51                    -0.016  7.670 126.89
        C/DA Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.381             B/D Index: 7.16 (+/-):  0.510
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Bourgeois ) 0.003  7.204 -0.336      (V Puckett   ) 0.173  6.660 -0.570
E2    (G Treadwell ) 0.008  7.120 -0.420      (M Lelchook  ) 0.023  7.907  0.677
E1    (M Hanratty  ) 0.125  7.170 -0.370      (J Bailey    ) 0.118  8.232  1.002
 Qualified:            #40  7.096 -0.444                       #12  6.676 -0.554

Chamness is red and Kimbrough gets the free pass to round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  115 Joe Santangelo                          1 Alan Ellis                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.842 168.07                     0.051  6.650 202.09
        B/SR Index: 8.35 (+/-): -0.508            A/AP Index: 7.18 (+/-): -0.530
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Vincent   ) 0.027  7.842 -0.518      (C Smiley    ) 0.180  6.916 -0.264
E2    (E Bennett   ) 0.051  8.371  0.011      (T Galbraith ) 0.026  6.734 -0.446
E1    (J Tanksley  ) 0.040  8.411  0.051      (B Sexton    ) 0.040  6.801 -0.379
 Qualified:            #33  7.891 -0.469                       #21  6.650 -0.530

Great 0.015 light for Joe Santangelo and a close finish MOV: 0.0145 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He races Frantz next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                           5250 Todd Patterson               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.303 161.87                     0.107  7.948 171.95
        B/TA Index: 8.79 (+/-): -0.487           A/SMA Index: 8.44 (+/-): -0.492
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Skillman  ) 0.009  8.409 -0.381      (D Rampy     ) 0.002  7.931 -0.519
E2    (M Kirkman   ) 0.012  8.320 -0.470      (S Polhill   ) 0.043  8.081 -0.369
E1    (P Hanratty  ) 0.002  8.342 -0.448      (C Wentzel   ) 0.010  7.941 -0.549
 Qualified:            #14  8.245 -0.545                        #2  7.895 -0.595

Rick Brown has no CIC penalty; Todd Patterson has a 0.05 CIC penalty.

Patterson has a bad light and Brown gets the easy win. He will face Kimbrough in round next.

1:16 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink