Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 14:53 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 4 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
 1466 Charlie Greco                        1052 Arnie Martel                 
E4                  -0.001 11.366  80.48     ****WINNER****  0.046 12.578  69.14
        L/AA Index: 9.12 (+/-):  2.246            E/AA Index: 8.29 (+/-):  4.288
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Cultrera  ) 0.030  8.623 -0.497      (S Szupka    ) 0.043  8.232 -0.058
E2    (A Ackerman  ) 0.120  8.616 -0.564                     0.009 14.431  6.141
E1    (S Sandhaus  ) 0.045  8.672 -0.568      (C Ippolito  ) 0.046  7.785 -0.515
 Qualified:            #10  8.628 -0.612                        #1  7.580 -0.720

2:48 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 1,264 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

A re light by Greco means Martel will be in the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                      13 Joe Carnasciale              
E4                   0.053  9.496 113.06     ****WINNER****  0.095  9.099 126.61
        F/SM Index: 9.16 (+/-):  0.336           I/SMA Index: 9.43 (+/-): -0.331
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Miller    ) 0.009  8.930 -0.230      (D Hughes    ) 0.041  9.506  0.076
E2    (K Voight    ) 0.054  8.947 -0.283      (M Moreland  ) 0.028  9.677  0.247
E1    (J Frech     ) 0.082  8.654 -0.576      (A Armstrong ) 0.145  8.924 -0.586
 Qualified:             #6  8.607 -0.623                        #4  8.866 -0.644

Carnasciale will race Martel in the final round of eliminations.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink