Sat, 12 Oct 2019, 21:38 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 3 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
   24 Randy Daniels                           1 Frank Aragona                
E3                   0.116  8.450 155.26     ****WINNER****  0.084  7.501 169.57
        E/SM Index: 9.01 (+/-): -0.560            J/AA Index: 8.06 (+/-): -0.559
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Zane      ) 0.023  8.522 -0.488      (T Smith     ) 0.037  7.552 -0.538
E1    (J Frech     ) 0.105  8.503 -0.557                     -0.015  7.982 -0.108
 Qualified:            #10  8.467 -0.593                        #1  7.335 -0.755

9:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 2,652 feet.

Aragona gets the advantage off the line and he reels in Daniels and goes around for the win.

Frank Aragona's MOV: 0.0313 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  353 Bruno Massel                         105K Elio Mannino                 
E3                   0.064  7.599 122.67     ****WINNER****  0.084  6.992 197.28
         I/D Index: 7.18 (+/-):  0.419            B/AA Index: 7.55 (+/-): -0.558
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Plourd    ) 0.010  6.676 -0.584      (D Rampy     ) 0.056  7.676  0.126
E1    (A Ackerman  ) 0.047  6.752 -0.518      (A Hodges    ) 0.000  7.049 -0.571
 Qualified:             #5  6.602 -0.668                       #19  7.167 -0.453

Massel gets the advantage off the line but is out of power early. Mannino will have a bye into the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  186 Tom Martino                           104 Frank Affronti               
E3                   0.094  8.278 145.94     ****WINNER****  0.018  7.744 169.83
        C/SM Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.462            E/AA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.516
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Puckett   ) 0.214  8.237 -0.533      (C Ippolito  ) 0.030  7.807 -0.453
E1    (C Logan     ) 0.053  8.761 -0.009      (J Kimbrough ) 0.102  8.085 -0.175
 Qualified:             #9  8.167 -0.603                       #17  7.787 -0.473

Affronti gets the holeshot and goes around Martino for the win.

Affronti will take on Aragona in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink