Sun, 18 May 2003, 05:01 PM Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Competition 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-- (+/-)
 1144 Billy Griffin                         170 Douglas Harris
E4   ****WINNER****  0.037  8.125 -0.515                     0.019  8.373 -0.457
       F/AA Index: 8.64                          B/TA Index: 8.83
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Houghtalin) 0.035  8.135 -0.635      (S Szupka    ) 0.081  8.321 -0.519
E2    (V Smeland   ) 0.058  8.665 -0.105      (F Aragona Jr) 0.026  8.338 -0.592
E1    (D Bartucci  ) 0.224  8.262 -0.618      (J Carnascial) 0.114  8.426 -0.694
 Qualified:             #4  8.126 -0.754                        #2  8.327 -0.793

4:55 PM Harris had the better light, but his S-10 went to the right, slightly out of the groove, and he slid around a bit, allowing Griffin to go to his first final round ever.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1780 Gerry Russo                          7406 Vinnie Deceglie
E4                  -0.019  8.932 -0.278     ****WINNER****  0.272  7.321  0.201
      E/SMA Index: 9.21                           A/A Index: 7.12
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Costa     ) 0.035  8.705 -0.635      (D Eckel     ) 0.038  6.619 -0.661
E2    (C Westcott J) 0.031  8.834 -0.556      (A Armstrong ) 0.222 10.649  3.369
E1    (J Mahoney   ) 0.108  9.004 -0.386      (T Ekroth    ) 0.045  7.275 -0.005
 Qualified:            #13  8.751 -0.639                       #11  6.625 -0.655

Russo went red and Deceglie will take the awesome A/Altered to the finals to face Griffin.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink