Sat, 16 Sep 2000, 08:20 PM READING - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Rowe

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 16th annual Keystone Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  23 Pat Ross            8.045 -0.515 Q   10 David Fiore         7.516 -0.604
       D/A Index: 8.56                        D/ED Index: 8.12
                  0.442  8.042 -0.518 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.649  8.790  0.670

7:51 PM We start this round of Comp with our traditional redlight.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  27 Doug Harris         7.759 -0.461 Q    6 Jerry Arnold        8.483 -0.657
       A/T Index: 8.22                        E/ED Index: 9.14
                  0.893  7.652 -0.568 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.550  8.656 -0.484

Harris is REALLY late here and gives an easy victory to Arnold.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  31 Paul Jannoni        7.032 -0.428 Q    2 Greg Kozera         7.373 -0.747
       B/D Index: 7.46                        D/ED Index: 8.12
 *****WINNER***** 0.551  7.078 -0.382 E1                  1.643  7.550 -0.570

Yes, that reaction time by Kozera is correct.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  32 Stephen Szupka      7.583 -0.427 Q    1 Frank Aragona       8.314 -0.786
      C/ED Index: 8.01                        G/ED Index: 9.10
 *****WINNER***** 0.538  7.608 -0.402 E1                  0.578  8.733 -0.367

Margin of victory = 0.075 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Steve Ambrose       7.810 -0.700 Q   30 Michele Costa       9.612 -0.428
       I/A Index: 8.51                         G/D Index: 10.04
 *****WINNER***** 0.471  9.638  1.128 E1                  0.475 11.703  1.663

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  11 Allen Stanfield     9.248 -0.602 Q   22 Larry Perkins       7.697 -0.523
      F/SM Index: 9.85                         A/T Index: 8.22
                  0.580  9.247 -0.603 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.539  7.579 -0.641

Margin of victory = 0.079 seconds (approximately 16 feet). The new A truck index takes a CIC hit.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Charlie Westcott    9.183 -0.667 Q   28 Mark Hopkins        7.776 -0.444
      F/SM Index: 9.85                         C/A Index: 8.22
 *****WINNER***** 0.548  9.374 -0.476 E1                  0.492  7.804 -0.416

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  33 Nelson Whitlock     7.459 -0.411 Q   14 Tom Ekroth          7.648 -0.572
       B/A Index: 7.87                         C/A Index: 8.22
                  0.499  7.493 -0.377 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.560  7.914 -0.306

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Dave Northrop       7.945 -0.615 Q   24 Bert Dawson         8.376 -0.514
       D/A Index: 8.56                        C/EA Index: 8.89
 *****WINNER***** 0.616  8.001 -0.559 E1                  0.609  8.374 -0.516

Margin of victory = 0.036 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  21 Charlie Greco       7.695 -0.525 Q   12 Frank Affronti      7.635 -0.585
       A/T Index: 8.22                         C/A Index: 8.22
                  0.420  7.593 -0.627 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.585  7.831 -0.389

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Fred Allen          7.430 -0.650 Q   25 Jules Schonberger   8.431 -0.509
      A/EA Index: 8.08                         H/A Index: 8.94
                  0.518  7.636 -0.444 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.501  8.370 -0.570

Allen comes out of the hole and has to pedal the car. Margin of victory = 0.143 seconds (approximately 36 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  16 Dan Kilheffer       7.455 -0.555 Q   17 Walter Zalak        6.844 -0.546
      C/ED Index: 8.01                         A/A Index: 7.39
                  0.437  7.955 -0.055 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.549  6.939 -0.451

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  29 Erich Bollman       8.125 -0.435 Q    4 Bob Rossi           6.721 -0.669
       D/A Index: 8.56                         A/A Index: 7.39
                  0.581  8.106 -0.454 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.531  6.857 -0.533

Margin of victory = 0.129 seconds (approximately 30 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  15 Jonathan Aloisio    8.361 -0.559 Q   18 Chris Bozic         7.130 -0.540
      E/SM Index: 8.92                         C/D Index: 7.67
 *****WINNER***** 0.593  8.319 -0.601 E1                  0.544 14.296  6.626

Bozic breaks about 300 feet out.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 Ken Keir            7.427 -0.653 Q   26 Don Eckel           7.202 -0.468
      A/EA Index: 8.08                         C/D Index: 7.67
                  0.454  8.705  0.625 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.576  7.280 -0.390

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  34 Tony Terry          8.962 -0.408 Q   13 Al Ackerman         8.305 -0.575
      B/SM Index: 9.37                         F/D Index: 8.88
                  0.430  9.350 -0.020 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.618  9.633  0.753

Terry gets a chance coming in as the second alternate.




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