Sun, 21 Oct 2001, 02:22 PM DALLAS - Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock at the 16th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  16 V. Gaines           6.911 200.49  Q   10 Tom Martino         6.898 200.26
   (J Yates     ) 0.409  6.915 200.35  E1   (T Coughlin  ) 0.411  6.923 199.20
 *****WINNER***** 0.730  6.938 192.30  E2                  0.356  6.935 199.60

Martino was too quick and turned on the red light giving Gaines the freebie.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 Warren Johnson      6.891 200.53  Q   17 Brad Jeter          6.914 200.04
   (R Krisher   ) 0.446  6.906 199.91  E1   (M Edwards   ) 0.405  7.369 149.03
                  0.462  6.914 199.77  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.425  6.946 199.11

Jeter with the starting line advantage and the power to hold off the hard charging WJ to take the win. Margin of victory = 0.005 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 Tom Hammonds        6.883 200.22  Q   13 Darrell Alderman    6.902 199.51
   (M Osborne   ) 0.448  6.883 200.40  E1   (H Blakeney  ) 0.434  6.949 200.17
 *****WINNER***** 0.423  6.908 200.31  E2                  0.442  6.925 199.86

Hammonds with the starting line advantage and blasted on through the 1320 for the win light. Hammonds with the quickest et of the round.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Bruce Allen         6.878 200.35  Q    6 George Marnell      6.885 200.31
   (G Anderson  ) 0.418  6.896 200.17  E1   (K Johnson   ) 0.448  6.904 199.77
                  0.454  6.881 200.49  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.414  6.914 199.33

Marnell strapped a hole shot on Allen and had the power to hold off Allen for the hole-shot win. Margin of victory = 0.007 seconds (approximately 2 feet). Marnell with lane choice over Gaines and Hammonds with his choice over Jeter in the semi-finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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