Sat, 17 May 2003, 08:39 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 2 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-- (+/-)
 3651 Charlie Westcott Jr                  1780 Gerry Russo
E2                   0.031  9.092 -0.308     ****WINNER****  0.031  8.834 -0.556
       F/SM Index: 9.40                         E/SMA Index: 9.39
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Schonberge) 0.081  8.893 -0.657      (J Mahoney   ) 0.108  9.004 -0.386
 Qualified:             #5  8.802 -0.748                       #13  8.751 -0.639

7:06 PM Gerry Russo's MOV: 0.2484 seconds (approximately 46 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1465 Val Smeland                          1144 Billy Griffin
E2                  -0.500 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.058  8.665 -0.105
       B/AA Index: 7.70                          F/AA Index: 8.77
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Yannetti  ) 0.045  7.198 -0.612      (D Bartucci  ) 0.224  8.262 -0.618
 Qualified:            #27  7.321 -0.489                        #4  8.126 -0.754

Smeland broke at the line, rolling forward and drawing a very early red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                    1041 George Vignogna
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  8.933 -0.617                     0.073  8.600 -0.210
       F/SM Index: 9.55                         B/SMA Index: 8.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hope      ) -0.017 16.419  6.869      (T Logan     ) 0.041  9.355  0.545
 Qualified:             #8  8.848 -0.702                       #31  8.668 -0.142

Houghtaling won in round one despite his red light, Hope crossing the outer boundary line for a DQ. Here he drew a CIC penalty for the weekend and a permanent -.01 for his class index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3002 Patrick Ross Sr                      1981 Stephen Szupka
E2                  -0.017  8.375 -0.365     ****WINNER****  0.036  7.684 -0.186
        F/A Index: 8.74                          C/ED Index: 7.87
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Miller    ) 0.016  8.232 -0.638      (J Aloisio   ) 0.117  7.361 -0.649
 Qualified:             #6  8.132 -0.738                       #14  7.382 -0.628

Both took huge CICs in round one. It didn't matter, Ross leaving a bit early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  130 Bob Rossi                              19 Michele Costa
E2                   0.216 11.933  4.653     ****WINNER****  0.133  9.771  0.121
        A/A Index: 7.28                           G/D Index: 9.65
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hanratty  ) 0.190 16.496  9.216                     0.068  9.149 -0.681
 Qualified:             #9  6.582 -0.698                        #1  8.985 -0.845

Rossi slowed before half track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   12 Frank Aragona Jr.                     170 Douglas Harris
E2                   0.028  8.140 -0.510     ****WINNER****  0.026  8.338 -0.592
       G/ED Index: 8.65                          B/TA Index: 8.93
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Allen     ) 0.067  8.144 -0.656      (J Carnascial) 0.114  8.426 -0.694
 Qualified:            #10  8.110 -0.690                        #2  8.327 -0.793

Harris went so far under in the first round that he may have a negative index next week...but he won again with yet another dip into the CIC pool.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1422 Allyn Armstrong                      7406 Vinnie Deceglie
E2                  -0.009 16.441  6.761     ****WINNER****  0.222 10.649  3.369
        L/A Index: 9.68                           A/A Index: 7.28
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Horrocks  ) 0.110  9.174 -0.696      (T Ekroth    ) 0.045  7.275 -0.005
 Qualified:             #3  9.082 -0.788                       #11  6.625 -0.655

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1160 Al Ackerman                          1985 Don Eckel
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.030  8.350  0.740
        F/D Index: 8.78                           C/D Index: 7.61
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Bollman   ) -0.028  9.160  0.380      (K Nowling   ) 0.110  7.273 -0.337
 Qualified:             #7  8.078 -0.702                       #15  6.989 -0.621

Ackerman was a no-show.

In round three it's Costa vs Russo, Deceglie vs Eckel, Harris vs Szupka, and Griffin vs Houghtaling.

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