Sun, 4 Sep 2005, 09:19 PM
Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series, 51st annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Tony Stephenson 390 Dale Spencer
E3 0.103 7.878 168.62 ****WINNER**** 0.040 8.473 154.74
B/EA Index: 8.42 (+/-): -0.542 F/ED Index: 8.99 (+/-): -0.517
Prior rounds:
E2 (M Smith ) 0.050 7.938 -0.482 (D Eaton ) 0.075 8.496 -0.494
E1 (L Zane ) 0.010 7.918 -0.552 (J Plant ) 0.039 8.613 -0.377
Qualified: #9 7.882 -0.588 #49 8.495 -0.495
7:54 p.m. A couple competitors have gotten this far without incurring any CIC penalties, but
most have given up a few hundredths and a few have gone deeply in debt, all in search of an
elusive U.S. Nationals championship.Tony Stephenson has a 0.05 CIC penalty; Dale Spencer has
no CIC penalty. Stephenson wanted to win here, the last national event he could claim, because
it pays more points for a win - six rounds instead of the usual five. However, he was late on
the tree and all that strategy is meaningless. Dale Spencer's MOV: 0.0381 seconds (approximately
9 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
211 Glen Treadwell 5601 Mike Nahan
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.064 9.046 106.18 -0.017 9.075 100.38
E/EA Index: 9.02 (+/-): 0.026 E/D Index: 8.10 (+/-): 0.975
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Aloisio ) 0.037 9.004 -0.016 (C Bourgeois ) 0.039 7.646 -0.454
E1 (D Lambeck ) 0.115 13.550 4.530 (B Massel ) 0.226 7.600 -0.560
Qualified: #13 8.441 -0.579 #21 7.599 -0.561
Glen Treadwell has no CIC penalty; Mike Nahan has a 0.06 CIC penalty. Treadwell goes to the
quarterfinals with no penalty, Nahan going red.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4440 Kevin Self 388 Brian Stufflebeam
E3 -0.043 8.460 133.10 ****WINNER**** 0.014 8.360 109.82
F/EA Index: 8.84 (+/-): -0.380 B/AA Index: 7.71 (+/-): 0.650
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Biondo ) 0.032 8.337 -0.613 (D Rampy ) 0.026 7.202 -0.598
E1 (A Wilson ) 0.161 8.446 -0.554 (M Rose ) 0.043 10.433 2.633
Qualified: #14 8.423 -0.577 #22 7.240 -0.560
Kevin Self has a 0.16 CIC penalty; Brian Stufflebeam has a 0.09 CIC penalty. Again, no
further penalty because of the red bulb.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1780 Gerry Russo 707M John Mihovetz
E3 -0.384 8.946 124.74 ****WINNER**** 0.182 7.397 123.09
E/SMA Index: 9.11 (+/-): -0.164 BB/AT Index: 7.41 (+/-): -0.013
Prior rounds:
E2 (V Barone ) 0.075 8.609 -0.551 (J Stewart ) -0.009 7.994 0.584
E1 (J Coan ) 0.020 8.654 -0.576 (L Pritchett ) 0.028 7.106 -0.304
Qualified: #10 8.644 -0.586 #2 6.749 -0.661
Gerry Russo has a 0.12 CIC penalty; John Mihovetz has no CIC penalty. The turbo car goes to
the quarterfinals, still with his index untouched.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
33 Robert Bailey 5250 Todd Patterson
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.666 199.11 0.090 8.018 159.04
A/ED Index: 7.16 (+/-): -0.494 B/SR Index: 8.55 (+/-): -0.532
Prior rounds:
E2 (C Stull ) 0.025 6.694 -0.466 (D Billingsle) 0.033 8.042 -0.558
E1 (B Zaskowski ) 0.029 6.655 -0.615 (R Vierheller) 0.129 8.242 -0.358
Qualified: #16 6.701 -0.569 #24 8.044 -0.556
Robert Bailey has a 0.11 CIC penalty; Todd Patterson has a 0.05 CIC penalty. Robert Bailey's
MOV: 0.0143 seconds (approximately 3 feet). And no additional penalty.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
240 Fred Allen 220 Jeff Taylor
E3 0.022 7.743 186.51 ****WINNER**** 0.089 8.766 139.60
B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): 0.263 E/SM Index: 9.21 (+/-): -0.444
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Stewart ) 0.068 6.981 -0.499 (M Stone ) 0.020 8.702 -0.538
E1 (B Morse ) 0.028 7.085 -0.395 (G Gallimore ) 0.015 8.736 -0.584
Qualified: #63 7.060 -0.420 #7 8.704 -0.616
Fred Allen has no CIC penalty; Jeff Taylor has a 0.11 CIC penalty. Allen spun the tires
hard and had to backpedal on the launch. By then, Taylor was out of sight and Allen could not
catch him.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3308 John Frech 4025 Joey Tanksley
E3 0.143 8.124 160.79 ****WINNER**** 0.100 6.893 188.81
F/D Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.616 B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): -0.587
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Eberly ) 0.029 9.111 0.371 (M Schaefer ) 0.079 7.299 -0.181
E1 (M Costa ) 0.184 9.156 0.416 (M Hazlett ) 0.070 12.049 4.569
Qualified: #11 8.155 -0.585 #19 6.916 -0.564
Neither driver has a CIC penalty. Tanksley had the better of two bad lights and Frech took a
permanent 0.01 hit in a losing effort. Joey Tanksley's MOV: 0.0147 seconds (approximately 3
feet) and he earned a 0.08 CIC to get it.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Vinnie Deceglie 11 Al Ackerman
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.008 9.972 89.95 -0.016 11.749 69.93
A/A Index: 7.10 (+/-): 2.872 F/D Index: 8.64 (+/-): 3.109
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Ambrose ) 0.100 6.594 -0.516 (B Butner ) 0.018 8.133 -0.607
E1 (M Johnson ) 0.060 6.606 -0.584 (M Farrell ) 0.040 8.408 -0.332
Qualified: #12 6.605 -0.585 #20 8.177 -0.563
Vinnie Deceglie has a 0.09 CIC penalty; Al Ackerman has a 0.10 CIC penalty. Red light,
Deceglie saves the rest of his index for tomorrow.Tomorrow it will be Spencer vs Treadwell,
Tanksley vs Taylor, Mihovetz vs Stufflebeam, and Deceglie vs Bailey.
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