Sat, 9 Oct 2004, 05:49 PM Competition Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  121 Scott MacKay                         1411 George Supinski Jr.
E2                  -0.040  7.757 -0.243     ****WINNER****  0.208  8.997  0.287
       D/ED Index: 8.00                           B/T Index: 8.71
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Bollman   ) 0.072  7.560 -0.440      (R Schonberge) 0.157  9.285  0.575
 Qualified:            #24  7.564 -0.436                       #16  8.196 -0.514

5:35 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.47 inches, adjusted altitude 1,423 feet, track temperature 69 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1892 Chris Bozic                          3112 Mike Smith
E2   ****WINNER****  0.095  7.218 -0.392                     0.201  8.722 -0.438
        C/D Index: 7.61                          H/AA Index: 9.16
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Bartucci  ) 0.061 10.284  2.674      (S Sandhaus  ) 0.187  8.658 -0.772
 Qualified:            #14  7.093 -0.517                        #6  8.851 -0.579

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1142 Bob Wise                               15 Al Ackerman
E2                   0.215  7.236 -0.564     ****WINNER****  0.024  8.268 -0.502
       B/AA Index: 7.80                           F/D Index: 8.77
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Armstrong ) 0.541 13.003  5.203      (K Roberts   ) 0.041  8.915  0.145
 Qualified:            #18  7.306 -0.494                       #10  8.218 -0.552

Ackerman will meet Bozic in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1718 Tommy Ciccarone Jr.                  1013 John Mahoney
E2                   0.005  8.883 -0.247     ****WINNER****  0.023  7.873 -0.487
      E/SMA Index: 9.13                          D/AA Index: 8.36
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Hanratty  ) 0.086  8.630 -0.710      (J Carnascial) 0.018  7.887 -0.473
 Qualified:             #4  8.723 -0.617                       #28  7.943 -0.417

It'll be Mahoney against Supinski in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  170 Doug Harris                            16 Don Eckel III
E2   ****WINNER****  0.087  8.346  0.096                    -0.067  7.411 -0.149
       PSTA Index: 8.25                           C/D Index: 7.56
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Szupka    ) 0.063  7.745 -0.525      (V Barone    ) 0.094  7.052 -0.558
 Qualified:             #9  7.717 -0.553                       #17  7.115 -0.495

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3002 Pat Ross                               10 Sal Biondo
E2                   0.039  8.327 -0.453     ****WINNER****  0.061  8.476 -0.494
        F/A Index: 8.78                          D/EA Index: 8.97
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Crimmins  ) 0.010  8.446 -0.334      (M Costa     ) 0.046  8.465 -0.545
 Qualified:            #27  8.354 -0.426                       #19  8.522 -0.488

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  706 Art Hodges                           1262 Kevin Houghtaling
E2                  -0.074  8.362  0.362     ****WINNER****  0.090  9.561 -0.219
        PST Index: 8.00                          H/SM Index: 9.78
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Horrocks  ) 0.121  7.500 -0.580      (B Rossi     ) 0.148  9.365 -0.415
 Qualified:            #15  7.566 -0.514                        #7  9.202 -0.578

Houghtaling got the win and will race Biondo in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1913 Charlie Yannetti Jr.                 2125 Tony Stephenson
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.074  8.430 -0.350
       C/ED Index: 7.94                          F/AA Index: 8.78
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Affronti  ) 0.140  7.432 -0.508      (F Aragona Jr) 0.082  8.637 -0.143
 Qualified:            #13  7.408 -0.532                        #5  8.171 -0.609

Yannetti did not answer the call so Stephenson got the win and a third-round race against Harris.

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