Sun, 16 Oct 2005, 04:31 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1142 Bob Wise                             1466 Charlie Greco                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.144  7.466 147.26                    -0.083 11.048  82.84
       B/AA Index: 7.78 (+/-): -0.314             D/A Index: 8.36 (+/-):  2.688
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Bartucci  ) 0.028  7.272 -0.528      (J Aloisio   ) 0.031  7.858 -0.502
E1    (M Hopkins   )       No Time            (G Wisecarver) 0.165  8.001 -0.359
 Qualified:             #2  7.171 -0.629                        #6  7.780 -0.580

4:16 p.m. - Greco tried to win this one at the the tree but failed. He lit the red light and Wise gets a spot in the semi-final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1250 Joe Carnasciale                       121 Scott MacKay                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  8.856 131.64                     0.000  8.857 170.23
       E/SM Index: 9.31 (+/-): -0.454            D/ED Index: 8.00 (+/-):  0.857
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Harris    ) 0.028  8.932 -0.378      (D Kilheffer ) 0.003  7.936 -0.064
E1    (B Rossi     ) 0.027  8.838 -0.472      (M Hall      ) 0.263  7.679 -0.321
 Qualified:             #4  8.707 -0.603                        #8  7.461 -0.539

Mackay had a perfect light but then his car slowed. Carnasciale will race Wise in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1422 Allyn Armstrong                        17 Pat Ross Sr.                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  8.927  22.90                     0.128  8.229 163.99
        L/A Index: 9.45 (+/-): -0.523             F/A Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.521
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Bollman   ) 0.104  8.946 -0.694      (F Affronti  ) 0.047  8.246 -0.514
E1    (G Horrocks  ) 0.106  9.139 -0.511      (P Miskovosky) 0.095  8.288 -0.472
 Qualified:             #1  8.940 -0.710                        #5  8.177 -0.583

Armstrong had the better light and hung on to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1718 Tommy Ciccarone Jr.                   214 Tim Freeman                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.095  9.404  99.94                    -0.008  9.389 110.46
      E/SMA Index: 9.18 (+/-):  0.224            D/SM Index: 9.15 (+/-):  0.239
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Roberts   ) 0.070  9.323  0.143      (C Hill      ) 0.048  8.641 -0.559
E1    (C Banney Jr ) 0.038  9.336  0.156      (C Miller    ) 0.086  8.706 -0.494
 Qualified:             #3  8.575 -0.605                        #7  8.642 -0.558

Freeman lit the red light and sent Ciccarone into a fourth-round race with Armstrong.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink