Sun, 24 Oct 1999, 06:01 PM DALLAS - Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the 14th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  47 Clark Mundt        10.021  0.121 Q   19 Ronnie Loomis       9.925  0.025
        SG Index: 9.90                          SG Index: 9.90
   (S Evans     ) 0.409  9.911  0.011 E4   (T Small     ) 0.416  9.945  0.045
 *****WINNER***** 0.429  9.926  0.026 E5                  0.419  9.937  0.037

4:53 PM Mundt had a momentary problem getting the driver-side door to latch. They got it closed, more or less. It was not flush, but stayed closed long enough to get the win light by a margin of victory = 0.001 seconds (approximately 3 inches) here .

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  56 Joe Scarlata       22.931 13.031 Q   45 Jay Peppler         9.997  0.097
        SG Index: 9.90                          SG Index: 9.90
   (J Arabie    ) 0.422  9.873 -0.027 E4   (S Gecker    ) 0.415  9.912  0.012
 *****WINNER***** 0.444  9.898 -0.002 E5                  0.449  9.874 -0.026

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  18 Ed Ridenhour        9.924  0.024 Q   46 Jim Hughes         10.000  0.100
        SG Index: 9.90                          SG Index: 9.90
   (D Hensley   ) 0.463  9.894 -0.006 E4   (G Free      ) 0.419 10.024  0.124
                  0.422  9.929  0.029 E5 *****WINNER***** 0.421  9.925  0.025

margin of victory = 0.005 seconds (approximately 13 inches)

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Jimmy Lewis         9.909  0.009 Q   36 Scott Costello      9.968  0.068
        SG Index: 9.90                          SG Index: 9.90
   (E Lambert   ) 0.406  9.913  0.013 E4   (A Temple    ) 0.424  9.908  0.008
                  0.439  9.864 -0.036 E5 *****WINNER***** 0.434  9.866 -0.034

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