Sun, 4 Nov 2001, 09:01 PM FMDRS 7-6 - Comp Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the Division Seven FMDRS Final:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Don Stratton Jr     8.193 -0.707 Q    7 Bo Butner           7.964 -0.636
      B/SR Index: 8.89                        D/AA Index: 8.60
   (L Mayes     ) 0.553  8.386 -0.514 E1   (T Schmidt   ) 0.630  8.653  0.053
   (E Sigmon    ) 0.541  8.453 -0.437 E2   (S Benham    ) 0.543  8.262 -0.338
                  0.488  9.450  0.560 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.632 11.463  2.863

5:47 PM It's dark out there and Stratton responded a little early.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Jeff Taylor         7.615 -0.695 Q    6 Fred Gross          8.397 -0.653
       C/A Index: 8.30                         E/A Index: 9.02
   (J Gillette  ) 0.527  7.829 -0.481 E1   (A Freese    ) 0.577  9.517  0.467
   (J Lion      ) 0.557  7.794 -0.516 E2   (M DePalma Jr) 0.512  8.517 -0.533
 *****WINNER***** 0.532  8.017 -0.283 E3                  0.000 15.125  6.105

Gross was a full bulb early...

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  17 Bill Kent           7.183 -0.577 Q    9 Andy Manna Jr.      8.559 -0.621
       C/D Index: 7.75                        D/EA Index: 9.18
   (T Snyder    ) 0.502  7.291 -0.469 E1   (B Wagner    ) 0.533  8.714 -0.466
   (C Stewart   ) 0.520  7.245 -0.515 E2   (T Huggins   ) 0.547  8.720 -0.460
                  0.623  7.214 -0.536 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.557  8.618 -0.562

Kent's car went to the left and made most of the run out of the groove. Margin of victory = 0.092 seconds (approximately 25 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Brian Olson         7.319 -0.691 Q    5 Scott Tidwell       7.649 -0.661
      A/ND Index: 8.01                         C/A Index: 8.25
   (T Brown     ) 0.562  7.892 -0.118 E1   (D Howerton  ) 0.528  7.749 -0.561
   (P Cocuzza   ) 0.787  8.139  0.129 E2   (P Carbery   ) 0.514  7.798 -0.452
 *****WINNER***** 0.606  7.972 -0.038 E3                  0.432  7.891 -0.359

Olson's new nickname ought to be "Red Light Bandit!" That's three rounds in a row...

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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