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Sun, 15 Jun 2003, 05:51 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals presented by Summit Racing:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1160 Al Ackerman                           211 Glen Treadwell
E3   ****WINNER****  0.042  8.181 -0.599                     0.035  8.535 -0.505
        F/D Index: 8.78                          E/EA Index: 9.04
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Allen     ) 0.111  8.713 -0.067      (J Slagle    ) 0.008  8.613 -0.427
E1    (R Dorsey    ) 0.000  8.435 -0.345      (E Smith     ) 0.039  8.539 -0.541
 Qualified:             #6  8.277 -0.503                        #2  8.537 -0.543

5:38 PM Treadwell lost 0.04 to CIC in round one, Ackerman was penalty-free. Treadwell took back a hundredth at the tree, but could not hold off Ackerman's charge. Ackerman incurred a 0.09 second CIC, however, for the rest of this event.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   34 Robert Bailey                        1913 Charlie Yannetti
E3   ****WINNER****  0.052  6.762 -0.528                     0.057  9.368 -0.502
       A/ED Index: 7.29                          L/AA Index: 9.87
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hazlett   ) 0.167  7.046 -0.244      (T Smith     ) 0.030  9.361 -0.509
E1    (R Matheney  ) 0.166  6.888 -0.402      (T Stephenson) 0.030  9.366 -0.514
 Qualified:            #13  6.825 -0.465                        #9  9.389 -0.491

Yannetti lost 0.01 to CIC in round one, Bailey was untouched. Almost identical reaction times and Bailey nipped Yannetti at the line. Robert Bailey's MOV: 0.0313 seconds (approximately 6 feet). He will give up 0.02 seconds to CIC for the rest of the race.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  373 Ray Vierheller III                     12 Frank Aragona Jr.
E3                   0.111  8.563 -0.337     ****WINNER****  0.084  8.607 -0.423
       I/AA Index: 8.90                          F/EA Index: 9.03
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Pritchett ) 0.056  8.560 -0.340      (C Bozic     ) 0.045  8.636 -0.394
E1    (S Ambrose   ) 0.068  8.474 -0.426      (M Trumble   ) 0.046  8.523 -0.557
 Qualified:            #23  8.552 -0.348                        #3  8.558 -0.522

Aragina lost 0.05 to CIC in round one. Frank Aragona Jr.'s MOV: 0.1135 seconds (approximately 25 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3151 Ian Landies Jr                       3451 Steve Eckard
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  8.427 -0.403                     0.027  7.696 -0.104
        F/A Index: 8.83                          B/AA Index: 7.80
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Ross      ) 0.098 19.630 10.790      (D Rampy     ) 0.139  7.415 -0.385
E1    (H Raymond   ) 0.086  8.330 -0.510      (D Podobinski) 0.097  7.385 -0.415
 Qualified:             #8  8.348 -0.492                       #12  7.334 -0.466

The winner here meets Ackerman in the semifinals. The other pair features Aragona versus Bailey. Eckard got out of the groove and way out of shape on the top end, forcing him to lift. Ian Landies Jr's MOV: 0.3111 seconds (approximately 62 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink