Sat, Oct 24, 08:14 PM ENNIS - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Ed Dykes

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 13th annual NHRA Revell Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  29 Doug Stewart        7.158 -0.502  Q  33 Gary Wise           8.578 -0.462
   B/ED   Index:  7.66                     D/EA   Index:  9.04 
 *****WINNER***** 0.495  7.123 -0.537 E1                  0.451  8.641 -0.399

1:46 PM ... You know how we always start with a redlight??... well, this round is special, we have TWO redlights. One's a spare, I guess.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  14 Keith Hall          8.841 -0.539  Q  30 Rick Braun          8.039 -0.481
   B/SM   Index:  9.38                     B/EA   Index:  8.52 
                  0.543  8.875 -0.505 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.545  7.976 -0.544

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Bert Dawson         8.000 -0.540  Q  28 Dan Kilheffer       7.487 -0.503
   D/A    Index:  8.54                     C/ED   Index:  7.99 
                  0.731  8.096 -0.444 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.618  7.553 -0.437

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  32 Mike Saye           9.010 -0.470  Q  16 Sergio Garcia       7.714 -0.536
   G/A    Index:  9.48                     G/A    Index:  8.25 
 *****WINNER***** 0.512  8.941 -0.539 E1                  0.566  7.765 -0.485

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  26 Mike Trumble        8.277 -0.513  Q  10 Buddy Nickens       7.701 -0.549
   D/SM   Index:  8.79                     C/A    Index:  8.25 
                  0.557  8.313 -0.477 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.591  7.727 -0.523

0.012 Margin of victory, this one.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  15 Doug Engels         7.492 -0.538  Q  31 Mike Johnson        7.482 -0.478
   A/EA   Index:  8.03                     B/A    Index:  7.96 
 *****WINNER***** 0.539  7.894 -0.136 E1                  0.441  7.483 -0.477

Engels sees the redlight and takes it easy this time.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  25 Donald Manichia     8.627 -0.513  Q   9 Dennis Smiley       7.109 -0.551
   E/ED   Index:  9.14                     B/ED   Index:  7.66 
                  0.602  8.659 -0.481 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.538  7.179 -0.481

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Allen Stanfield     9.224 -0.566  Q  21 Arthur Sauceda      7.177 -0.523
   F/SM   Index:  9.79                     C/D    Index:  7.70 
 *****WINNER***** 0.540  9.343 -0.447 E1                  0.403  7.222 -0.478

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  17 Maryann Austin      7.456 -0.534  Q   1 Alan Freese         8.249 -0.601
   C/ED   Index:  7.99                     C/EA   Index:  8.85 
                  0.683  7.428 -0.562 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.536  8.287 -0.563

Alan didn't know Maryann was so late, and he used up a lot of CIC staying in front of her, here.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  24 Pete Carbery        7.446 -0.514  Q   8 Randy Jones         7.985 -0.555
   B/A    Index:  7.96                     D/A    Index:  8.54 
 *****WINNER***** 0.708  7.505 -0.455 E1                  1.723  8.070 -0.470

True win margin here works out to exactly 1.000 second.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  20 Ruben Celedon       8.016 -0.524  Q   4 Dave Northrop       8.383 -0.577
   D/A    Index:  8.54                     H/A    Index:  8.96 
 *****WINNER***** 0.520  7.948 -0.592 E1                  0.545  8.367 -0.593

0.024 margin, here.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  23 David Myers         8.336 -0.514  Q   7 David Rampy         8.210 -0.560
   B/EA   Index:  8.85                     B/SR   Index:  8.77 
                  0.529  8.368 -0.482 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.513  8.291 -0.479

This one was close, 0.013 seconds apart at the end.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  22 Wayne Henderson     6.849 -0.521  Q   6 Tom Suggs           8.287 -0.563
   A/ED   Index:  7.37                     C/EA   Index:  8.85 
                  0.679  6.878 -0.492 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.620  8.409 -0.441

Another close one, 0.008 seconds.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  27 Joey Tanksley       7.150 -0.510  Q  11 Rick Houser         8.782 -0.548
   B/ED   Index:  7.66                     C/SR   Index:  9.33 
 *****WINNER***** 0.641  9.162  1.502 E1                  0.474 10.924  1.594

Looks like we've been calling Houser "Sal Biondio" all weekend... hmmm. Sorry 'bout that.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Larry Pritchett     8.191 -0.599  Q  18 Greg Williams       8.259 -0.531
   D/SM   Index:  8.79                     D/SM   Index:  8.79 
 *****WINNER***** 0.589  8.562 -0.228 E1                  0.493  8.305 -0.485

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  19 Bill Kent           7.175 -0.525  Q   3 David Dupps         8.096 -0.584
   C/D    Index:  7.70                     J/A    Index:  8.68 
                  0.491  7.307 -0.393 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.551  8.389 -0.291

The final pair, here.

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