Sun, 22 Oct 2006, 07:03 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Pennsylvania Dutch Classic:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  299 Gary Wisecarver                      1142 Bob Wise                     
E4   ****WINNER****  0.067  9.159 138.20                     0.023 12.484  84.12
       H/SM Index: 9.67 (+/-): -0.511            B/AA Index: 7.67 (+/-):  4.814
 Prior rounds:
E3    (P Miskovsky ) 0.046  9.894  0.224      (P Ross      ) 0.112  7.167 -0.563
E2    (J Caliendo J) 0.060  9.165 -0.525      (W Masiello  ) 0.053  7.522 -0.208
E1    (J Crimmins  ) 0.084  9.686 -0.004      (R Bamond    ) 0.091  7.521 -0.209
 Qualified:             #5  9.079 -0.611                       #11  7.162 -0.568

6:46 p.m. - Wise got off the line first but his car got a little loose and slowed. Wisecarver took the win and will go to the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1144 Bill Griffin Jr.                     3112 Mike Smith                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.149  7.901 153.26                     0.144 No Time      
       E/AA Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.459            H/AA Index: 9.18 (+/-): 90.819
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Richard   ) 0.006  7.872 -0.488      (D Eckel     ) 0.093  8.678 -0.522
E2    (M Kirkman   ) 0.017  7.905 -0.455      (J Carnascial) 0.127  8.692 -0.608
E1    (G Bourke    ) 0.134  7.865 -0.495      (A Stanfield ) 0.092  8.836 -0.464
 Qualified:            #12  7.825 -0.535                        #2  8.599 -0.701

Smith launched and his car got very loose. The car started smoking so he got off the throttle and pulled over to the wall. Reports are that there are fluids at the starting line, so he must have gotten in his own liquids and that got him loose. Griffin got the win and will race Wisecarver in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink