Mon, 30 Oct 2006, 02:23 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ATCO, N.J. - Results of round 3 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
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                     144 John Caliendo Jr             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.111  8.867 146.24                     0.350  7.743 173.72
       F/SM Index: 0.00 (+/-):  8.867            D/AA Index: 0.00 (+/-):  7.743
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.089  9.252 -0.088                     0.129  8.417  0.067
E1    (F Aragona Jr) 0.020  8.836 -0.584      (P Miskovsky ) 0.649 12.160  3.810
 Qualified:             #4  8.794 -0.626                       #32 28.000 19.650

Caliendo did not face an opponent in the first or second rounds of eliminations. Houghtaling beat Frank Aragona in the first round and had a bye last time. This time, Caliendo was late out of the gate and Houghtaling got the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Pat Ross                             1937 Lee Zane                     
E3                  -0.033  8.290 141.58     ****WINNER****  0.034  9.521 100.76
        F/A Index: 8.59 (+/-): -0.300            L/AA Index: 9.59 (+/-): -0.069
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Hill      ) 0.137  8.084 -0.616      (B Griffin   ) 0.043  9.518 -0.072
E1    (A Ackerman  ) -0.500  9.637  0.937      (R Bamond    ) 0.055  9.599  0.009
 Qualified:             #3  8.059 -0.641                       #31 28.000 18.400

Ross cut the tree a little too close and lit the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1112 Erich Bollman                         299 Gary Wisecarver              
E3                   0.083  7.794 166.58     ****WINNER****  0.055  9.069 138.22
        E/A Index: 8.28 (+/-): -0.486            H/SM Index: 9.69 (+/-): -0.621
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Biondo    ) 0.056  7.780 -0.580                     0.013 10.274  0.584
E1    (C Miller    ) 0.014  9.693  1.333      (M Kirkman   ) 0.023 10.086  0.396
 Qualified:             #6  7.745 -0.615                        #2  9.044 -0.646

Wisecarver got the win and will race Houghtaling the next time around.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1780 Gerry Russo                          1686 Dennis Bartucci              
E3                   0.012  8.383 144.27     ****WINNER****  0.025  7.185 189.98
      C/SMA Index: 8.87 (+/-): -0.487            B/AA Index: 7.69 (+/-): -0.505
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.039  8.777 -0.093      (G Richard   ) 0.182  7.188 -0.542
E1    (B Dawson    ) 0.030  8.824 -0.046      (S Mackay    ) 0.034  7.262 -0.468
 Qualified:             #5  8.248 -0.622                       #17  7.498 -0.232

Russo was first out of the gate but Bartucci ran him down for the win. Dennis Bartucci's MOV: 0.0052 seconds (approximately 13 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink