Mon, 30 Oct 2006, 02:39 PM Super Street Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ATCO, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Street 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
 1530 Ray Fordyce III                      1761 Jim Schreiner                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.904 135.80                     0.003 10.922 144.27
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.004           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H Huard     ) 0.021 10.890 -0.010      (S Dooley    ) 0.017 10.892 -0.008
 Qualified:             #5 10.949  0.049                       #10 11.029  0.129

2:30 p.m. - Schreiner was quicker out of the gate but it wasn;t enought o get him the win. Fordyce ran about as close to the index as he could to get the win and a trip to the next round. Ray Fordyce III's MOV: 0.0018 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1219 Bryan Gillespie                      103N James Neville                
E3                  -0.001 10.876 148.31     ****WINNER****  0.013 10.899 123.75
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.024           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Owens     ) 0.027 10.957  0.057      (J Clark     ) 0.020 10.968  0.068
 Qualified:            #13 10.892 -0.008                        #9 11.024  0.124

Neville went under by a thousandth, but it didn't matter because Gillespie had already gone red.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1074 Dave Bergfeldt                       1369 Joe Urbino                   
E3                   0.009 10.852 129.18     ****WINNER****  0.022 10.885 123.67
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.048           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P DeVita    ) 0.017 10.907  0.007      (G Hansen    ) 0.011 10.887 -0.013
 Qualified:            #16 10.849 -0.051                        #2 10.909  0.009

Urbino came from behind to get the win and a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1153 Frank Abad                            102 Steve Taxis                  
E3                   0.040 10.872 125.90     ****WINNER****  0.024 10.899 132.41
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.028           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (Bye         ) 0.085 10.886 -0.014      (M Rizzo     ) 0.036 10.904  0.004
 Qualified:             #1 10.904  0.004                        #6 10.951  0.051

Taxis had this one from start to finish. He'll race Neville next time around.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1995 Mike Giuliano                        1520 Vinnie Cicerale              
E3                   0.031 10.914 136.73     ****WINNER****  0.007 10.911 123.98
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.014           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Wonderly  ) 0.026 10.904  0.004      (J Antonette ) 0.051 10.886 -0.014
E1                         No Time            (Bye         ) -0.023 10.836 -0.064
 Qualified:            #12 10.895 -0.005                       #17 10.836 -0.064

This one was Cicerale's all the way. He'll race Fordyce in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink