Sun, 19 May 2013, 17:23 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, Mickey Mart Rewards Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  357 Rick Brown                           3553 Tony Pontillo                
E3                  -0.008  8.450 135.47     ****WINNER****  0.043  7.047 160.71
        B/TA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.320            B/DA Index: 7.39 (+/-): -0.343
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Bailey    ) 0.010  8.261 -0.529      (E Bennett II) 0.012  6.897 -0.493
E1    (J Savani    ) 0.033  8.470 -0.320      (S Levine    ) 0.038  8.528  1.138
 Qualified:            #11  8.236 -0.554                       #15  6.870 -0.520

5:14 p.m. - A red light by Brown put Pontillo into the semi-final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 David Billingsley                     104 Frank Affronti               
E3                   0.047  8.834 147.71     ****WINNER****  0.010  7.743 174.37
        L/AA Index: 9.34 (+/-): -0.506            B/EA Index: 8.25 (+/-): -0.507
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Haubiel   ) 0.006  8.841 -0.499      (T Smith     ) 0.039  7.746 -0.554
E1    (B Dawson    ) 0.012  8.861 -0.479      (J Bailey    ) 0.073  7.808 -0.492
 Qualified:             #9  8.781 -0.559                        #5  7.718 -0.582

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 Jason Coan                           5622 Jim Greenheck                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.003  8.198 153.18                     0.017  7.421 182.40
        G/EA Index: 8.69 (+/-): -0.492            C/AA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.489
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Browell   ) 0.021  8.188 -0.572      (B Butner    ) 0.056  7.424 -0.486
E1    (S Ambrose   ) 0.058  8.358 -0.402      (K Cultrera  ) 0.249  7.597 -0.313
 Qualified:             #3  8.168 -0.592                       #14  7.379 -0.531

Coan got the win and will race Affronti in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Al Ackerman                           394 Greg Kamplain                
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  4.233 No Time      
         F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): 91.399            B/ED Index: 7.47 (+/-): 92.529
 Prior rounds:
E2                         No Time            (M Farrell   ) 0.008  6.962 -0.508
E1    (P Ross      )       No Time            (J Frech     ) 0.064  8.019  0.549
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                              #6  6.891 -0.579

Ackerman did not answer the call so Kamplain took the green light to move into a semi-final matchup against Pontillo.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink