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Mon, 30 Oct 2006, 11:15 AM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ATCO, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, LODRS 1-6 event at Atco Raceway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Pat Ross                             1160 Al Ackerman                  
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.500  9.637 131.96                           No Time      
        F/A Index: 8.70 (+/-):  0.937             F/D Index: 8.69 (+/-): 91.309
 Qualified:             #3  8.059 -0.641                       #19  8.530 -0.160

10:52 a.m. - After two days lost to rain and wind, eliminations are finally underway at Atco Raceway. A lot of racers went home, so there will be a lot of no-shows throughout the day. The weather today is clear and crisp, with temperatures in the 50s and a slight breeze.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1686 Dennis Bartucci                       121 Scott MacKay                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034  7.262 173.03                           No Time      
       B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-): -0.468            D/ED Index: 8.00 (+/-): 91.999
 Qualified:            #17  7.498 -0.232                        #1  7.324 -0.676


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1780 Gerry Russo                          3185 Bert Dawson                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  8.824 118.61                           No Time      
      C/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.046            F/AA Index: 8.71 (+/-): 91.289
 Qualified:             #5  8.248 -0.622                       #21  8.604 -0.106


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   19 Joe Carnasciale                      1162 Sal Biondo                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.022  8.677 122.48
       E/SM Index: 9.21 (+/-): 90.789            I/AA Index: 8.85 (+/-): -0.173
 Qualified:            #30 22.000 12.790                       #14  8.330 -0.520


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1112 Erich Bollman                        1055 Carl Miller                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.693  97.61                           No Time      
        E/A Index: 8.36 (+/-):  1.333             F/A Index: 8.70 (+/-): 91.299
 Qualified:             #6  7.745 -0.615                       #22  8.726  0.026


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  144 John Caliendo Jr                     1101 Pam Miskovosky               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.649 12.160  89.50                           No Time      
       D/AA Index: 8.35 (+/-):  3.810             C/D Index: 7.57 (+/-): 92.429
 Qualified:            #32 28.000 19.650                       #16  7.137 -0.433


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  299 Gary Wisecarver                       557 Mark Kirkman                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023 10.086  86.07                           No Time      
       H/SM Index: 9.69 (+/-):  0.396            B/AA Index: 7.73 (+/-): 92.269
 Qualified:             #2  9.044 -0.646                       #18  7.505 -0.225


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1108 Gary Richard                         1909 Greg Mannix                  
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.035  8.923 131.38                           No Time      
      G/SMA Index: 9.41 (+/-): -0.487            B/ED Index: 7.48 (+/-): 92.519
 Qualified:             #9  8.817 -0.593                       #25  9.356  1.876


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                      10 Frank Aragona                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  8.836 139.98                     0.017  8.746 142.04
       F/SM Index: 9.42 (+/-): -0.584            G/EA Index: 9.07 (+/-): -0.324
 Qualified:             #4  8.794 -0.626                       #20  8.961 -0.109

This was the first pair today in which both drivers showed up to stage. Aragona got out of the groove.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1144 Bill Griffin Jr.                     1210 Jonathan Aloisio             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.792 161.11                     0.119  8.185 149.66
       E/AA Index: 8.36 (+/-): -0.568            B/SM Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.555
 Qualified:             #7  7.747 -0.613                       #23  9.095  0.335


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1759 Ray Bamond                           1937 Lee Zane                     
E1                  -0.061  7.802 153.30     ****WINNER****  0.055  9.599 100.05
       PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.418            L/AA Index: 9.59 (+/-):  0.009
 Qualified:            #15  7.722 -0.498                       #31 28.000 18.400


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1867 Richard Schonberger                  1057 Calvin Hill                  
E1                   0.040  8.637 144.98     ****WINNER****  0.058  8.296 149.12
        I/A Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.223             I/A Index: 8.86 (+/-): -0.564
 Qualified:            #27 11.633  2.773                       #11  8.276 -0.584

That's it for Comp Eliminator. Fifteen of the 32 cars in the field were no shows, including eight cars that would have been paired against each other.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink