Sun, 4 Nov 2001, 05:49 PM FMDRS 7-6 - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations (Revised)

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the Division Seven FMDRS Final:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Adam Bowdish        9.156 -0.624 Q   25 Tom Huggins         7.426 -0.524
      C/SM Index: 9.78                         B/A Index: 7.95
                  0.479  9.765 -0.015 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.798  7.687 -0.263

12:33 PM

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Brian Olson         7.319 -0.691 Q   29 Tom Brown           8.652 -0.498
      A/ND Index: 8.01                        F/ED Index: 9.15
 *****WINNER***** 0.562  7.892 -0.118 E1                  0.613  9.176  0.026

Margin of victory = 0.195 seconds (approximately 39 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Dennis Radford      6.402 -0.728 Q   32 Charlie Stewart     7.014 -0.466
      A/PM Index: 7.13                        A/ED Index: 7.48
                  0.490  6.675 -0.455 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.546  7.348 -0.132

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  33 David Beckley       6.944 -0.466 Q   14 Jeff Lion           8.461 -0.589
       A/A Index: 7.41                         E/A Index: 9.05
                  0.654  6.967 -0.443 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.512  8.604 -0.446

Beckley was in as first alternate, for Rick Braun. Margin of victory = 0.145 seconds (approximately 42 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  11 Mike DePalma Jr     8.571 -0.609 Q   34 Rob Smith           7.695 -0.455
      A/SM Index: 9.18                        D/ED Index: 8.15
 *****WINNER***** 0.591  9.183  0.003 E1                  0.482  8.708  0.558

Smith was in as second alternate, for Clint Sallee.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  18 Ed Sigmon           8.934 -0.576 Q   15 Edward Shalkowski   8.562 -0.588
      C/SR Index: 9.51                        F/ED Index: 9.15
 *****WINNER***** 0.537  9.059 -0.451 E1                  0.627  8.667 -0.483

Margin of victory = 0.058 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Fred Gross          8.397 -0.653 Q   27 Alan Freese         8.563 -0.517
       E/A Index: 9.05                        C/EA Index: 9.08
 *****WINNER***** 0.577  9.517  0.467 E1                  0.481 14.427  5.347

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  28 Dean Howerton       7.258 -0.502 Q    5 Scott Tidwell       7.649 -0.661
       C/D Index: 7.76                         C/A Index: 8.31
                  0.500  7.257 -0.503 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.528  7.749 -0.561

Howerton gets a perfect light and Tidwell takes a 0.06 second CIC for the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Sean Dodd           7.649 -0.591 Q   21 Pete Carbery        7.418 -0.532
      C/AA Index: 8.24                         B/A Index: 7.95
                  0.595  7.739 -0.501 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.535  7.486 -0.464

Margin of victory = 0.023 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Carbery had a good light and Dodd came very close to a CIC to get the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Don Stratton Jr     8.193 -0.707 Q   31 Larry Mayes         7.482 -0.478
      B/SR Index: 8.90                        B/AA Index: 7.96
 *****WINNER***** 0.553  8.386 -0.514 E1                  0.516  7.607 -0.353

Margin of victory = 0.124 seconds (approximately 33 feet). Mayes had a very good light and Stratton took a 0.01 CIC hit to ensure the win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Andy Manna Jr.      8.559 -0.621 Q   24 Brad Wagner         8.553 -0.527
      D/EA Index: 9.18                        C/EA Index: 9.08
 *****WINNER***** 0.533  8.714 -0.466 E1                  0.560  8.617 -0.463

Margin of victory = 0.030 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Good drag race!

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  13 Phil Cocuzza        8.089 -0.591 Q   20 Rob Slavinski       7.394 -0.566
      B/EA Index: 8.68                        B/AA Index: 7.96
 *****WINNER***** 0.655  8.176 -0.504 E1                  0.574  8.121  0.161

Slavinski was reeling him in when the "Super Clean" Grand Prix suddenly slowed on the top end.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  23 Scott Benham        8.072 -0.528 Q   10 Lucky Snyder        8.435 -0.615
      D/AA Index: 8.60                         E/A Index: 9.05
 *****WINNER***** 0.616  8.125 -0.475 E1                  0.723  8.493 -0.557

Margin of victory = 0.025 seconds (approximately 6 feet). The numbers tell the tale.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  30 Jeff Gillette       7.156 -0.484 Q    3 Jeff Taylor         7.615 -0.695
      B/ED Index: 7.64                         C/A Index: 8.31
                  0.638  7.128 -0.512 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.527  7.829 -0.481

Margin of victory = 0.080 seconds (approximately 22 feet). Taylor cut the tree down and Gillette couldn't catch him after a late start.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  26 Tom Schmidt         8.558 -0.522 Q    7 Bo Butner           7.964 -0.636
      C/EA Index: 9.08                        D/AA Index: 8.60
                  0.525 No Data       E1 *****WINNER***** 0.630  8.653  0.053

Schmidt had a great light, but his car broke, slowly coasting down the strip, the timing system timing out before he reached the finish line.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  17 Bill Kent           7.183 -0.577 Q   16 Tom Snyder          6.824 -0.586
       C/D Index: 7.76                         A/A Index: 7.41
 *****WINNER***** 0.502  7.291 -0.469 E1                  0.949 11.476  4.066

You don't see that very often...Snyder's car may have had a problem because his 60-foot time was way off, over 1.25 seconds.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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