Sun, 17 Sep 2000, 03:34 PM READING - Comp Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 16th annual Keystone Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Frank Affronti      7.635 -0.585 Q   32 Stephen Szupka      7.583 -0.427
       C/A Index: 8.11                        C/ED Index: 8.01
   (C Greco     ) 0.585  7.831 -0.389 E1   (F Aragona   ) 0.538  7.608 -0.402
   (C Westcott  ) 0.525  7.610 -0.610 E2   (W Zalak     ) 0.528  7.594 -0.416
   (B Rossi     ) 0.557  8.047 -0.063 E3   (J Schonberge) 0.555  7.564 -0.446
                  0.592 15.627  7.517 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.533  7.641 -0.369

3:31 PM Affronti comes into this round with 0.11 seconds in CIC penalties, Szupka with none. Affronti's Camaro bogs on the launch, giving Szupka a free run to the finals.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Jerry Arnold        8.483 -0.657 Q   10 David Fiore         7.516 -0.604
      E/ED Index: 9.07                        D/ED Index: 8.05
   (D Harris    ) 0.550  8.656 -0.484 E1   (P Ross      ) 0.649  8.790  0.670
   (L Perkins   ) 0.539  8.944 -0.196 E2   (D Eckel     ) 0.551  7.791 -0.329
   (T Ekroth    ) 0.557  8.561 -0.579 E3   (J Aloisio   ) 0.628  7.544 -0.576
 *****WINNER***** 0.536  8.622 -0.448 E4                  0.528 10.143  2.093

Arnold comes in with 0.07 in CIC adjustments, Fiore with a cumulative 0.24. Fiore's dragster bogged and faltered, allowing Arnold to win on an easy run and avoid any further adjustments in his competition index.