Sun, 01 Jul 2018, 23:01 PM Competition Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

WEST LEBANON, N.Y. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at Lebanon Valley Dragway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--
Speed
    2 Frank Aragona                              Bye
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.074 64.999   NS       
        E/DA Index: 7.93 (+/-): 57.069    
 Qualified:             #1  7.273 -0.657                     Bye

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Aragona had a bye run into the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--
Speed
   18 Todd Logan                           1090 Gary Guarriello

E1   ****WINNER****  0.171  7.613 178.52                     0.026
8.061 127.55
        A/EA Index: 7.91 (+/-): -0.297            C/ED Index: 7.93 (+/-):
0.131
 Qualified:            #12  7.519 -0.391                        #5  7.345
-0.585

Guarriello was quicker at the tree but Logan outran him on the track to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--
Speed
   13 Michele Costa                        1034 Chip Ippolito

E1   ****WINNER****  0.544 64.999   NS                       0.000
64.999   NS  
        G/EA Index: 8.83 (+/-): 56.169            PSTA Index: 8.83 (+/-):
56.169
 Qualified:             #4  8.222 -0.608                       #11  7.822
-0.438

Ippolito did not answer the call. Costa had a single run and took the green light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--
Speed
  113 Kenneth Voight                       1160 Al Ackerman

E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.859 152.24                     0.038
8.101 166.10
         H/A Index: 9.32 (+/-): -0.461             F/D Index: 8.49 (+/-):
-0.389
 Qualified:             #6  8.754 -0.566                       #13  8.273
-0.217

Kenneth Voight's MOV: 0.0870 seconds (approximately 21 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--
Speed
   16 Doug Doll                            1422 Allyn Armstrong

E1   ****WINNER****  0.056  8.327 140.11                     0.055
9.023 144.28
        F/DA Index: 8.74 (+/-): -0.413             L/A Index: 9.37 (+/-):
-0.347
 Qualified:             #2  8.113 -0.627                        #9  8.913
-0.457

Doug Doll's MOV: 0.0650 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--
Speed
 1170 Steven Levine                          15 Joseph Carnasciale

E1   ****WINNER**** -0.023  7.070 178.60                    -0.009
64.999   NS  
       AA/AM Index: 7.04 (+/-):  0.030            I/SM Index: 9.53 (+/-):
55.469
 Qualified:            #14  6.872 -0.168                        #7  8.984
-0.546

Carnasciale lit the red light and gave the win to Levine.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--
Speed
 1298 Christopher Piston                   1869 Jay Schonberger

E1   ****WINNER****  0.082  8.261 159.65                     0.090
8.303 157.72
        F/DA Index: 8.77 (+/-): -0.509             I/A Index: 8.81 (+/-):
-0.507
 Qualified:            #10  8.331 -0.439                        #3  8.194
-0.616

Christopher Piston's MOV: 0.0100 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--
Speed
 1867 Richard Schonberger                  1937 Lee Zane

E1   ****WINNER****  0.171  9.402 127.26                     0.063
13.809  52.37
        I/SM Index: 9.58 (+/-): -0.178            H/EA Index: 9.56 (+/-):
4.249
 Qualified:             #8  9.068 -0.512                       #15  9.988
0.428

Zane's car was slow on the track so Schonberger took the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink