Mon, 30 Oct 2006, 03:25 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ATCO, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas 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
 1891 Dave Morris                            13 George Smith                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  9.932 154.32                    -0.022  9.883 156.99
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.032             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Cerro     ) 0.047  9.891 -0.009      (B Saia      ) 0.017  9.901  0.001
E1    (D Nickerson ) 0.023  9.890 -0.010      (B Madden    ) 0.005  9.789 -0.111
 Qualified:            #16  9.890 -0.010                       #21  9.789 -0.111

3:04 p.m. -

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1121 John Napolitano                      1165 Ron Orbin                    
E3                   0.017  9.917 148.62     ****WINNER****  0.002  9.929 148.43
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Seemann   ) 0.014  9.906  0.006      (T Stalba    ) 0.017  9.908  0.008
E1    (T Logan     ) 0.003  9.879 -0.021      (J Jensen    ) 0.008  9.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #18  9.879 -0.021                        #2  9.902  0.002

Orbin will race Morris in the next round. Ron Orbin's MOV: 0.0036 seconds (approximately 9 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 172C Barbara Seemann                      1757 Ray Fordyce Sr.              
E3                   0.023  9.967 147.78     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.982 145.58
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.067             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Porter    ) 0.040  9.910  0.010      (R Price     ) 0.006  9.922  0.022
E1    (W Olt       ) 0.017  9.884 -0.016      (V Mills     ) 0.001  9.959  0.059
 Qualified:            #17  9.884 -0.016                       #11  9.959  0.059

Ray Fordyce Sr.'s MOV: 0.0017 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  190 Jim Smulligan                        190C John Michaels                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010  9.900 162.80                     0.014  9.880 153.40
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Goldman   ) 0.010  9.941  0.041      (T DePascale ) 0.020  9.900  0.000
E1    (R Shaw      ) 0.024  9.874 -0.026      (E Ballard   ) 0.026  9.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #19  9.874 -0.026                        #3  9.902  0.002

Smulligan will race Ray Fordyce in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  193 Patrick Dehner                       1160 Ken Bowers                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  9.912 157.78                    -0.004  9.900 151.78
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Myers     ) 0.006  9.897 -0.003      (P Luciano   ) 0.000  9.879 -0.021
E1    (E Nichols Jr) 0.001  9.931  0.031      (J Szilagyi  ) 0.014  9.893 -0.007
 Qualified:             #9  9.931  0.031                       #15  9.893 -0.007

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1752 Jim Fordyce                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.001  9.881 160.50     
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.019     
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Ondrejko  ) 0.013  9.884 -0.016   
E1    (T Scott     ) 0.085  9.962  0.062   
 Qualified:            #12  9.962  0.062                     Bye

Fordyce had a bye into a round four matchup with Dehner.

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