Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 18 May 2003, 05:57 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations
By Jim Samuel



ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 34th annual K&N Filters SuperNationals presented by Pep Boys:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1902 Al Vanis                             2075 Don Himes
E5   ****WINNER****  0.030 12.289 -0.041                     0.020 12.676 -0.044
       N/SA  Dial: 12.33                         P/SA  Dial: 12.72
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Waddell   ) 0.027 12.334  0.074      (B Nees Jr   ) 0.102 12.715  0.095
E3    (L Zane      ) 0.000 12.261  0.011      (J Zane      ) 0.065 12.611 -0.029
E2    (S Carr      ) 0.013 12.237 -0.033      (D Cook II   ) 0.032 12.685  0.075
E1    (G Schmutz   ) 0.024 12.283  0.013      (B Pomponi Jr) 0.065 12.648 -0.042
 Qualified:            #45 12.293 -1.007                       #34 12.700 -1.050
5:52 PM - Vanis won on a breakout by Himes.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1489 Steve Ficacci                        1276 Dean Ribeiro
E5   ****WINNER****  0.042 10.081  0.021                     0.012 10.664 -0.006
        A/S  Dial: 10.06                        B/FIA  Dial: 10.67
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Ficacci   ) 0.005 10.118  0.038      (B Valentine ) 0.023 10.710  0.070
E3    (R Porpora   ) 0.009 10.064 -1.186      (G Jordan    ) 0.019 10.683  0.033
E2    (A Kinash    ) -0.051 10.097  0.017      (S Murray    ) 0.087 10.609 -0.041
E1    (D Chapman   ) 0.127 10.357  0.237      (T Dauber    ) 0.037 10.718  0.048
 Qualified:            #25 10.152 -1.098                       #49 10.701 -0.999
Another breakout. This time, Ficacci got the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1135 Nick Reiter                          1499 Jim Boudreau
E5   ****WINNER****  0.018 11.409  0.009                     0.028 10.593 -0.007
       D/SA  Dial: 11.40                         C/SA  Dial: 10.60
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Fletcher  ) 0.042 11.423  0.093      (T Lang      ) 0.063 10.601  0.051
E3    (J Gray      ) 0.075 11.353  0.003      (B Horgan    ) 0.064 10.570  0.010
E2    (J DeMarzo   ) 0.014 11.388  0.058      (B Pomponi   ) 0.040 10.622  0.012
E1    (G Richard   ) 0.055 11.374  0.064      (J Cokinos   ) 0.037 11.016  0.026
 Qualified:           #103 11.405 -0.445                       #30 10.615 -1.085
One more breakout and Reiter will move to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1044 John Shaul                                 Bye
E5   ****WINNER**** -0.010 10.195 -1.105
       A/SA  Dial: 11.30
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Pare'     ) 0.091 10.182  0.032
E3    (E Fernandez ) 0.062 10.201  0.011
E2    (B Twynam    ) 0.015 10.215  0.025
E1    (J Dudas     ) 0.035 10.831  0.691
 Qualified:            #22 10.191 -1.109                     Bye
Three breakouts and a bye run and this round is over.

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