Sat, 11 Nov 2000, 01:18 PM POMONA-2 - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 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   25 Steven Wilmoth      8.173 -0.377
      C/SR Index: 9.35                         D/A Index: 8.55
 *****WINNER***** 0.524  8.775 -0.575 E1                  0.595  8.163 -0.387

9:48 AM The air is "good" so we could see some big CIC "hits" this round. Sigmon takes a 0.07 hit for round two.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 John Edwards        8.364 -0.526 Q   21 David Myers         7.712 -0.448
      C/EA Index: 8.89                         C/A Index: 8.16
                  0.473  9.144  0.254 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.000 No Time

Myers was a no-show. Edwards left hard and the rear end stepped out on him.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  31 Ken Justice Sr.     7.868 -0.002 Q    2 Jeff Taylor         7.909 -0.641
       B/A Index: 7.87                         D/A Index: 8.55
                  0.442  7.822 -0.048 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.542  8.193 -0.357

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 Adam Bowdish        9.056 -0.534 Q   23 Daniel Rhoades      8.482 -0.398
      C/SM Index: 9.59                         F/D Index: 8.88
                  0.452  9.790  0.200 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.000 No Time

Rhoades broke as he pulled into the water, the Neon dragster "out'a here."

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  16 Clint Sallee        7.171 -0.499 Q   17 Tom Snyder          6.871 -0.489
       C/D Index: 7.67                         A/A Index: 7.36
                  0.473  7.199 -0.471 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.589  7.396  0.036

Two "heavy hitters" paired off here...both from Division 5. Sallee redlighted and Snyder had a horrible run - tire shake, short-shifting, and all over the lane. But he's a winner...

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Jeff Lane           8.201 -0.539 Q   24 Tom Huggins         7.485 -0.385
      B/SR Index: 8.74                         B/A Index: 7.87
 *****WINNER***** 0.559  8.178 -0.562 E1                  0.565  7.441 -0.429

Margin of victory = 0.139 seconds (approximately 38 feet), Lane taking a 0.06 hit for the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 Jimmy DeFrank       8.349 -0.541 Q   26 Greg Hogue          7.770 -0.320
      C/EA Index: 8.89                        D/ED Index: 8.09
 *****WINNER***** 0.547  8.458 -0.432 E1                  0.471  7.754 -0.336

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  19 Tommy Brown         8.536 -0.484 Q   14 Fred Gross          8.387 -0.503
      F/ED Index: 9.02                         E/A Index: 8.89
 *****WINNER***** 0.516  8.487 -0.533 E1                  0.583  8.350 -0.540

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Larry Hedlund       8.481 -0.579 Q   29 Joe Young           8.829 -0.061
      A/SM Index: 9.06                         E/A Index: 8.89
 *****WINNER***** 0.550 10.914  1.854 E1                  0.448  8.807 -0.083

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  18 Rich Howell         7.183 -0.487 Q   15 Joey Tanksley       7.050 -0.500
       C/D Index: 7.67                        B/ED Index: 7.55
                  0.625  7.502 -0.168 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.549  7.022 -0.528

Tanksley took a 0.02 hit here...

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  20 Clint Neff          7.211 -0.459 Q   13 Jeff Lion           8.371 -0.519
       C/D Index: 7.67                         E/A Index: 8.89
                  0.437  7.218 -0.452 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.517  8.652 -0.238

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Craig Schuck        7.432 -0.578 Q   28 Lucky Snyder        7.980 -0.180
      C/ED Index: 8.01                         C/A Index: 8.16
 *****WINNER***** 0.553  7.721 -0.289 E1                  0.690  7.907 -0.253

Margin of victory = 0.173 seconds (approximately 44 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  11 Rick Braun          8.020 -0.530 Q   22 David N. Ebbert     6.755 -0.445
       D/A Index: 8.55                         A/D Index: 7.20
 *****WINNER***** 0.536  8.041 -0.509 E1                  0.599  6.762 -0.438

Ebbert wads the tires up on the launch, shaking hard, and drives through it to run 203.06 mph. But in a losing effort.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Andy Manna Jr.      8.427 -0.603 Q   30 Vincent Deceglie    7.345 -0.015
      D/EA Index: 9.03                         A/A Index: 7.36
 *****WINNER***** 0.513  8.642 -0.388 E1                  0.573  7.471  0.111

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Jeff Gillette       6.997 -0.553 Q   27 Richard Schonberge  9.613 -0.187
      B/ED Index: 7.55                        F/SM Index: 9.80
 *****WINNER***** 0.572  7.246 -0.304 E1                  0.000 No Time

Schonberger was unable to answer the call for eliminations, so Gillette got a single.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
        Bye                           Q    1 Arnie Martel        9.345 -0.675
                                               GSM Index: 10.02
                                      E1 *****WINNER***** 0.515 10.508  0.488

Martel gets the odd-lot bye run.




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