Sun, Nov 1, 06:12 PM BAYTOWN - Comp Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan Gotta Go Way Under to Win

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 2nd annual Matco Tools Supernationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 John Linton         7.555 -0.595  Q  31 Clint Neff          7.247 -0.413
   D/ED   Index:  8.10                     B/ED   Index:  7.66 
   (M Trumble   ) 0.606  7.636 -0.514 E1   (D Engels    ) 0.542  7.263 -0.397
   (B Nickens   ) 0.599  7.597 -0.543 E2   (M Johnson   ) 0.589  7.182 -0.478
 *****WINNER***** 0.555  8.061 -0.039 E3                  0.469  7.381 -0.279

12:01 PM Linton accumulated 0.05 in CIC adjustments in prior rounds, Neff none. Against our traditional red light in the first pair, CIC doesn't matter.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 Mike Saye           8.952 -0.528  Q   6 Ruben Celedon       7.970 -0.570
   G/A    Index:  9.48                     D/A    Index:  8.54 
   (G Williams  ) 0.551  8.984 -0.496 E1   (L Doggett   ) 0.523  8.475 -0.065
   (A Sauceda   ) 0.557  9.141 -0.339 E2   (B Self      ) 0.754  8.408 -0.132
 *****WINNER***** 0.514  9.010 -0.470 E3                  0.598  8.100 -0.440

Ruben won't get back-to-back wins, Saye putting a holeshot on him.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 David Rampy         8.194 -0.576  Q  17 Buddy Nickens       7.758 -0.492
   B/SR   Index:  8.71                     C/A    Index:  8.25 
   (M Austin    ) 0.572  8.207 -0.563 E1   (H Blakeney  ) 0.501  8.079 -0.171
   (A Stanfield ) 0.596  8.203 -0.507 E2   (D Smiley    ) 0.565  8.033 -0.217
 *****WINNER***** 0.567  8.172 -0.538 E3                  0.595  7.718 -0.532

Rampy advances, but will carry a 0.09 CIC hit to the semifinals against Linton.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Rob Slavinski       7.446 -0.514  Q  16 Larry Mayes         8.294 -0.496
   B/A    Index:  7.96                     D/SM   Index:  8.79 
   (S Benoit    ) 0.529  7.566 -0.394 E1   (A Bresch    ) 0.536  8.421 -0.369
   (G Wise      ) 0.506  7.458 -0.502 E2   (D Northrop  ) 0.520  8.330 -0.460
 *****WINNER***** 0.586  7.402 -0.558 E3                  0.508  8.340 -0.450

Mayes trees Slavinski, but Rob takes a 0.05 CIC hit to get the win light and advance to face Saye in the semifinals.

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