Sun, 26 May 2013, 14:14 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations |
By Jim Samuel |
MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at Maple Grove Raceway:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1571 Michele Costa 113 Ken Voight
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 1.403 No Time
H/EA Index: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999 G/SM Index: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999
Qualified: #25 9.170 -0.440 #9 8.642 -0.638
1:35 p.m. - Costa did not answer the call. Voight took the green light for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1193 Walt Conway 1107 Mike Miscovsky
E1 -0.099 11.393 65.86 ****WINNER**** 0.064 7.480 128.43
B/ND Index: 7.56 (+/-): 3.833 C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.110
Qualified: #34 7.994 0.434 #14 6.997 -0.593
Conway is in eliminations as an alternate for Algieri. He went red so Miscovsky got the win. On the track, Conway drifted out of the groove, got near the center line and almost
took out the foam blocks at mid track before he slowed.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1090 Gary Guarriello 1471 Tom Miller
E1 0.375 7.265 182.45 ****WINNER**** 0.128 7.832 172.70
C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.565 PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.388
Qualified: #11 7.215 -0.615 #27 7.785 -0.435
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1164 Robert Fitzsimmons 1985 Don Eckel III
E1 0.021 7.927 170.47 ****WINNER**** 0.110 7.049 179.61
E/AA Index: 8.31 (+/-): -0.383 C/DA Index: 7.59 (+/-): -0.541
Qualified: #28 7.877 -0.433 #12 6.990 -0.600
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Frank Aragona 1909 Greg Mannix
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.070 8.331 129.24 0.050 11.216 72.66
F/ED Index: 8.63 (+/-): -0.299 B/ED Index: 7.47 (+/-): 3.746
Qualified: #3 7.934 -0.696 #19 6.914 -0.556
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4254 Scott Benham X169 Michael Wentzel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.018 8.159 154.58 0.039 7.296 179.90
B/T Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.591 A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.544
Qualified: #7 8.106 -0.644 #23 7.321 -0.519
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1854 Kevin Gotie 1155 Tom Stalba
E1 0.004 7.368 179.88 ****WINNER**** 0.085 8.770 146.10
A/EA Index: 7.84 (+/-): -0.472 L/AA Index: 9.34 (+/-): -0.570
Qualified: #24 7.360 -0.480 #8 8.700 -0.640
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
140X Brian Darcy 19 Anthony Niemczyk
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.044 7.030 186.54 0.053 6.839 176.86
A/ND Index: 7.43 (+/-): -0.400 I/D Index: 7.24 (+/-): -0.401
Qualified: #22 6.905 -0.525 #6 6.577 -0.663
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
17 Al Ackerman 1203 Dave Hughes
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.019 10.336 89.24 0.112 No Time
F/D Index: 8.60 (+/-): 1.736 A/A Index: 7.11 (+/-): 92.889
Qualified: #29 8.223 -0.377 #13 6.515 -0.595
Ackerman lit the red light and it appeared he lost the race. But then Hughes' car crossed the center line, knocked out the foam
blocks at mid track and came close to hitting Ackerman's dragster. That meant that Hughes was disqualified and that Ackerman is the
winner.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1422 Allyn Armstrong 1869 Jay Schonberger
E1 -0.052 11.751 77.17 ****WINNER**** 0.089 8.373 159.97
L/A Index: 9.29 (+/-): 2.461 I/A Index: 8.75 (+/-): -0.377
Qualified: #15 8.700 -0.590 #33 8.878 0.128
Schonberger is in the field as an alternate for Michael Kaufman.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1867 Richard Schonberger 1034 Chip Ippolito
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.055 9.036 146.34 0.040 7.742 160.71
I/SM Index: 9.53 (+/-): -0.494 PSTA Index: 8.22 (+/-): -0.478
Qualified: #20 8.978 -0.552 #4 7.538 -0.682
Richard Schonberger's MOV: 0.0016 seconds (approximately 5 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
199K Kyle Cultrera 1633 A. Lincoln Morehead
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.018 9.058 143.93 0.072 8.341 134.64
H/EA Index: 9.61 (+/-): -0.552 D/EA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.479
Qualified: #17 9.040 -0.570 #1 8.004 -0.816
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1251 Joe Carnasciale 1086 Mark Hopkins
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.365 8.607 110.95
I/SMA Index: 9.67 (+/-): 90.329 D/A Index: 8.28 (+/-): 0.327
Qualified: #2 8.903 -0.767 #18 7.712 -0.568
Carnasciale left before the tree was activated.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
151 Darrin Bauder 1963 Ed Alessi Jr.
E1 0.275 12.157 71.36 ****WINNER**** 0.036 6.979 195.85
C/A Index: 7.93 (+/-): 4.227 A/DA Index: 7.11 (+/-): -0.131
Qualified: #16 7.359 -0.571 #32 6.895 -0.215
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
15 Calvin Hill 13 Steve Szupka
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 8.302 161.42 0.001 8.304 155.24
D/EA Index: 8.82 (+/-): -0.518 G/EA Index: 8.76 (+/-): -0.456
Qualified: #5 8.147 -0.673 #21 8.209 -0.551
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