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Fri, 03 Oct 2014, 13:28 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Joe Carnasciale                      1422 Allyn Armstrong              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.145  8.924 146.16                     0.057  8.823 149.93
       I/SMA Index: 9.51 (+/-): -0.586             L/A Index: 9.27 (+/-): -0.447
 Qualified:             #4  8.866 -0.644                       #19  8.750 -0.520

Armstrong with the starting line advantage, but Carnasciale gets the win...Joe Carnasciale's MOV: 0.0511 seconds (approximately 11 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1055 Carl Miller                           113 Ken Voight                   
E1                   0.032  8.245 163.16     ****WINNER****  0.091  8.732 147.37
         F/A Index: 8.54 (+/-): -0.295            F/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.498
 Qualified:            #28  8.234 -0.306                       #13  8.662 -0.568

Miller with the starting line advantage, but Voight gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Calvin Hill                          1471 Thomas Miller                
E1                   0.036  8.299 158.97     ****WINNER****  0.065  7.636 165.05
        D/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.421            PSTA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.564
 Qualified:            #24  8.242 -0.478                        #9  7.587 -0.613

Hill with the starting line advantage, but Miller gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Frank Aragona                         104 Frank Affronti               
E1                   0.040  9.185 140.36     ****WINNER****  0.022  7.684 166.72
        H/EA Index: 9.57 (+/-): -0.385            B/EA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.536
 Qualified:            #30 10.284  0.714                       #15  7.688 -0.532

Affronti with the starting line advantage and the win. Aragona with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1160 Al Ackerman                          1985 Don Eckel III                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.004 166.35                     0.029  7.009 189.34
         F/D Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.566            C/DA Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.531
 Qualified:             #3  7.900 -0.670                       #18  7.019 -0.521

Ackerman with the starting line advantage and another good looking pass for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1464 Ray Bamond                             22 Lee Sharp                    
E1                   0.165  7.632 175.30     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.371 151.41
        B/EA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.588           D/SMA Index: 8.92 (+/-): -0.549
 Qualified:            #17  7.697 -0.523                        #2  8.250 -0.670

Sharp with the starting line advantage and the win. Sharp will face Miller in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1034 Chip Ippolito                        1052 Arnie Martel                 
E1                   0.055  7.705 173.52     ****WINNER****  0.046  7.785 162.65
        PSTA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.495            E/AA Index: 8.30 (+/-): -0.515
 Qualified:            #16  7.677 -0.523                        #1  7.580 -0.720

Martel with the starting line advantage and the win. Arnie Martel's MOV: 0.0297 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Martel will get the bye in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1466 Charlie Greco                        3903 Stu Sandhaus                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  8.672 142.24                     0.027  6.977 190.24
        L/AA Index: 9.24 (+/-): -0.568            A/ND Index: 7.43 (+/-): -0.453
 Qualified:            #10  8.628 -0.612                       #25  7.030 -0.400

Sanhaus with the starting line advantage, but Greco gets the win. He will face Ackerman in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1869 Jay Schonberger                        18 Steve Szupka                 
E1                   0.004  9.311 110.10     ****WINNER****  0.038  8.438 131.57
         I/A Index: 8.71 (+/-):  0.601            G/EA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.292
 Qualified:            #27  8.356 -0.354                       #12  8.144 -0.586

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,254 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Schonberger with a great light, but Szupka gets the win light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                    3308 John Frech                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.082  8.654 155.83                     0.057  8.039 162.68
        F/SM Index: 9.23 (+/-): -0.576             F/D Index: 8.57 (+/-): -0.531
 Qualified:             #6  8.607 -0.623                       #21  8.068 -0.502

Kevin Houghtaling's MOV: 0.0207 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He will Voight in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1086 Mark Hopkins                            4 Kyle Cultrera                
E1                   0.048  7.817 173.72     ****WINNER****  0.052  9.069 139.34
         D/A Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.433            H/EA Index: 9.57 (+/-): -0.501
 Qualified:            #22  7.756 -0.494                        #7  8.948 -0.622

Hopkins with the slight starting line advantage, but Cultera with the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1203 Dave Hughes                          X169 Chris Wentzel                
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.007  8.295 117.53                           No Time      
         A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-):  1.185            A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): 92.179
 Qualified:             #8  6.490 -0.620                       #23  7.330 -0.490

Wntzel is a not show. Hughes will face Affronti in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1867 Richard Schonberger                  2106 Scotty Richardson            
E1                   0.076  9.268 142.61     ****WINNER****  0.023  8.367 147.68
        I/SM Index: 9.48 (+/-): -0.212            D/EA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.353
 Qualified:            #29  9.237 -0.243                       #14  8.184 -0.536

Richardson with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Cultrera in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 105K Elio Mannino                         1890 Michael Hanratty             
E1                   0.044  7.039 192.93     ****WINNER****  0.076  7.665 170.56
        B/AA Index: 7.52 (+/-): -0.481             K/A Index: 8.21 (+/-): -0.545
 Qualified:            #20  7.001 -0.519                        #5  7.570 -0.640

Michael Hanratty's MOV: 0.0327 seconds (approximately 9 feet). Hanratty will face Szupka in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 140X Brian Darcy                          2262 Mark Moreland                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.041  9.341 143.28
        A/ND Index: 7.43 (+/-): 92.569            H/SM Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.219
 Qualified:            #11  6.840 -0.590                       #26  9.167 -0.393

Darcy is a no show. Moreland will face Carnasciale in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink