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Sun, 26 May 2013, 14:14 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By Jim Samuel





MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at Maple Grove Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1571 Michele Costa                         113 Ken Voight                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  1.403 No Time      
        H/EA Index: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999            G/SM Index: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999
 Qualified:            #25  9.170 -0.440                        #9  8.642 -0.638
1:35 p.m. - Costa did not answer the call. Voight took the green light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1193 Walt Conway                          1107 Mike Miscovsky               
E1                  -0.099 11.393  65.86     ****WINNER****  0.064  7.480 128.43
        B/ND Index: 7.56 (+/-):  3.833            C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.110
 Qualified:            #34  7.994  0.434                       #14  6.997 -0.593
Conway is in eliminations as an alternate for Algieri. He went red so Miscovsky got the win. On the track, Conway drifted out of the groove, got near the center line and almost took out the foam blocks at mid track before he slowed.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1090 Gary Guarriello                      1471 Tom Miller                   
E1                   0.375  7.265 182.45     ****WINNER****  0.128  7.832 172.70
        C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.565            PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.388
 Qualified:            #11  7.215 -0.615                       #27  7.785 -0.435


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1164 Robert Fitzsimmons                   1985 Don Eckel III                
E1                   0.021  7.927 170.47     ****WINNER****  0.110  7.049 179.61
        E/AA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.383            C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.541
 Qualified:            #28  7.877 -0.433                       #12  6.990 -0.600


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Frank Aragona                        1909 Greg Mannix                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.070  8.331 129.24                     0.050 11.216  72.66
        F/ED Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.299            B/ED Index: 7.47 (+/-):  3.746
 Qualified:             #3  7.934 -0.696                       #19  6.914 -0.556


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4254 Scott Benham                         X169 Michael Wentzel              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.159 154.58                     0.039  7.296 179.90
         B/T Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.591            A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.544
 Qualified:             #7  8.106 -0.644                       #23  7.321 -0.519


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1854 Kevin Gotie                          1155 Tom Stalba                   
E1                   0.004  7.368 179.88     ****WINNER****  0.085  8.770 146.10
        A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.472            L/AA Index: 9.34 (+/-): -0.570
 Qualified:            #24  7.360 -0.480                        #8  8.700 -0.640


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 140X Brian Darcy                            19 Anthony Niemczyk             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  7.030 186.54                     0.053  6.839 176.86
        A/ND Index: 7.43 (+/-): -0.400             I/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.401
 Qualified:            #22  6.905 -0.525                        #6  6.577 -0.663


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Al Ackerman                          1203 Dave Hughes                  
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.019 10.336  89.24                     0.112 No Time      
         F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-):  1.736             A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): 92.889
 Qualified:            #29  8.223 -0.377                       #13  6.515 -0.595
Ackerman lit the red light and it appeared he lost the race. But then Hughes' car crossed the center line, knocked out the foam blocks at mid track and came close to hitting Ackerman's dragster. That meant that Hughes was disqualified and that Ackerman is the winner.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1422 Allyn Armstrong                      1869 Jay Schonberger              
E1                  -0.052 11.751  77.17     ****WINNER****  0.089  8.373 159.97
         L/A Index: 9.29 (+/-):  2.461             I/A Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.377
 Qualified:            #15  8.700 -0.590                       #33  8.878  0.128
Schonberger is in the field as an alternate for Michael Kaufman.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1867 Richard Schonberger                  1034 Chip Ippolito                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.055  9.036 146.34                     0.040  7.742 160.71
        I/SM Index: 9.53 (+/-): -0.494            PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.478
 Qualified:            #20  8.978 -0.552                        #4  7.538 -0.682
Richard Schonberger's MOV: 0.0016 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 199K Kyle Cultrera                        1633 A. Lincoln Morehead          
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.058 143.93                     0.072  8.341 134.64
        H/EA Index: 9.61 (+/-): -0.552            D/EA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.479
 Qualified:            #17  9.040 -0.570                        #1  8.004 -0.816


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1251 Joe Carnasciale                      1086 Mark Hopkins                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.365  8.607 110.95
       I/SMA Index: 9.67 (+/-): 90.329             D/A Index: 8.28 (+/-):  0.327
 Qualified:             #2  8.903 -0.767                       #18  7.712 -0.568
Carnasciale left before the tree was activated.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  151 Darrin Bauder                        1963 Ed Alessi Jr.                
E1                   0.275 12.157  71.36     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.979 195.85
         C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-):  4.227            A/DA Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.131
 Qualified:            #16  7.359 -0.571                       #32  6.895 -0.215


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Calvin Hill                            13 Steve Szupka                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  8.302 161.42                     0.001  8.304 155.24
        D/EA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.518            G/EA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.456
 Qualified:             #5  8.147 -0.673                       #21  8.209 -0.551

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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