Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 13:00 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 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
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                    1471 Thomas Miller                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  8.930 120.98                    -0.007  8.083 121.99
        F/SM Index: 9.16 (+/-): -0.230            PSTA Index: 8.08 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Voight    ) 0.054  8.947 -0.283      (L Sharp     ) 0.071  7.580 -0.560
E1    (J Frech     ) 0.082  8.654 -0.576      (C Hill      ) 0.065  7.636 -0.564
 Qualified:             #6  8.607 -0.623                        #9  7.587 -0.613

12:53 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 58 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.31 inches, adjusted altitude 1,044 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Joe Carnasciale                      1203 Dave Hughes                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.041  9.506 109.43                    -0.041 14.550  58.25
       I/SMA Index: 9.43 (+/-):  0.076             A/A Index: 6.98 (+/-):  7.570
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Moreland  ) 0.028  9.677  0.247      (F Affronti  ) 0.101  6.474 -0.636
E1    (A Armstrong ) 0.145  8.924 -0.586      (C Wentzel   ) -0.007  8.295  1.185
 Qualified:             #4  8.866 -0.644                        #8  6.490 -0.620

Hughes went red, then stopped, then started again. Carnasciale got the win and will race Houghtaling in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1466 Charlie Greco                           4 Kyle Cultrera                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030  8.623 141.13                     0.035  9.044 132.27
        L/AA Index: 9.12 (+/-): -0.497            H/EA Index: 9.46 (+/-): -0.416
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Ackerman  ) 0.120  8.616 -0.564      (S Richardson) 0.027  8.956 -0.614
E1    (S Sandhaus  ) 0.045  8.672 -0.568      (M Hopkins   ) 0.052  9.069 -0.501
 Qualified:            #10  8.628 -0.612                        #7  8.948 -0.622

Greco got the win and will move on to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1052 Arnie Martel                           18 Steve Szupka                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.043  8.232 117.08                    -0.005  8.712 117.20
        E/AA Index: 8.29 (+/-): -0.058            G/EA Index: 8.73 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.009 14.431  6.141      (M Hanratty  ) 0.037  8.696 -0.034
E1    (C Ippolito  ) 0.046  7.785 -0.515      (J Schonberge) 0.038  8.438 -0.292
 Qualified:             #1  7.580 -0.720                       #12  8.144 -0.586

Martel will race Greco in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink