MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA, Pennsylvania Dutch Classic:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1809 Pat Iannone 149 Scott Roth
E3 0.034 9.877 139.43 ****WINNER**** 0.007 9.926 154.32
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.023 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.026
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Michaels ) 0.020 9.939 0.039 (R Silfies Jr) 0.033 9.941 0.041
E1 (J Palermo ) 0.013 9.938 0.038 (J Hoffman ) 0.011 9.928 0.028
Qualified: #22 9.938 0.038 #15 9.928 0.028
5:05 p.m. - Roth got the win on a breakout and will move on.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
186Y Chris Cepelka 1500 Tom Goldman
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.053 9.856 151.20 0.037 9.851 143.49
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.044 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.049
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Seemann ) 0.018 9.891 -0.009 (B Hejnar ) 0.020 9.902 0.002
E1 (S Elliot ) 0.053 9.887 -0.013 (J Cepelka ) 0.001 9.936 0.036
Qualified: #29 9.887 -0.013 #21 9.936 0.036
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1635 Scott Reinford 178 Earl Nichols Jr
E3 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.127 9.793 156.50
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.107
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Latter ) 1.316 9.881 -0.019 (V Beam ) 0.019 9.921 0.021
E1 (W Meli ) 0.034 9.908 0.008 (D Barnard ) 0.019 9.911 0.011
Qualified: #11 9.925 0.025 #3 9.911 0.011
Nichols will face Roth in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1416 Tom Seemann 1514 Wayne Meli
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.002 9.958 134.20 0.229 9.979 135.12
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.058 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.079
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Martin ) 0.005 9.879 -0.021 (D Fisher ) 0.075 9.875 -0.025
E1 (I Boicesco ) 0.030 9.923 0.023 (S Reinford ) 0.058 9.887 -0.013
Qualified: #10 9.923 0.023 #17 9.931 0.031
Seemann had a great light to win a fourth-round matchup against Cepelka.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1757 Ray Fordyce Sr. 1971 Jay Heckman
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.001 9.903 144.44 -0.051 9.971 165.13
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.003 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.071
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Brooks ) 0.008 9.853 -0.047 (C Rothermel ) 0.003 9.915 0.015
E1 (R Silfies Jr) 0.125 9.976 0.076 (B Saia ) 0.024 9.931 0.031
Qualified: #28 9.896 -0.004 #20 9.935 0.035
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1646 Ron Dolansky 1222 Daniel Petrillo
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.004 9.907 146.75 0.006 9.910 146.69
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.007 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.010
Prior rounds:
E2 (L Klingensmi) 0.017 9.928 0.028 (Bye ) 0.012 9.909 0.009
E1 (R Korek ) 0.078 9.862 -0.038 (K Maupin ) 0.024 9.907 0.007
Qualified: #9 9.920 0.020 #1 9.907 0.007
It'll be Dolansky vs Fordyce in the next round after this close race. Ron Dolansky's MOV:
0.0059 seconds (approximately 15 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1165 Ron Orbin 1803 Layton Jones
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.001 9.909 148.44 0.231 No Time
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.009 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Shallow ) 0.007 0.652 -9.248 (G Hindy ) 0.061 9.839 -0.061
E1 (P Fox ) 0.028 9.866 -0.034 (J Fordyce ) 0.008 9.919 0.019
Qualified: #31 9.866 -0.034 #8 9.919 0.019
Jones launched and broke.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
170L Leanne Luciano 1490 Rich Price
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.028 9.905 143.08 -0.002 9.829 155.45
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.005 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.071
Prior rounds:
E2 (G Smith ) 0.019 9.893 -0.007 (J Smulligan ) 0.013 9.922 0.022
E1 (B Riordan ) 0.019 9.988 0.088 (B Hejnar ) 0.025 9.954 0.054
Qualified: #19 9.934 0.034 #27 10.030 0.130
Luciano will race Orbin in the next round.
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