Fri, 10 Sep 2021, 15:53 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1057 Calvin Hill                          3002 Pat Ross                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.233 163.77                     0.161  7.970 170.36
         I/A Index: 8.81 (+/-): -0.577             F/A Index: 8.60 (+/-): -0.630
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Ackerman  ) 0.084  8.324 -0.486      (R Boyd      ) 0.059  8.136 -0.464
 Qualified:             #8  8.269 -0.541                        #4  8.017 -0.583

Hill with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Frank Aragona                        1471 Thomas Miller                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.405 171.64                     0.055  7.281 184.04
        J/AA Index: 8.00 (+/-): -0.595            C/AA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.559
 Prior rounds:
E1                   -0.011  7.883 -0.117      (L Zane      ) 0.134  7.334 -0.536
 Qualified:             #1  7.314 -0.686                        #6  7.298 -0.572

Aragona with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Hill in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Joe Carnascale                       1034 Chip Ippolito                
E2                  -0.015 10.857  90.78     ****WINNER****  0.013  8.190 130.62
        I/SM Index: 9.52 (+/-):  1.337            PSTA Index: 8.20 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Hamp      ) 0.014 10.394  0.874      (C Piston    ) 0.101  7.695 -0.505
 Qualified:             #3  8.889 -0.631                        #7  7.637 -0.563

Carnascale goes red to give Ippolito the win. He have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1958 Lee Ream                             1498 Santo Volpe                  
E2                   0.063  7.470 176.05     ****WINNER****  0.050  7.398 175.82
        D/DA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.500            A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.512
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Kimbrough ) 0.034  7.470 -0.540      (D Barton    ) 0.060  7.580 -0.330
 Qualified:            #13  7.547 -0.463                        #9  7.382 -0.528

Volpe with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                1086 Mark Hopkins                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.119  8.974  96.94
                                                   D/A Index: 8.30 (+/-):  0.674
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (T Martino   ) 0.071 13.592  5.292
 Qualified:                                                       #2  7.653 -0.647

Hopkins with the bye and he will face Volpe in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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