Sun, 15 Jun 2003, 07:01 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals presented by Summit Racing:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   34 Robert Bailey                          12 Frank Aragona Jr.
E4                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.098  8.694 -0.336
       A/ED Index: 7.27                          F/EA Index: 9.03
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Yannetti  ) 0.052  6.762 -0.528      (R Vierheller) 0.084  8.607 -0.423
E2    (M Hazlett   ) 0.167  7.046 -0.244      (C Bozic     ) 0.045  8.636 -0.394
E1    (R Matheney  ) 0.166  6.888 -0.402      (M Trumble   ) 0.046  8.523 -0.557
 Qualified:            #13  6.825 -0.465                        #3  8.558 -0.522

6:50 PM Bailey came into the semifinals with just 0.02 seconds in CIC penalties, Aragona was penalized 0.05. Bailey had problems staging the car and the autostart system timed out on him, lighting the red bulb.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3151 Ian Landies Jr                       1160 Al Ackerman
E4                   0.076  8.427 -0.403     ****WINNER****  0.040  8.169 -0.521
        F/A Index: 8.83                           F/D Index: 8.69
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Eckard    ) 0.015  8.427 -0.403      (G Treadwell ) 0.042  8.181 -0.599
E2    (P Ross      ) 0.098 19.630 10.790      (D Allen     ) 0.111  8.713 -0.067
E1    (H Raymond   ) 0.086  8.330 -0.510      (R Dorsey    ) 0.000  8.435 -0.345
 Qualified:             #8  8.348 -0.492                        #6  8.277 -0.503

Ackerman came in with 0.09 seconds in CIC penalties, Landies 0.01. Ackerman earned another 0.02 in temporary CIC and 0.01 in permanent index adjustment to take the win and race Aragona in the finals. Al Ackerman's MOV: 0.1548 seconds (approximately 37 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink