Sun, 10 Oct 1999, 08:50 PM MEMPHIS - Comp Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 12th annual AutoZone Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  17 Arnie Martel        7.106 -0.464 Q   13 Bill Kent           7.188 -0.502
      B/ED Index: 7.56                         C/D Index: 7.69
   (D Dupps     ) 0.528  7.211 -0.359 E1   (B Cunningham) 0.584  7.243 -0.447
   (L Mayes     ) 0.508  7.051 -0.519 E2   (R Young     ) 0.593  7.185 -0.505
 *****WINNER***** 0.570  7.028 -0.532 E3                  0.534  7.201 -0.489

7:26 PM Kent gets out near the centerline and martel nips him by a margin of victory = 0.007 seconds (approximately 23 inches), earning another 0.03 CIC penalty in the process.

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Maryann Austin      7.451 -0.539 Q    4 Brian Browell       7.452 -0.568
      C/ED Index: 7.97                         D/D Index: 8.02
   (D Baskin    ) 0.647  7.470 -0.520 E1   (M Johnson   ) 0.550  7.634 -0.386
   (G Treadwell ) 0.517  7.675 -0.295 E2   (D Fiore     ) 0.552  7.934 -0.086
                  0.627  7.486 -0.484 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.542  7.398 -0.622

Maryann's car died at the end of the burnout, but a crew member reached in and reset the kill switch and she refired. Brian wins handily, but earns a 0.12-second CIC hit next round and a 0.02 second permanent CIC hit on Monday.

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 David Rampy         6.982 -0.588 Q    5 Fred Allen          7.478 -0.552
      B/ED Index: 7.57                        A/EA Index: 8.03
   (J Tanksley  ) 0.559  7.065  7.065 E1   (G Gallimore ) 0.551  7.592 -0.438
                  0.505  7.225 -0.345 E2   (C Westcott  ) 0.517  7.538 -0.492
 *****WINNER***** 0.529  7.069 -0.501 E3                  0.612  7.484 -0.546

margin of victory = 0.038 seconds (approximately 10 feet)

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 Don Stratton        8.128 -0.542 Q   10 Mike Saye           8.922 -0.518
      B/SR Index: 8.66                         G/A Index: 9.42
   (J Bowman    ) 0.517  8.285 -0.385 E1   (I Landies   ) 0.536  9.023 -0.417
   (L Doggett   ) 0.536  8.159 -0.511 E2   (L Pritchett ) 0.525  8.919 -0.521
 *****WINNER***** 0.555 10.289  1.629 E3                  0.457  8.906 -0.514

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