Sun, 5 Oct 2003, 05:55 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  102 Greg Horrocks                        1780 Gerry Russo
E2                  -0.020  7.833 -0.127     ****WINNER****  0.014  8.827 -0.413
       C/ED Index: 7.96                         E/SMA Index: 9.24
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Rossi     ) 0.140  8.034  0.074      (C Yannetti J) 0.187  8.736 -0.604
 Qualified:            #23  7.514 -0.446                       #15  8.827 -0.513

4:43 PM - Russo won on a red light by Horrocks.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1686 Dennis Bartucci                      3002 Pat Ross
E2                  -0.083  9.574  1.804     ****WINNER****  0.130  8.356 -0.484
       B/AA Index: 7.77                           F/A Index: 8.84
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hanratty  ) 0.678  7.263 -0.537      (F Aragona Jr) 0.007  8.374 -0.466
 Qualified:            #38  7.529 -0.271                        #9  8.292 -0.548

Another red light and the win goes to Ross.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1144 Billy Griffin                        1162 Sal Biondo
E2                  -0.031  8.050 -0.450     ****WINNER****  0.020  8.969  0.059
       E/AA Index: 8.50                          D/EA Index: 8.91
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Ricci     ) 0.113  8.559  0.059      (F Affronti  ) 0.035  8.405 -0.615
 Qualified:            #16  7.990 -0.510                        #8  8.466 -0.554

Another pair, another red light. Biondo gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2126 Michael Hardee                       1609 Jeff Liuzzo
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039  8.596 -0.544                     0.016  7.364 -0.516
      D/SMA Index: 9.14                          C/ED Index: 7.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Szupka    ) 0.009  8.631 -0.669      (J Mischuch  ) 0.081  7.376 -0.584
 Qualified:             #5  8.675 -0.625                       #13  7.437 -0.523

Michael Hardee's incremental margins MOV: 0.0052 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  186 Tim Northrop                         1262 Kevin Houghtaling
E2                   0.036  9.016 -0.584     ****WINNER****  0.072  8.872 -0.628
       I/SM Index: 9.60                          F/SM Index: 9.50
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Aloisio   ) 0.019  9.094 -0.646      (E Bollman   ) 0.139  9.042 -0.458
 Qualified:             #3  9.105 -0.635                       #11  8.969 -0.531

Kevin Houghtaling's incremental margins MOV: 0.0083 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1718 Tommy Ciccarone Jr.                  1422 Allyn Armstrong
E2                   0.201  8.653 -0.517     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.316 -0.404
      D/SMA Index: 9.17                           L/A Index: 9.72
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hopkins   ) 0.072  8.667 -0.633      (C Miller    ) 0.020  9.219 -0.601
 Qualified:            #10  8.758 -0.542                       #18  9.327 -0.493

Allyn Armstrong's incremental margins MOV: 0.0765 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1160 Al Ackerman                          1465 Val Smeland
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  8.236 -0.534                     0.029  7.248 -0.552
        F/D Index: 8.77                          B/AA Index: 7.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Stanfield ) 0.015  8.307 -0.463      (R Schonberge) 0.140  7.355 -0.445
 Qualified:             #6  8.155 -0.615                       #30  7.406 -0.394

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
        Bye                                1985 Don Eckel III
E2                                            ****WINNER****  1.604 No Time
                                                  C/D Index: 7.61
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (C Banney Jr ) 0.087  7.431 -0.179
 Qualified:                                                      #12  7.082 -0.528

Eckell had a bye so he took the light and shut it down.

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