Sun, Mar 21, 02:41 PM GAINESVILLE - Comp Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Ed Dykes Lots of CICs this Round

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 30th annual Mac Tools Gatornationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 Mike Saye           8.887 -0.573  Q  15 Tom Suggs           8.317 -0.533
   G/A    Index:  9.43                     C/EA   Index:  8.85 
   (K Keir      ) 0.532  8.928 -0.532 E1   (K Roberts   ) 0.569  8.349 -0.501
 *****WINNER***** 0.542  8.888 -0.542 E2                  0.602  8.289 -0.561

1:37 PM Saye takes another 0.04 in CIC for the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  14 Steve Ambrose       8.051 -0.539  Q  22 Bert Dawson         8.012 -0.508
   I/A    Index:  8.53                     B/EA   Index:  8.51 
   (F Aragona   ) 0.595  8.030 -0.560 E1   (L Pritchett ) 0.618  8.007 -0.513
 *****WINNER***** 0.625  7.988 -0.542 E2                  0.753  8.006 -0.504

And Ambrose likewise takes another hit - a total of 0.1 seconds so far.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Tom Haueter         7.593 -0.547  Q   1 David Rampy         8.115 -0.605
   D/ED   Index:  8.14                     B/SR   Index:  8.72 
   (B Burk      ) 0.608  7.639 -0.501 E1   (R Slavinski ) 0.527  8.230 -0.490
                  0.502  7.552 -0.588 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.523  8.100 -0.620

Both drivers go way under the index here, Rampy taking a 0.12 CIC hit today and 0.02 on Monday.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 Doug Stewart        7.084 -0.546  Q   2 David Strouse       7.316 -0.594
   B/ED   Index:  7.63                     B/A    Index:  7.91 
   (D Eberly    ) 0.565  7.136 -0.494 E1   (R Bailey    ) 1.538  9.673  1.763
                  0.386  7.137 -0.493 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.644  7.359 -0.551

Yet another CIC hit - going to be an interesting quarterfinals round.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Doug Engels         7.552 -0.588  Q  28 David Myers         8.084 -0.436
   D/ED   Index:  8.14                     B/EA   Index:  8.52 
   (D Dupps     ) 0.482  8.208  0.068 E1   (D Maris     ) 0.618  8.037 -0.483
                  0.473  7.758 -0.382 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.609  7.990 -0.530

And Meyers takes a hit against a red light!

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Ed Bennett          7.110 -0.590  Q  11 Don Stratton        8.175 -0.545
   AA/A   Index:  7.68                     B/SR   Index:  8.72 
   (M Hardee    ) 0.597  7.177 -0.523 E1   (F Allen     ) 0.532  8.288 -0.432
                  0.633  7.099 -0.581 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.603  8.103 -0.617

That will be a 0.11-second CIC for Stratton next round. 195.28 mph for Bennett.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  21 Glen Treadwell      7.517 -0.513  Q  29 Charlie Westcott    9.368 -0.422
   A/EA   Index:  8.03                     F/SM   Index:  9.79 
   (M Farrell   ) 0.506  7.553 -0.477 E1   (J Hemmingson) 0.520  9.391 -0.399
 *****WINNER***** 0.541  7.494 -0.536 E2                  0.515  9.302 -0.488

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Larry Mayes         8.217 -0.553  Q  32 William Zaskowski   9.340 -0.290
   D/SM   Index:  8.67                     C/SM   Index:  9.63 
   (J Varsolona ) 0.607  8.170 -0.600 E1   (R Hope      ) 0.639  9.263 -0.367
                  0.000 (Broke)       E2 *****WINNER***** 0.728 10.811  1.181

Mayes was a no-show to conclude the round.

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