Sun, 12 Nov 2000, 07:42 PM POMONA-2 - Comp Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 36th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Ed Sigmon           8.810 -0.540 Q    1 Arnie Martel        9.345 -0.675
      C/SR Index: 9.21                         GSM Index: 10.02
   (S Wilmoth   ) 0.524  8.775 -0.575 E1                  0.515 10.508  0.488
   (J Lane      ) 0.602  8.709 -0.571 E2   (T Snyder    ) 0.544  9.766 -0.254
                  0.558  8.742 -0.468 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.602  9.425 -0.595

A huge CIC for Martel in the semifinal round. He also got very close to the center line.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Jeff Gillette       6.997 -0.553 Q    3 Andy Manna Jr.      8.427 -0.603
      B/ED Index: 7.44                        D/EA Index: 9.03
   (R Schonberge) 0.572  7.246 -0.304 E1   (V Deceglie  ) 0.513  8.642 -0.388
   (R Braun     ) 0.560  6.939 -0.611 E2   (T Brown     ) 0.500  8.882 -0.148
                  0.522  6.969 -0.471 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.555  8.496 -0.534

Margin of victory = 0.030 seconds (approximately 8 feet). That was a close race as Gillette had a great light. Manna takes another CIC into the next round.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Larry Hedlund       8.481 -0.579 Q    5 Craig Schuck        7.432 -0.578
      A/SM Index: 8.93                        C/ED Index: 7.98
   (J Young     ) 0.550 10.914  1.854 E1   (L Snyder    ) 0.553  7.721 -0.289
   (J Lion      ) 0.603  8.422 -0.638 E2   (J Edwards   ) 0.704  7.494 -0.516
                  0.426 10.793  1.863 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.537  7.656 -0.324

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 Jimmy DeFrank       8.349 -0.541 Q    2 Jeff Taylor         7.909 -0.641
      C/EA Index: 8.89                         D/A Index: 8.55
   (G Hogue     ) 0.547  8.458 -0.432 E1   (K Justice Sr) 0.542  8.193 -0.357
   (A Bowdish   ) 0.599  8.550 -0.340 E2   (J Tanksley  ) 0.615  8.311 -0.239
 *****WINNER***** 0.534  8.283 -0.607 E3                  0.599  7.948 -0.602

DeFrank runs sixty under and will take the CIC to the next round.




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