Sat, 4 Nov 2000, 03:42 PM DALLAS-2 - Comp Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 15th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Pete Carbery        7.349 -0.521 Q   34 Bill Morse          8.611 -0.279
       B/A Index: 7.87                        C/EA Index: 8.89
   (D Manichia  ) 0.529  7.659 -0.211 E1   (B Coates    ) 0.857  9.110  0.220
 *****WINNER***** 0.572  7.374 -0.496 E2                  0.267  8.640 -0.250

2:08 PM The conditions are "killer" right now, so we may see some CIC adjustments this round.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 Joe Shalkowski      8.476 -0.544 Q   10 John Linton         7.483 -0.527
      F/ED Index: 9.02                        C/ED Index: 8.01
   (M Trumble   ) 0.555  8.552 -0.468 E1   (M Johnson   ) 0.400  7.966 -0.044
 *****WINNER***** 0.582  8.625 -0.395 E2                  0.478  7.597 -0.413

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 David Rampy         7.421 -0.639 Q   18 Dennis Smiley       7.069 -0.481
      A/EA Index: 8.06                        B/ED Index: 7.55
   (J McClintic ) 0.638  7.732 -0.328 E1   (A Sauceda   ) 0.577  7.281 -0.269
 *****WINNER***** 0.517  7.764 -0.296 E2                  0.434  7.184 -0.366

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Scott Tidwell       7.669 -0.541 Q    8 Doug Engels         7.568 -0.542
       C/A Index: 8.21                        D/ED Index: 8.11
   (D Robison   ) 0.564  7.710 -0.500 E1   (C Stewart   ) 0.534  7.880 -0.230
                  0.446 12.959  4.749 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.465  9.492  1.382

The V6 buzz from Tidwell ended early, no reason could be seen from this vantage point.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  20 Alan Swindoll       7.399 -0.471 Q    4 Jeff Taylor         7.936 -0.614
       B/A Index: 7.87                         D/A Index: 8.55
   (R Brogdon   ) 0.484  7.608 -0.262 E1   (A Freese    ) 0.616  9.004  0.454
 *****WINNER***** 0.509  7.912  0.042 E2                  0.555 10.411  1.861

Taylor got waaaaayy over towards the wall and wisely lifted.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  21 Keith Mawhee        9.071 -0.469 Q   28 Gary Wise           8.675 -0.385
       G/A Index: 9.54                        D/EA Index: 9.06
   (B Haynes    ) 0.553  9.109 -0.431 E1   (L Pritchett ) 0.501  8.688 -0.372
 *****WINNER***** 0.548  9.113 -0.427 E2                  0.605  8.681 -0.379

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
        Bye                           Q    3 Mike Saye           8.915 -0.625
                                               G/A Index: 9.54
                                     E1   (R Wise      ) 0.529  9.501 -0.039
                                      E2 *****WINNER***** 0.474  9.264 -0.276

Saye gets the single this round and clicks it early.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Arnie Martel        9.376 -0.724 Q   16 Charlie Watson      8.672 -0.498
       GSM Index: 10.10                        F/A Index: 9.17
   (J Shook     ) 0.542  9.777 -0.323 E1   (M Austin    ) 0.278  9.228  0.058
 *****WINNER***** 0.548 10.731  0.631 E2                  0.389 No Time

Watson had trouble getting started, finally getting things going after a couple of attempts. He staged with no burnout, but the car died as soon as he dropped the clutch. 2:19 PM




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