Sun, 15 Jun 2003, 04:11 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 2 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-- (+/-)
   37 Jack Slagle                           211 Glen Treadwell
E2                   0.036  9.175 -0.175     ****WINNER****  0.008  8.613 -0.427
      D/SMA Index: 9.35                          E/EA Index: 9.04
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Clarahan  ) 0.011  9.222 -0.128      (E Smith     ) 0.039  8.539 -0.541
 Qualified:            #10  8.860 -0.490                        #2  8.537 -0.543

3:55 PM Treadwell took a 0.04 CIC penalty in the first round, Slagle was untouched. Treadwell took back almost all his CIC at the green and won without further damage to his index. Glen Treadwell's MOV: 0.2807 seconds (approximately 49 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2885 David Rampy                          3451 Steve Eckard
E2                   0.017  7.903 -0.087     ****WINNER****  0.139  7.415 -0.385
       A/EA Index: 7.99                          B/AA Index: 7.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Allen     ) 0.042  7.733 -0.257      (D Podobinski) 0.097  7.385 -0.415
 Qualified:             #4  7.481 -0.509                       #12  7.334 -0.466

No CICs for either in the first round. Eckard gave Rampy an extra tenth of a second head start and still ran him down, Rampy slowing on the top end. Steve Eckard's MOV: 0.1762 seconds (approximately 33 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3380 David Allen                          1160 Al Ackerman
E2                  -0.039  8.558 -0.282     ****WINNER****  0.111  8.713 -0.067
        F/A Index: 8.84                           F/D Index: 8.78
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Butner    ) 0.073  8.528 -0.312      (R Dorsey    ) 0.000  8.435 -0.345
 Qualified:            #30  8.567 -0.273                        #6  8.277 -0.503

Ackerman saw the win light and took it easy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3718 Terry Smith                          1913 Charlie Yannetti
E2                   0.055  8.832 -0.188     ****WINNER****  0.030  9.361 -0.509
       D/EA Index: 9.02                          L/AA Index: 9.87
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Volpe     ) 0.058  8.620 -0.400      (T Stephenson) 0.030  9.366 -0.514
 Qualified:            #17  8.573 -0.447                        #9  9.389 -0.491

Smith's Bantam did a two-foot wheelie on the launch. Charlie Yannetti's MOV: 0.3468 seconds (approximately 63 feet) and he avoided adding to his 0.01 CIC penalty from the first round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    3 Larry Pritchett                       373 Ray Vierheller III
E2                   0.148  8.567  0.027     ****WINNER****  0.056  8.560 -0.340
       A/SM Index: 8.54                          I/AA Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Timmerman ) 0.082  8.116 -0.424      (S Ambrose   ) 0.068  8.474 -0.426
 Qualified:            #15  8.084 -0.456                       #23  8.552 -0.348

No CICs from round one. Pritchett was late and Vierheller won easily.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3002 Patrick Ross Sr                      3151 Ian Landies Jr
E2                  -0.018  8.440 -0.400     ****WINNER****  0.098 19.630 10.790
        F/A Index: 8.84                           F/A Index: 8.84
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Townsend  ) 0.099  8.416 -0.424      (H Raymond   ) 0.086  8.330 -0.510
 Qualified:            #16  8.386 -0.454                        #8  8.348 -0.492

Landies may have seen the win light because he slowed immediately and coasted through.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1892 Chris Bozic                            12 Frank Aragona Jr.
E2                  -0.065  7.713  0.103     ****WINNER****  0.045  8.636 -0.394
        C/D Index: 7.61                          F/EA Index: 9.03
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Linebarrie) 0.070  7.137 -0.473      (M Trumble   ) 0.046  8.523 -0.557
 Qualified:            #11  7.128 -0.482                        #3  8.558 -0.522

Aragona lost 0.05 to CIC in round one. he saw the red light here and lifted on the top end.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3316 Michael Hazlett                        34 Robert Bailey
E2                  -0.024  8.168  0.368     ****WINNER****  0.167  7.046 -0.244
        B/A Index: 7.80                          A/ED Index: 7.29
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Bennett II) 0.058  9.384  1.584      (R Matheney  ) 0.166  6.888 -0.402
 Qualified:             #5  7.297 -0.503                       #13  6.825 -0.465

Last pair. In the third round it's Landies vs Eckard, Ackerman vs Treadwell, Vierheller vs Aragona, and Yannetti vs Bailey.

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