Sun, 18 May 2003, 05:13 PM Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 34th annual K&N Filters SuperNationals presented by Pep Boys:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1489 Steve Ficacci                        1013 Dave Ficacci
E4   ****WINNER****  0.005 10.118  0.038                     0.048 11.153  0.023
        A/S  Dial: 10.08                         G/SA  Dial: 11.13
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Porpora   ) 0.009 10.064 -1.186      (T Pietrofitt) 0.017 11.111  0.001
E2    (A Kinash    ) -0.051 10.097  0.017      (E Smith     ) 0.048 11.144  0.074
E1    (D Chapman   ) 0.127 10.357  0.237      (B Schlichtig) 0.026 11.138  0.008
 Qualified:            #25 10.152 -1.098                       #32 11.216 -1.084

Steve Ficacci's marginsMOV: 0.0285 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1188 Bill Nees                            2075 Don Himes
E4                  -0.002 14.237  0.047     ****WINNER****  0.102 12.715  0.095
       U/SA  Dial: 14.19                         P/SA  Dial: 12.62
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Williams  ) 0.027 14.168 -0.002      (J Zane      ) 0.065 12.611 -0.029
E2    (R Hoerth    ) 0.025 14.182  0.012      (D Cook II   ) 0.032 12.685  0.075
E1    (B Van Poppel) 0.051 14.193  0.023      (B Pomponi Jr) 0.065 12.648 -0.042
 Qualified:            #69 14.256 -0.894                       #34 12.700 -1.050

Nees lit the red light by two thousandths of a second.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1810 Robert Pare{                         1044 John Shaul
E4                  -0.008 10.857  0.057     ****WINNER****  0.091 10.182  0.032
       E/SA  Dial: 10.80                         A/SA  Dial: 10.15
 Prior rounds:
E3    (E Horensky  ) 0.009 10.773 -0.047      (E Fernandez ) 0.062 10.201  0.011
E2    (G Mirza     ) 0.057 10.765 -1.235      (B Twynam    ) 0.015 10.215  0.025
E1    (T O Loughlin) 0.015 10.835  0.035      (J Dudas     ) 0.035 10.831  0.691
 Qualified:            #15 10.842 -1.158                       #22 10.191 -1.109

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    3 Toby Lang                            1499 Jim Boudreau
E4                  -0.001 11.473  0.083     ****WINNER****  0.063 10.601  0.051
       E/SA  Dial: 11.39                         C/SA  Dial: 10.55
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Dickerson ) 0.010 11.388 -0.012      (B Horgan    ) 0.064 10.570  0.010
E2    (T Barrett   ) 0.031 11.375 -0.005      (B Pomponi   ) 0.040 10.622  0.012
E1    (D Ribeiro   ) -0.014 11.385 -0.045      (J Cokinos   ) 0.037 11.016  0.026
 Qualified:           #107 11.893 -0.107                       #30 10.615 -1.085

Lang missed a perfect light by just one-thousandth of a second. Unfortunately, he was too quick and lost this round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    2 Bryan Valentine                      1276 Dean Ribeiro
E4                   0.040 12.016 -0.004     ****WINNER****  0.023 10.710  0.070
      F/FIA  Dial: 12.02                        B/FIA  Dial: 10.64
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Marshall  ) 0.022 12.033  0.023      (G Jordan    ) 0.019 10.683  0.033
E2    (R Golonka   ) 0.060 12.042  0.032      (S Murray    ) 0.087 10.609 -0.041
E1    (D Carpenter ) 0.024 12.036 -0.914      (T Dauber    ) 0.037 10.718  0.048
 Qualified:            #56 11.987 -0.963                       #49 10.701 -0.999

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1902 Al Vanis                             1335 R.C. Waddell
E4   ****WINNER****  0.027 12.334  0.074                    -0.036 11.781 -0.069
       N/SA  Dial: 12.26                          J/S  Dial: 11.85
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Zane      ) 0.000 12.261  0.011      (B Warren    ) 0.073 11.736 -0.124
E2    (S Carr      ) 0.013 12.237 -0.033      (J Kinash    ) 0.030 11.928  0.078
E1    (G Schmutz   ) 0.024 12.283  0.013      (B Quinn     ) 0.023 11.871  0.021
 Qualified:            #45 12.293 -1.007                       #80 11.903 -0.747

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         1135 Nick Reiter
E4                  -0.004 11.281  0.691     ****WINNER****  0.042 11.423  0.093
       B/SA  Dial: 10.59                         D/SA  Dial: 11.33
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Iacono    ) 0.016 10.698  0.178      (J Gray      ) 0.075 11.353  0.003
E2    (R Urquhart  ) 0.028 10.551  0.061      (J DeMarzo   ) 0.014 11.388  0.058
E1    (J Harrington) 0.007 10.569  0.029      (G Richard   ) 0.055 11.374  0.064
 Qualified:            #54 10.585 -0.965                      #103 11.405 -0.445

Fletcher tried to win this one at the line and lit the red light instead.

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