Sun, 18 May 2003, 10:37 AM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 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-- (+/-)
 1073 Ed Horensky                          1810 Robert Pare{
E3                   0.037 10.506 -0.074     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.773 -0.047
       C/SA  Dial: 10.58                         E/SA  Dial: 10.82
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Mac Neish ) 0.013 10.648  0.068      (G Mirza     ) 0.057 10.765 -1.235
E1    (R Infantino ) 0.012 10.520 -0.060      (T O Loughlin) 0.015 10.835  0.035
 Qualified:            #29 10.615 -1.085                       #15 10.842 -1.158

Horensky stood it on the bumper for the first 200 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1042 Tony Pietrofitta                     1013 Dave Ficacci
E3                   0.103 10.789 -0.061     ****WINNER****  0.017 11.111  0.001
       C/SA  Dial: 10.85                         G/SA  Dial: 11.11
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Niedermier) 0.053 10.872  0.042      (E Smith     ) 0.048 11.144  0.074
E1    (R Shipley   ) 0.106 10.885  0.055      (B Schlichtig) 0.026 11.138  0.008
 Qualified:            #74 10.872 -0.828                       #32 11.216 -1.084

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1308 Ralph Porpora                        1489 Steve Ficacci
E3                  -0.012 10.176 -1.074     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.064 -1.186
        A/S  Dial: 11.25                          A/S  Dial: 11.25
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Lynch     ) 0.074 10.186  0.016      (A Kinash    ) -0.051 10.097  0.017
E1    (T Miller    ) 0.088 10.293  0.013      (D Chapman   ) 0.127 10.357  0.237
 Qualified:            #67 10.350 -0.900                       #25 10.152 -1.098

heads-up!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1945 Ed Fernandez                         1044 John Shaul
E3                   0.048 13.663  0.033     ****WINNER****  0.062 10.201  0.011
       T/SA  Dial: 13.63                         A/SA  Dial: 10.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Calabro   ) 0.064 13.608 -0.092      (B Twynam    ) 0.015 10.215  0.025
E1    (R Valpreda  ) 0.063 13.711  0.001      (J Dudas     ) 0.035 10.831  0.691
 Qualified:            #64 13.786 -0.914                       #22 10.191 -1.109

Shaul patiently waited three-and-a-half seconds, then ran Fernandez down. John Shaul's MOV: 0.0086 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1188 Bill Nees                            1143 Johnny Williams
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027 14.168 -0.002                     0.046 11.412 -0.008
       U/SA  Dial: 14.17                         H/SA  Dial: 11.42
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hoerth    ) 0.025 14.182  0.012      (K Kopecky   ) 0.032 11.443  0.003
E1    (B Van Poppel) 0.051 14.193  0.023      (W Spanakos  ) 0.053 11.549  0.099
 Qualified:            #69 14.256 -0.894                       #55 11.485 -0.965

Williams patiently waited two-and-a-half seconds, then broke out running Nees down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1276 Dean Ribeiro                         2561 Gene Jordan
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.683  0.033                     0.006 10.680  0.090
      B/FIA  Dial: 10.65                         A/SA  Dial: 10.59
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Murray    ) 0.087 10.609 -0.041      (L Morehead  ) 0.025 10.677  0.037
E1    (T Dauber    ) 0.037 10.718  0.048      (M Farrell   ) 0.041 10.604 -0.046
 Qualified:            #49 10.701 -0.999                       #91 10.649 -0.651

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1499 Jim Boudreau                         1130 Bob Horgan
E3   ****WINNER****  0.064 10.570  0.010                     0.112 11.348 -0.022
       C/SA  Dial: 10.56                         I/SA  Dial: 11.37
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Pomponi   ) 0.040 10.622  0.012      (L Pappas    ) 0.027 11.380  0.030
E1    (J Cokinos   ) 0.037 11.016  0.026      (G Hartzler  ) 0.136 11.304 -1.296
 Qualified:            #30 10.615 -1.085                       #16 11.455 -1.145

Boudreau is listed as crew chief on Horgan's car.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1335 R.C. Waddell                         2808 Bobby Warren
E3   ****WINNER****  0.073 11.736 -0.124                    -0.086 10.396 -0.104
        J/S  Dial: 11.86                         B/FI  Dial: 10.50
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Kinash    ) 0.030 11.928  0.078      (J Presing   ) 0.025 10.555  0.055
E1    (B Quinn     ) 0.023 11.871  0.021      (T Bednaz    ) 0.001 10.551  0.031
 Qualified:            #80 11.903 -0.747                       #10 10.459 -1.191

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1967 Jim Marshall                            2 Bryan Valentine
E3                   0.092 11.499 -0.031     ****WINNER****  0.022 12.033  0.023
       I/SA  Dial: 11.53                        F/FIA  Dial: 12.01
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Monahan   ) 0.063 11.653  0.123      (R Golonka   ) 0.060 12.042  0.032
E1    (F Bialas    ) 0.093 11.538 -0.042      (D Carpenter ) 0.024 12.036 -0.914
 Qualified:            #42 11.588 -1.012                       #56 11.987 -0.963

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1114 Mark Dickerson                          3 Toby Lang
E3                  -0.002 10.995  0.025     ****WINNER****  0.010 11.388 -0.012
       F/SA  Dial: 10.97                         E/SA  Dial: 11.40
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Wilgis    ) 0.032 10.980  0.030      (T Barrett   ) 0.031 11.375 -0.005
E1    (P Dilcher   ) 0.028 10.997 -0.003      (D Ribeiro   ) -0.014 11.385 -0.045
 Qualified:             #9 10.957 -1.193                      #107 11.893 -0.107

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1109 John Gray                            1135 Nick Reiter
E3                   0.050 11.363  0.033     ****WINNER****  0.075 11.353  0.003
       H/SA  Dial: 11.33                         D/SA  Dial: 11.35
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Biondo    ) 0.014 11.329  0.039      (J DeMarzo   ) 0.014 11.388  0.058
E1    (J Bender    ) 0.046 11.345  0.015      (G Richard   ) 0.055 11.374  0.064
 Qualified:            #33 11.383 -1.067                      #103 11.405 -0.445

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         1977 Michael Iacono
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016 10.698  0.178                    -0.003 11.222  0.042
       B/SA  Dial: 10.52                         D/SA  Dial: 11.18
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Urquhart  ) 0.028 10.551  0.061      (G Fitzpatric) 0.020 11.223  0.043
E1    (J Harrington) 0.007 10.569  0.029      (E Bednaz    ) 0.034 11.193  0.003
 Qualified:            #54 10.585 -0.965                       #96 11.255 -0.595

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1902 Al Vanis                               16 Lee Zane
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000 12.261  0.011                     0.017 11.665 -0.005
       N/SA  Dial: 12.25                         K/SA  Dial: 11.67
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Carr      ) 0.013 12.237 -0.033      (D Le Brun   ) 0.008 11.662  0.052
E1    (G Schmutz   ) 0.024 12.283  0.013      (P Biondo    ) 0.016 11.666  0.006
 Qualified:            #45 12.293 -1.007                        #3 11.716 -1.234

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2075 Don Himes                            1400 James Zane
E3   ****WINNER****  0.065 12.611 -0.029                     0.108 11.873 -0.077
       P/SA  Dial: 12.64                         J/SA  Dial: 11.95
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Cook II   ) 0.032 12.685  0.075      (J Vignogna  ) 0.079 11.881 -0.039
E1    (B Pomponi Jr) 0.065 12.648 -0.042      (J Conte Jr  ) 0.132 12.041  0.161
 Qualified:            #34 12.700 -1.050                       #76 11.958 -0.792

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