Sun, 16 Oct 2005, 03:45 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA, Pennsylvania Dutch Classic:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1696 Mick Smallridge                      1081 Tom Simone                   
E3                   0.181  7.735 177.63     ****WINNER****  0.002  7.798 169.47
        T/S  Dial: 7.72 (+/-):  0.015             T/S  Dial: 7.77 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Bogue     ) 0.116  7.723  0.003      (B Basile    ) 0.018  7.780  0.020
E1    (J Prime     ) 0.043  7.725  0.005      (D Troy Sr   ) 0.050  7.797  0.017
 Qualified:            #20  7.733 178.47                       #27  7.831 176.28

3:25 p.m. -

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 129X Donald Troy Jr                       1414 Scott McCracken              
E3                   0.036  9.120 106.23     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.928 148.84
        T/S  Dial: 7.78 (+/-):  1.340             T/S  Dial: 7.64 (+/-):  0.288
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Lachapelle) 0.026  7.820  0.050      (Bye         ) 0.021 10.024  2.384
E1    (J Garcia    ) 0.011  7.789  0.009      (C Rini      ) 0.011 11.779  4.139
 Qualified:            #21  7.779 171.97                       #16  7.670 178.21

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1196 Anthony Morell                       1749 Tony Arcuri                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019  7.810 173.23                     0.025  7.484 184.47
        T/S  Dial: 7.79 (+/-):  0.020             T/S  Dial: 7.49 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Riegel    ) 0.022  7.802  0.012      (J Ruark     ) 0.004  7.535  0.045
E1    (G Milidantri) 0.017  7.812  0.032      (M Simonoko  ) 0.016  7.494  0.004
 Qualified:            #24  7.816 172.59                       #13  7.574 183.37

Morell will face McCracken in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1955 Scott Cozzali                        119M Gregory Moore                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.475 182.16                    -0.009  7.672 177.63
        T/S  Dial: 7.46 (+/-):  0.015             T/S  Dial: 7.56 (+/-):  0.112
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Parente   ) 0.025  7.469  0.009      (D MacLeod   ) 0.018  7.582  0.022
E1    (K Eich      ) 0.032  7.474  0.044      (D Gaboriault) 0.262  7.592  0.032
 Qualified:            #11  7.506 181.50                       #18  7.722 168.01

Cozzali got the win in a red light by Moore and will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1962 Tommy Daras                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015 11.765  71.67     
        T/S  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  4.765     
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S DeRosa    ) 0.055  7.010  0.010   
E1    (E Foley     ) 0.016  7.009 -0.011   
 Qualified:             #3  7.025 197.54                     Bye

Daras had a bye into a fourth-round race against Simone.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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