Sun, 1 Oct 2006, 04:13 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                    1142 Bob Wise                     
E4                   0.050  9.163 144.00     ****WINNER****  0.063  7.143 191.89
       H/SM Index: 9.69 (+/-): -0.527            B/AA Index: 7.69 (+/-): -0.547
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Surace    ) 0.072  9.341 -0.349      (F Aragona Jr) 0.062 10.538  2.848
E2    (C Ippolito  ) 0.070  9.337 -0.353      (G Guarriello) 0.197  7.245 -0.445
E1    (G Richard   ) 0.068  9.183 -0.557      (G Horrocks  ) 0.168  7.188 -0.542
 Qualified:            #10  9.144 -0.596                       #12  7.147 -0.583

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 1,552 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

This was a great drag race and Wise goes to his first Comp final. Bob Wise's MOV: 0.0071 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  178 Dan Fletcher                         1052 Arnie Martel                 
E4                   0.041  9.576 102.29     ****WINNER****  0.083  9.207 109.36
      G/SMA Index: 9.45 (+/-):  0.126           G/SMA Index: 9.45 (+/-): -0.243
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Biondo    ) 0.035  8.887 -0.563      (E Bollman   ) 0.061  8.848 -0.592
E2    (V Barone    ) 0.072  9.359 -0.091      (D Stewart   ) 0.083 10.545  1.105
E1    (T Logan     ) 0.028  9.360 -0.090      (R Schonberge) 0.081  8.938 -0.512
 Qualified:             #7  8.843 -0.607                        #1  8.738 -0.712

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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