Sat, 13 Nov 1999, 06:29 PM POMONA - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 35th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  11 Al Bresch           9.105 -0.525 Q   26 Larry Winter        7.752 -0.348
      C/SM Index: 9.63                        D/ED Index: 8.10
 *****WINNER***** 0.517  9.129 -0.501 E1                  0.504  7.812 -0.288

3:04 PM

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Jim Warter          8.841 -0.529 Q   24 David Myers         7.769 -0.411
      B/SM Index: 9.37                         C/A Index: 8.18
                  0.706  8.854 -0.516 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.546  7.779 -0.401

Horrible light for Warter ends his weekend....

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Rick Braun          7.958 -0.562 Q   18 Rich Howell         7.363 -0.467
      B/EA Index: 8.52                         B/A Index: 7.83
 *****WINNER***** 0.650  8.005 -0.515 E1                  0.430  7.435 -0.395

Red Light!

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 Rob Slavinski       7.302 -0.528 Q   25 Kurt Cruise         8.448 -0.362
       B/A Index: 7.83                        C/EA Index: 8.81
 *****WINNER***** 0.528  7.345 -0.485 E1                  0.512  8.505 -0.305

Good race after a staging battle - margin of victory = 0.164 seconds (approximately 38 feet).

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  13 Brian Hyerstay      9.449 -0.501 Q   28 Mike Smith          8.451 -0.219
       G/D Index: 9.95                        B/SR Index: 8.67
                  0.983  9.546 -0.404 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.509  8.536 -0.134

Lot's of tire spin for the VW powered G dragster ends his weekend early.

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Bryan Morrison      8.838 -0.532 Q   23 Donnie Hedrick      8.094 -0.426
      B/SM Index: 9.37                        B/EA Index: 8.52
 *****WINNER***** 0.633  8.887 -0.483 E1                  0.572  8.132 -0.388

That was close - margin of victory = 0.034 seconds (approximately 8 feet)

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  14 Clint Sallee        7.199 -0.491 Q   29 Greg Hogue          7.900 -0.200
       C/D Index: 7.69                        D/ED Index: 8.10
 *****WINNER***** 0.566  7.351 -0.339 E1                  0.558  7.967 -0.133

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Doug Stewart        7.025 -0.515 Q   27 Clint Neff          7.347 -0.343
      B/ED Index: 7.54                         C/D Index: 7.69
                  0.658  7.087 -0.453 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.617  7.252 -0.438

Stewart zigged and zagged all the way downtrack....

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  16 Ed Sigmon           8.821 -0.489 Q    1 Tom Snyder          6.747 -0.593
      C/SR Index: 9.31                         A/A Index: 7.34
                  0.308  8.783 -0.527 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.269  6.984 -0.356

Sigmon staged WAY early and didn't have enough "wait" to wait.... Snyder lifted early.

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Jeff Gillette       6.993 -0.547 Q   19 Alan Freese         8.348 -0.462
      B/ED Index: 7.54                        C/EA Index: 8.81
 *****WINNER***** 0.551  7.107 -0.433 E1                  0.617  8.373 -0.437

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Fred Gross          7.987 -0.543 Q   21 Rob Robinson        8.077 -0.443
       D/A Index: 8.53                        B/EA Index: 8.52
 *****WINNER***** 0.613  8.039 -0.491 E1                  0.513  8.144 -0.376

Robinson can't get the whole package against the dragster.

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Tom Brown           8.487 -0.543 Q   20 Ed Bennett          6.647 -0.453
      F/ED Index: 9.03                         A/D Index: 7.10
 *****WINNER***** 0.536  8.519 -0.511 E1                  0.537  6.798 -0.302

Brown gets a .01 CIC next round, but beat the V

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Andy Manna          8.734 -0.576 Q   17 Jim Kennedy         8.638 -0.482
      C/SR Index: 9.31                         F/A Index: 9.12
 *****WINNER***** 0.552  8.815 -0.495 E1                  0.532  8.835 -0.285

Manna said this morning his championship win wouldn't sink in till "at least Tuesday". He goes to round two tomorrow, just missing the CIC marker...

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 Jeff Lion           8.584 -0.536 Q   22 John Chamberlin     6.944 -0.436
       F/A Index: 9.12                         B/D Index: 7.38
 *****WINNER***** 0.520  8.677 -0.443 E1                  0.595  6.931 -0.449

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  15 Pete Carbery        7.340 -0.490 Q   30 David Cook          7.049 -0.051
       B/A Index: 7.83                         A/D Index: 7.10
 *****WINNER***** 0.548  7.436 -0.394 E1                        No Time      

Cook is a no show, so Carbery will have a single.

We end round one with only one CIC adjustment for round two tomorrow! 3:23 PM




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