Sat, Feb 6, 09:23 PM POMONA - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 39th annual NHRA AutoZone Winternationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  21 Don Waite           7.178 -0.182  Q   7 Rich Howell         7.465 -0.495
   A/A    Index:  7.36                     B/A    Index:  7.96 
                  0.000 (Broke)       E1 *****WINNER***** 0.568  7.515 -0.445

5:50 PM and this has been a tough weekend for these guys, with only one qualifying pass. And Waite breaks on the line, the crew pushing the car back as Howell motors off the line for the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  24 Rob Slavinski       9.557  1.597  Q  10 John Johnston       7.670 -0.480
   B/A    Index:  7.96                     D/ED   Index:  8.15 
 *****WINNER***** 0.593  7.639 -0.321 E1                  0.571 10.980  2.830

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  27 Larry Hedlund      15.788  6.728  Q  13 John Edwards        8.426 -0.424
   E/SM   Index:  9.06                     C/EA   Index:  8.85 
 *****WINNER***** 0.556  8.485 -0.575 E1                  0.872 10.123  1.273

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  19 Scott McClay        7.934 -0.216  Q   5 David Rampy         8.253 -0.517
   D/ED   Index:  8.15                     B/SR   Index:  8.77 
 *****WINNER***** 0.506  7.790 -0.360 E1                  0.623  8.354 -0.416

Hard to beat a guy with a 0.506 light, even if you're David Rampy.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Bryan Morrison      8.835 -0.545  Q  16 Tom Brown           8.702 -0.328
   B/SM   Index:  9.38                     F/ED   Index:  9.03 
                  0.516  9.411  0.031 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.539  9.012 -0.018

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  23 Phil Cocuzza        9.150  0.630  Q   9 Alan Freese         8.361 -0.489
   B/EA   Index:  8.52                     C/EA   Index:  8.85 
                  0.402 12.442  3.922 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.616  8.870  0.020

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Rob Robinson        8.031 -0.489  Q  22 Clint Neff          7.542 -0.158
   B/EA   Index:  8.52                     C/D    Index:  7.70 
 *****WINNER***** 0.550  8.080 -0.440 E1                  0.582  7.269 -0.431

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 John Linton         7.634 -0.516  Q  20 Dan Kilheffer       7.777 -0.213
   D/ED   Index:  8.15                     C/ED   Index:  7.99 
 *****WINNER***** 0.653  7.865 -0.285 E1                  0.816  7.606 -0.384

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Jeff Gillette       7.060 -0.600  Q  15 Tom Haueter         7.791 -0.359
   B/ED   Index:  7.66                     D/ED   Index:  8.15 
                  0.671  7.061 -0.599 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.630  7.533 -0.617

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  17 Jeff Lion           8.830 -0.310  Q   3 Jim Kennedy         8.602 -0.538
   F/A    Index:  9.14                     F/A    Index:  9.14 
                  0.491 10.773  1.633 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.769 13.768  4.628

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  28 Jim Warter         20.177 10.797  Q  14 Tom Huggins         7.560 -0.400
   B/SM   Index:  9.38                     B/A    Index:  7.96 
 *****WINNER***** 0.586  8.952 -0.428 E1                  0.436  9.473  1.513

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Mark Chapparone     7.806 -0.444  Q  26 Rob Smith          15.696  6.366
   C/A    Index:  8.25                     C/SR   Index:  9.33 
                  0.715  7.752 -0.498 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.674  8.824 -0.506

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Rick Braun          8.322 -0.528  Q  18 Fred Gross          8.226 -0.304
   C/EA   Index:  8.85                     D/A    Index:  8.53 
 *****WINNER***** 0.596  8.346 -0.504 E1                  0.528  8.349 -0.181

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  25 Tom Snyder         13.227  5.867  Q  11 Rick Houser         8.862 -0.468
   A/A    Index:  7.36                     C/SR   Index:  9.33 
                  0.792  7.177 -0.183 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.559  9.065 -0.265

Snyder was all over his lane, from start to finish.

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