Sun, 17 Sep 2000, 10:04 AM READING - Comp Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By David Rowe

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 16th annual Keystone Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Jerry Arnold        8.483 -0.657 Q   22 Larry Perkins       7.697 -0.523
      E/ED Index: 9.14                         A/T Index: 8.08
   (D Harris    ) 0.550  8.656 -0.484 E1   (A Stanfield ) 0.539  7.579 -0.641
 *****WINNER***** 0.539  8.944 -0.196 E2                  0.465  7.649 -0.431

9:46 AM

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  13 Al Ackerman         8.305 -0.575 Q    4 Bob Rossi           6.721 -0.669
       F/D Index: 8.88                         A/A Index: 7.36
   (T Terry     ) 0.618  9.633  0.753 E1   (E Bollman   ) 0.531  6.857 -0.533
                  0.549 29.223 20.343 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.504  7.974  0.614

Ackerman breaks right off the starting line and coasts through the lights.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  15 Jonathan Aloisio    8.361 -0.559 Q   31 Paul Jannoni        7.032 -0.428
      E/SM Index: 8.82                         B/D Index: 7.46
   (C Bozic     ) 0.593  8.319 -0.601 E1   (G Kozera    ) 0.551  7.078 -0.382
 *****WINNER***** 0.601  8.362 -0.458 E2                  0.551  7.085 -0.375

Margin of victory = 0.033 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Dave Northrop       7.945 -0.615 Q   25 Jules Schonberger   8.431 -0.509
       D/A Index: 8.51                         H/A Index: 8.87
   (B Dawson    ) 0.616  8.001 -0.559 E1   (F Allen     ) 0.501  8.370 -0.570
                  0.606  7.945 -0.565 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.501  8.335 -0.535

Margin of victory = 0.075 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Charlie Westcott    9.183 -0.667 Q   12 Frank Affronti      7.635 -0.585
      F/SM Index: 9.85                         C/A Index: 8.22
   (M Hopkins   ) 0.548  9.374 -0.476 E1   (C Greco     ) 0.585  7.831 -0.389
                  0.577  9.203 -0.647 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.525  7.610 -0.610

Margin of victory = 0.015 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 David Fiore         7.516 -0.604 Q   26 Don Eckel           7.202 -0.468
      D/ED Index: 8.12                         C/D Index: 7.67
   (P Ross      ) 0.649  8.790  0.670 E1   (K Keir      ) 0.576  7.280 -0.390
 *****WINNER***** 0.551  7.791 -0.329 E2                  0.625  7.271 -0.399

Margin of victory = 0.004 seconds (approximately 13 inches).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Steve Ambrose       7.810 -0.700 Q   14 Tom Ekroth          7.648 -0.572
       I/A Index: 8.51                         C/A Index: 8.22
   (M Costa     ) 0.471  9.638  1.128 E1   (N Whitlock  ) 0.560  7.914 -0.306
                  0.591  8.040 -0.470 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.648  7.612 -0.608

Margin of victory = 0.081 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  17 Walter Zalak        6.844 -0.546 Q   32 Stephen Szupka      7.583 -0.427
       A/A Index: 7.39                        C/ED Index: 8.01
   (D Kilheffer ) 0.549  6.939 -0.451 E1   (F Aragona   ) 0.538  7.608 -0.402
                  0.621  9.784  2.394 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.528  7.594 -0.416

Zalak gets the front wheels up in the air and almost took out the 330 foot cone.




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