Sun, 10 Oct 2004, 12:51 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2125 Tony Stephenson                       170 Doug Harris
E3   ****WINNER****  0.074  8.080 -0.700                     0.069  7.611 -0.639
       F/AA Index: 8.78                          PSTA Index: 8.25
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Yannetti  ) 0.074  8.430 -0.350      (D Eckel III ) 0.087  8.346  0.096
E1    (F Aragona Jr) 0.082  8.637 -0.143      (S Szupka    ) 0.063  7.745 -0.525
 Qualified:             #5  8.171 -0.609                        #9  7.717 -0.553

12:44 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.44 inches, adjusted altitude 1,157 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Harris with a slight starting line advantage, but Stephenson will take a permanent CIC here and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1411 George Supinski Jr.                  1013 John Mahoney
E3   ****WINNER****  0.122  8.122 -0.588                     0.077  7.863 -0.497
        B/T Index: 8.71                          D/AA Index: 8.36
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Mackay    ) 0.208  8.997  0.287      (T Ciccarone ) 0.023  7.873 -0.487
E1    (R Schonberge) 0.157  9.285  0.575      (J Carnascial) 0.018  7.887 -0.473
 Qualified:            #16  8.196 -0.514                       #28  7.943 -0.417

George Supinski Jr.'s MOV: 0.0464 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   10 Sal Biondo                           1262 Kevin Houghtaling
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.063  9.325 -0.455
       D/EA Index: 8.97                          H/SM Index: 9.78
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Ross      ) 0.061  8.476 -0.494      (A Hodges    ) 0.090  9.561 -0.219
E1    (M Costa     ) 0.046  8.465 -0.545      (B Rossi     ) 0.148  9.365 -0.415
 Qualified:            #19  8.522 -0.488                        #7  9.202 -0.578

Biondo is not able to get his car started and Houghtaling will get the freebie here. He will face Stephenson in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1892 Chris Bozic                            15 Al Ackerman
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.093 -0.517                     0.131  8.138 -0.632
        C/D Index: 7.61                           F/D Index: 8.77
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Smith     ) 0.095  7.218 -0.392      (B Wise      ) 0.024  8.268 -0.502
E1    (D Bartucci  ) 0.061 10.284  2.674      (K Roberts   ) 0.041  8.915  0.145
 Qualified:            #14  7.093 -0.517                       #10  8.218 -0.552

Bozic with a great light and the win. Chris Bozic's MOV: 0.0084 seconds (approximately 2 feet). Ackerman will take a permanent CIC trying to chase him down. Bozic will face Supinski in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink