Sat, 8 Sep 2001, 06:49 AM INDY - Stock Round 6 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 6 eliminations in Stock at the 47th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Bob Gipson         11.828 -1.172 Q  106 Eric Waldo         10.827 -0.823
       L/S  Dial: 11.94                        C/S  Dial: 10.92
   (J Malone    ) 0.528 11.972  0.072 E1   (B Parsons   ) 0.587 11.059  0.199
   (S Wann      ) 0.577 11.920  0.020 E2   (C Welfel    ) 0.517 10.839  0.089
   (C Ford      ) 0.531 11.916 -0.024 E3   (J Paquet    ) 0.563 10.999  0.119
   (C Sniesak   ) 0.571 12.065  0.085 E4   (B Wenzel Sr.) 0.544 10.925  0.015
   (L Hodge     ) 0.559 12.043  0.063 E5   (E Smith     ) 0.540 10.928 -0.012
                  0.578 12.005  0.065 E6 *****WINNER***** 0.523 11.012  0.092

Margin of victory = 0.028 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  68 Jim Waldo          10.568 -0.932 Q   56 Kevin Helms        10.541 -0.959
       B/S  Dial: 11.50                        B/S  Dial: 11.50
   (B Brannon   ) 0.504 10.597  0.037 E1   (B Gere      ) 0.491 10.438 -0.072
   (J Teuton    ) 0.563 10.515  0.025 E2   (J Tarrance  ) 0.524 10.449  0.039
   (J Shaul     ) 0.520 10.685  0.075 E3   (W Josey     ) 0.534 10.505 -0.005
   (J Penta II  ) 0.537 10.648  0.028 E4   (J Bennett   ) 0.513 10.636  0.096
   (D Little    ) 0.544 10.639 -0.001 E5   (J Schaechter) 0.538 10.600 -0.010
 *****WINNER***** 0.516 10.563 -0.937 E6                  0.548 10.537 -0.963

Heads-up! Waldo wins on a holeshot against one of the best. It will be an all-Waldo final round! By the way, all four cars in the finals were stick-shift cars, right in tune with the nostalgia about "the good old days" here during the NHRA's 50th anniversary year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink