Mon, 14 Oct 2019, 14:05 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 4 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
  104 Frank Affronti                          1 Frank Aragona                
E4                  -0.031  8.689 114.49     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.125 122.51
        E/AA Index: 8.25 (+/-):  0.439            J/AA Index: 8.01 (+/-):  0.115
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Martino   ) 0.018  7.744 -0.516      (R Daniels   ) 0.084  7.501 -0.559
E2    (C Ippolito  ) 0.030  7.807 -0.453      (T Smith     ) 0.037  7.552 -0.538
E1    (J Kimbrough ) 0.102  8.085 -0.175                     -0.015  7.982 -0.108
 Qualified:            #17  7.787 -0.473                        #1  7.335 -0.755

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,316 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Affronti goes red to give Aragona the win. He is advancing to his second final this season, third at this event and 21st career final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 105K Elio Mannino                               Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.038  9.363  98.72     
        B/AA Index: 7.50 (+/-):  1.863    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Massel    ) 0.084  6.992 -0.558   
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.056  7.676  0.126   
E1    (A Hodges    ) 0.000  7.049 -0.571   
 Qualified:            #19  7.167 -0.453                     Bye

Manning with the single and he is advancing to his first final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink