Sun, 7 Oct 2001, 08:22 PM READING - Comp Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 17th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals presented by Greased Lightning:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Dave Northrop       7.863 -0.627 Q   10 Richard Schonberge  9.286 -0.624
       D/A Index: 8.40                        G/SM Index: 9.77
   (T Logan     ) 0.588  8.614  0.124 E1   (K Houghtalin) 0.556  9.977  0.067
   (G Russo     ) 0.595  8.658  0.168 E2   (J Pursglove ) 0.513  9.306 -0.604
   (L Pritchett ) 0.637  7.894 -0.596 E3   (D Harris    ) 0.561  9.754 -0.056
   (A Martel    ) 0.582  8.378 -0.022 E4   (C Banney Jr.) 0.523  9.262 -0.548
 *****WINNER***** 0.590  7.751 -0.649 E5                  0.522  9.191 -0.579

4:15 PM Another great drag race, Northrop coming in with 0.09 seconds in prior CIC penalties and Schinberger with 0.14. Schonberger got the better light and Northrop threw caution to the winds playing catch-up. Both destroyed their class indexes in an attempt to win the trophy, the margin of victory = 0.002 seconds (approximately 5 inches). Northrop's D-Altered index will be cut by 0.14 seconds and Schonberger's G-Super Modified index by 0.11 seconds tomorrow.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink