Sun, 04 Oct 2015, 17:19 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual NHRA Keystone Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                1707 Peter Luciano                
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.050  9.096 118.34
                                                  L/AA Index: 9.18 (+/-): -0.084
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (F Aragona Jr) 0.003  9.913  0.733
 Qualified:                                                       #2  8.597 -0.583

5:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.63 inches, adjusted altitude 1,524 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

Luciano had a bye into the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1203 Dave Hughes                          1471 Thomas Miller                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.465 213.37                     0.029  7.554 176.51
         A/A Index: 7.08 (+/-): -0.615            PSTA Index: 8.11 (+/-): -0.556
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Wolkwitz  )       No Time            (R Schonberge) 0.101  7.609 -0.561
 Qualified:             #6  6.533 -0.547                        #3  7.592 -0.578

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1869 Jay Schonberger                      1780 Gerry Russo                  
E2                  -0.013  8.214 162.92     ****WINNER****  0.045  8.497 160.06
         I/A Index: 8.71 (+/-): -0.496           D/SMA Index: 8.88 (+/-): -0.383
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hopkins   )       No Time            (C Hill      ) 0.045  8.702 -0.178
 Qualified:            #13 No Time                             #10  8.580 -0.300

Russo will race Luciano in the semi-final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Joe Carnasciale                      1422 Allyn Armstrong              
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.148  9.377 107.99
       I/SMA Index: 9.48 (+/-): 90.519             L/A Index: 9.27 (+/-):  0.107
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.010  9.176 -0.304      (L Zane      ) 0.071 11.304  2.034
 Qualified:             #1  8.857 -0.623                       #11 11.055  1.785

Carnasciale was not able to get his car started so Armstrong had a solo run for the win. He'll race Hughes in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink