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Sat, 17 May 2003, 01:15 PM

Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 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-- (+/-)
 1250 Joe Carnasciale                       170 Douglas Harris
E1                   0.050  8.750 -0.590     ****WINNER****  0.114  8.426 -0.694
       E/SM Index: 9.34                          B/TA Index: 9.12
 Qualified:            #17  8.736 -0.604                        #2  8.327 -0.793

12:09 PM Current weather conditions: 53 degrees, 78 percent relative humidity, the absolute barometer 30.21 inches, with a track temperature of 74 degrees under cloudy skies.

Carnasciale got a huge holeshot on Harris and Harris destroyed his index to get the win, so he'll be at a huge disadvantage for the rest of the event and will lost 0.05 seconds off his index on Monday.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1686 Dennis Bartucci                      1144 Billy Griffin
E1                  -0.083  7.531 -0.279     ****WINNER****  0.224  8.262 -0.618
       B/AA Index: 7.81                          F/AA Index: 8.88
 Qualified:            #19  7.238 -0.572                        #4  8.126 -0.754

Griffin threw his index away against a red light, earning a 0.11 CIC for the rest of the event and a 0.01 permanent reduction.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  130 Bob Rossi                            1890 Michael Hanratty
E1   ****WINNER****  0.190 16.496  9.216                    -0.033 14.682  7.272
        A/A Index: 7.28                          A/AA Index: 7.41
 Qualified:             #9  6.582 -0.698                       #24  6.892 -0.518

Rossi broke, but won against a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1049 Todd Logan                           1041 George Vignogna
E1                   0.054  9.419  1.389     ****WINNER****  0.041  9.355  0.545
       A/EA Index: 8.03                         B/SMA Index: 8.81
 Qualified:            #16  7.419 -0.611                       #31  8.668 -0.142

Logan slowed with mechanical problems and Vignogna realized he was unopposed, so he slowed.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1780 Gerry Russo                          1013 John Mahoney
E1   ****WINNER****  0.108  9.004 -0.386                     0.088  8.505 -0.365
      E/SMA Index: 9.39                           F/A Index: 8.87
 Qualified:            #13  8.751 -0.639                       #28  8.410 -0.460

Good race. Gerry Russo's MOV: 0.0015 seconds (approximately 4 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1210 Jonathan Aloisio                     1981 Stephen Szupka
E1                   0.093  8.235 -0.595     ****WINNER****  0.117  7.361 -0.649
       B/SM Index: 8.83                          C/ED Index: 8.01
 Qualified:            #29  8.419 -0.411                       #14  7.382 -0.628

Stephen Szupka's MOV: 0.0308 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1262 Kevin Houghtaling                     309 Ralph Hope
E1                  -0.017 16.419  6.869     ****WINNER**** -0.263 15.296  6.736
       F/SM Index: 9.55                           J/A Index: 8.56
 Qualified:             #8  8.848 -0.702                       #23  8.039 -0.521

Houghtaling red-lighted and then Hope also left early, his altered turning hard right on the launch.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1055 Carl Miller                          3002 Patrick Ross Sr
E1                   0.027  8.306 -0.564     ****WINNER****  0.016  8.232 -0.638
        F/A Index: 8.87                           F/A Index: 8.87
 Qualified:            #21  8.323 -0.547                        #6  8.132 -0.738

Patrick Ross Sr's MOV: 0.0856 seconds (approximately 20 feet). He earns a permanent 0.03 index adjustment and -0.13 for the rest of the event.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5572 Kenny Nowling                        1985 Don Eckel
E1                  -0.035  8.043 -0.487     ****WINNER****  0.110  7.273 -0.337
       B/EA Index: 8.53                           C/D Index: 7.61
 Qualified:            #30  8.126 -0.404                       #15  6.989 -0.621


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1422 Allyn Armstrong                       102 Greg Horrocks
E1   ****WINNER****  0.110  9.174 -0.696                     0.005  7.425 -0.585
        L/A Index: 9.87                          C/ED Index: 8.01
 Qualified:             #3  9.082 -0.788                       #18  7.431 -0.579

Horrocks was almost perfect on the tree and Armstrong destroyed his index to get the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1465 Val Smeland                          1913 Charlie Yannetti
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  7.198 -0.612                     0.166  9.382 -0.498
       B/AA Index: 7.81                          L/AA Index: 9.88
 Qualified:            #27  7.321 -0.489                       #12  9.238 -0.642

Plat "Taps" for another index...Val Smeland's MOV: 0.2354 seconds (approximately 43 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3380 David Allen                            12 Frank Aragona Jr.
E1                   0.006  8.290 -0.580     ****WINNER****  0.067  8.144 -0.656
        F/A Index: 8.87                          G/ED Index: 8.80
 Qualified:            #25  8.356 -0.514                       #10  8.110 -0.690

And another, Frank Aragona Jr.'s MOV: 0.0154 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  145 Tom Ekroth                           7406 Vinnie Deceglie
E1                  -0.079  7.603 -0.397     ****WINNER****  0.045  7.275 -0.005
        C/A Index: 8.00                           A/A Index: 7.28
 Qualified:            #26  7.502 -0.498                       #11  6.625 -0.655

Deceglie saw the red light and took it easy on the top end.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3651 Charlie Westcott Jr                  1867 Richard Schonberger
E1   ****WINNER****  0.081  8.893 -0.657                     0.061  9.133 -0.627
       F/SM Index: 9.55                          I/SM Index: 9.76
 Qualified:             #5  8.802 -0.748                       #20  9.202 -0.558

Charlie Westcott Jr's MOV: 0.0102 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He also killed his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1112 Erich Bollman                        1160 Al Ackerman
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.028  9.160  0.380
        F/A Index: 8.87                           F/D Index: 8.78
 Qualified:            #22  8.332 -0.538                        #7  8.078 -0.702

Bollman was a no-show, so Ackerman made a half-pass and saved his index.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
        Bye                                  19 Michele Costa
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.068  9.149 -0.681
                                                  G/D Index: 9.83
 Qualified:                                                       #1  8.985 -0.845

Strange run, Costa destroying her index on a bye.

In round two she faces Rossi, Westcott races Russo, Armstrong faces Deceglie, Ackerman tries Eckel, Haris meets Aragona, Ross takes on Szupka, Griffin tests Smeland, and Hope races Vignogna. Now there will be a moment of silence for all the recently departed indexes...

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink