Sun, 18 May 2003, 03:09 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition 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-- (+/-)
1262 Kevin Houghtaling 1144 Billy Griffin
E3 0.042 8.856 -0.584 ****WINNER**** 0.035 8.135 -0.635
F/SM Index: 9.44 F/AA Index: 8.77
Prior rounds:
E2 (G Vignogna ) 0.013 8.933 -0.617 (V Smeland ) 0.058 8.665 -0.105
E1 (R Hope ) -0.017 16.419 6.869 (D Bartucci ) 0.224 8.262 -0.618
Qualified: #8 8.848 -0.702 #4 8.126 -0.754
2:54 PM It's still overcast, 60 degrees, 37 percent relative humidity, the barometer
29.91.Both drivers came in with -0.11 CIC adjustments in prior rounds, Houghtaling in round
2, Griffin round 1. Griffin took another huge bite out of his index to get the win here, Billy
Griffin's MOV: 0.0583 seconds (approximately 12 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
7406 Vinnie Deceglie 1985 Don Eckel
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.619 -0.661 0.074 7.016 -0.594
A/A Index: 7.28 C/D Index: 7.61
Prior rounds:
E2 (A Armstrong ) 0.222 10.649 3.369 (A Ackerman ) 0.030 8.350 0.740
E1 (T Ekroth ) 0.045 7.275 -0.005 (K Nowling ) 0.110 7.273 -0.337
Qualified: #11 6.625 -0.655 #15 6.989 -0.621
These two came in with their indexes intact. That won't be true next round, Deceglie giving
up -.16 for the event and -.05 on Monday.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
1981 Stephen Szupka 170 Douglas Harris
E3 0.097 7.343 -0.527 ****WINNER**** 0.081 8.321 -0.519
C/ED Index: 7.87 B/TA Index: 8.84
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Ross ) 0.036 7.684 -0.186 (F Aragona Jr) 0.026 8.338 -0.592
E1 (J Aloisio ) 0.117 7.361 -0.649 (J Carnascial) 0.114 8.426 -0.694
Qualified: #14 7.382 -0.628 #2 8.327 -0.793
Szupka came in -0.14 in prior CIC, Harris -0.28. He won anyway, losing another
hundredth.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
1780 Gerry Russo 19 Michele Costa
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.035 8.705 -0.635 0.085 8.966 -0.684
E/SMA Index: 9.34 G/D Index: 9.65
Prior rounds:
E2 (C Westcott J) 0.031 8.834 -0.556 (B Rossi ) 0.133 9.771 0.121
E1 (J Mahoney ) 0.108 9.004 -0.386 0.068 9.149 -0.681
Qualified: #13 8.751 -0.639 #1 8.985 -0.845
Russo came in -0.05 with CICs, Costa -0.18 (on a bye run). She went -0.68 on her adjusted
index in a losing effort, Russo with the better light, but Russo had to give up another -0.13 to
get the win light, so he, too, will lose a bunch of index on Monday. Gerry Russo's MOV: 0.0012
seconds (approximately 3 inches). In the semifinals it's Russo vs Deceglie and Harris vs
Griffin, all four drivers at least -0.15 in CIC penalties.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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