Sat, 14 Sep 2019, 18:06 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, 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Frank Aragona                        1086 Mark Hopkins                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.091  7.774 148.94                     0.056  7.833 162.33
        J/AA Index: 8.18 (+/-): -0.406             D/A Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.367
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Armstrong ) 0.076  8.261  0.081      (J Schonberge) 0.048  7.699 -0.531
E1                   0.003  8.365  0.185      (C Hill      ) 0.010  7.724 -0.576
 Qualified:             #1  7.440 -0.740                        #4  7.616 -0.684

5:59 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 2,449 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Hopkins was quicker at the tree but Aragona got by him to take the win. Frank Aragona's MOV: 0.0048 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                     186 Tom Martino                  
E3                   0.086  8.186 164.51     ****WINNER****  0.006  8.321 142.57
         F/A Index: 8.64 (+/-): -0.454            C/SM Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.529
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Mannino   ) 0.047  8.194 -0.446                     0.050  9.003  0.153
E1    (F Affronti  ) 0.039  8.194 -0.446      (T Miller    ) 0.013 12.899  4.049
 Qualified:            #20  8.141 -0.499                        #2  8.134 -0.716

Martino had the quicker start and took the win. He'll race Aragona in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  597 David Kramer                           16 Christopher Piston           
E3                  -0.002  9.076 108.38     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.572  98.49
       FS/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-):  0.606            F/DA Index: 8.62 (+/-):  0.952
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Schonberge) -0.014  8.528  0.058      (P Ross      ) 0.054  8.117 -0.623
E1    (R Daniels   ) 0.094  8.007 -0.463      (C Ippolito  ) 0.004  9.694  0.954
 Qualified:            #16  7.907 -0.563                        #3  8.041 -0.699

Kramer's red light gave the win to Piston, who will have a bye in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink