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Sat, 12 Oct 2019, 12:40 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                           19 Al Ackerman                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047  6.752 160.33                     0.043  8.016 168.41
         I/D Index: 7.27 (+/-): -0.518             F/D Index: 8.49 (+/-): -0.474
 Qualified:             #5  6.602 -0.668                       #16  7.980 -0.510

12:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.31 inches, adjusted altitude 2,647 feet.

A coin flip off the line, Massel is able to run down Ackerman without doing too much damage to his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   16 Christopher Piston                    224 Brad Plourd                  
E1                   0.055  8.338 140.36     ****WINNER****  0.002  6.482 186.98
        F/DA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.382           AA/AM Index: 6.94 (+/-): -0.458
 Qualified:            #11  8.139 -0.581                       #22  7.084  0.144

Plourd is almost perfect off the line and makes his best pass of the weekend to reel in Piston and take the win.

Plourd will take on Massel in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2347 Tony Terry                           1937 Lee Zane                     
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.006  8.793 104.81
        F/AA Index: 8.54 (+/-): 91.459            F/DA Index: 8.74 (+/-):  0.053
 Qualified:            #15  8.005 -0.535                        #4  8.071 -0.669

Terry is broke and does not make the call to the line. Zane backs off the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  186 Tom Martino                          2078 Chad Logan                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  8.761 112.65                    -0.015  7.198 185.72
        C/SM Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.009            C/DA Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.402
 Qualified:             #9  8.167 -0.603                       #20  7.163 -0.437

Logan leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Martino. Martino clicks it off about 1000 feet out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Randy Daniels                          28 John Frech                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.105  8.503 149.33                     0.035  8.196 159.29
        E/SM Index: 9.06 (+/-): -0.557             F/D Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.394
 Qualified:            #10  8.467 -0.593                       #21  8.198 -0.392

Frech gets the holeshot but has a little tire spin right off the line. Daniels holds him off and takes the stripe for the win.

Daniels will take on Zane in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2467 Jim Kimbrough                         104 Frank Affronti               
E1                   0.377  8.026 135.05     ****WINNER****  0.102  8.085 171.31
        C/ED Index: 7.92 (+/-):  0.106            E/AA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.175
 Qualified:             #6  7.283 -0.637                       #17  7.787 -0.473

Affronti gets a big holeshot and holds off Kimbrough for the win. He backs off the throttle a little early to save his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  340 Terry Smith                          1780 Gerry Russo                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.106  6.462 182.21                     0.004  8.191 160.86
        A/DA Index: 7.07 (+/-): -0.608           B/SMA Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.409
 Qualified:             #7  6.452 -0.618                       #18  8.147 -0.453

Russo gets the advantage off the line but he can't hold off Smith. Smith takes the win but will take a big hit to his index in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 105K Elio Mannino                          233 Art Hodges                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.000  7.049 194.13                     0.171  7.632 178.47
        B/AA Index: 7.62 (+/-): -0.571             D/A Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.618
 Qualified:            #19  7.167 -0.453                        #8  7.639 -0.611

Mannino is perfect off the line and he is able to run down Hodges and go around for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  213 David Eaton                          1034 Chip Ippolito                
E1                   0.246  6.852 199.55     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.726 164.61
        A/AP Index: 7.23 (+/-): -0.378            PSTA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.474
 Qualified:            #23 13.504  6.274                       #12  7.636 -0.564

Ippolito makes a little move to the left right off the line but he stays with it and holds off Eaton for the win.

Ippolito will take on Affronti in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1251 Joe Carnasciale                         9 Van Puckett                  
E1                   0.032  8.983 149.02     ****WINNER****  0.031  7.970 170.97
        I/SM Index: 9.52 (+/-): -0.537            F/AA Index: 8.53 (+/-): -0.560
 Qualified:             #3  8.846 -0.674                       #14  7.991 -0.539

No advantage for either driver off the line, Puckett is able to run down Carnasciale and pull away for the win.

Puckett will take on Martino in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 David Rampy                           597 David Kramer                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  7.633 137.15                     0.011  9.341 166.05
        A/EA Index: 7.82 (+/-): -0.187           FS/SM Index: 8.47 (+/-):  0.871
 Qualified:             #2  7.135 -0.685                       #13  7.926 -0.544

Kramer gets the holeshot but he can't hold off Rampy.

Rampy will take on Mannino in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                   1 Frank Aragona                
E1                                            ****WINNER**** -0.015  7.982 126.15
                                                  J/AA Index: 8.09 (+/-): -0.108
 Qualified:                                                       #1  7.335 -0.755

Aragona clicks it off about 1000 feet out.

Aragona will take on Smith in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink