Sun, 5 Oct 2003, 07:21 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                    1780 Gerry Russo
E3                   0.144  8.958 -0.422     ****WINNER****  0.043  8.878 -0.362
       F/SM Index: 9.38                         E/SMA Index: 9.24
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Northrop  ) 0.072  8.872 -0.628      (G Horrocks  ) 0.014  8.827 -0.413
E1    (E Bollman   ) 0.139  9.042 -0.458      (C Yannetti J) 0.187  8.736 -0.604
 Qualified:            #11  8.969 -0.531                       #15  8.827 -0.513

7:12 PM - Gerry Russo's incremental margins MOV: 0.0417 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1162 Sal Biondo                           1985 Don Eckel III
E3                   0.017  8.544 -0.366     ****WINNER****  0.012  7.183 -0.427
       D/EA Index: 8.91                           C/D Index: 7.61
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Griffin Jr) 0.020  8.969  0.059                           No Time
E1    (F Affronti  ) 0.035  8.405 -0.615      (C Banney Jr ) 0.087  7.431 -0.179
 Qualified:             #8  8.466 -0.554                       #12  7.082 -0.528

Don Eckel III's incremental margins MOV: 0.0666 seconds (approximately 15 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2126 Michael Hardee                       3002 Pat Ross
E3   ****WINNER****  0.087  9.200  0.100                    -0.038  8.272 -0.568
      D/SMA Index: 9.10                           F/A Index: 8.84
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Liuzzo    ) 0.039  8.596 -0.544      (D Bartucci  ) 0.130  8.356 -0.484
E1    (S Szupka    ) 0.009  8.631 -0.669      (F Aragona Jr) 0.007  8.374 -0.466
 Qualified:             #5  8.675 -0.625                        #9  8.292 -0.548

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1160 Al Ackerman                          1422 Allyn Armstrong
E3                  -0.083 14.033  5.293     ****WINNER****  0.062  9.875  0.155
        F/D Index: 8.74                           L/A Index: 9.72
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Smeland   ) 0.009  8.236 -0.534      (T Ciccarone ) 0.012  9.316 -0.404
E1    (A Stanfield ) 0.015  8.307 -0.463      (C Miller    ) 0.020  9.219 -0.601
 Qualified:             #6  8.155 -0.615                       #18  9.327 -0.493

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink