Sun, 15 Oct 2006, 04:11 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations |
By Dan Bennett |
DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Inaugural Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
205 Rick Hord 3 Tony Stephenson
E4 0.150 7.604 163.49 ****WINNER**** 0.011 7.733 166.48
BB/A Index: 8.15 (+/-): -0.546 E/AA Index: 8.26 (+/-): -0.527
Prior rounds:
E3 (P Ross ) 0.042 7.650 -0.500 (E Bollman ) 0.113 7.754 -0.656
E2 (J Coughlin ) 0.106 8.013 -0.137 (L Pritchett ) 0.066 8.443 0.033
E1 (S Gladstone ) 0.087 7.931 -0.219 (G Bourke ) 0.199 7.949 -0.461
Qualified: #2 7.417 -0.733 #12 7.737 -0.673
Old vs new as the ex-Bob Phelps midyear Corvette meets the high tech Pro Stock lookalike in the right lane.Rick Hord has no CIC penalty; Tony Stephenson has a 0.15 CIC penalty.
Hord is dead late. It shows on the results.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1780 Gerry Russo 1584 Arnie Martel Jr
E4 ****WINNER**** 0.164 8.243 155.15 0.023 8.863 151.43
C/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.627 G/SMA Index: 9.31 (+/-): -0.447
Prior rounds:
E3 (B Alexander ) 0.056 8.824 -0.046 (F Aragona Jr) 0.048 10.489 1.179
E2 (R Hope ) 0.033 8.368 -0.552 (D Rampy ) 0.080 8.809 -0.641
E1 (J Caliendo J) 0.047 8.415 -0.515 (L Johnson ) 0.061 8.947 -0.503
Qualified: #5 8.215 -0.715 #15 8.797 -0.653
Killer light for the young Martel. But it's not enough for the win as Russo runs him down.Gerry Russo has a 0.06 CIC penalty; Arnie Martel Jr has a 0.14 CIC penalty.
Russo gets a permanent .05 hit for the class.
Gerry Russo's MOV: 0.0398 seconds (approximately 9 feet).
He meets Stevenson in the final with a .17 hit on his index.
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