Sat, 29 Jul 2006, 08:13 PM Super Comp Final, Round 6 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of final, round 6 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA, Second annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2096 David Tatum III                      2682 Mike Fuqua                   
E6   ****WINNER****  0.022  8.900 169.81                     0.010  8.926 166.62
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.000             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E5    (R Connolly  ) 0.007  8.934  0.034      (B Jackson   ) 0.020  8.924  0.024
E4    (W Schoenstei) 0.030  8.930  0.030      (J Szilagyi  ) 0.014  8.920  0.020
E3    (J Lynch     ) 0.020  8.922  0.022      (D James     ) 0.013  8.902  0.002
E2    (T Hoosigian ) 0.028  8.929  0.029      (Bye         ) -0.010  8.898 -0.002
E1    (J Bruzzo    ) 0.006  8.896 -0.004      (B Brown     ) 0.014  8.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #18  8.896 -0.004                        #1  8.902  0.002

8:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 29.25 inches, adjusted altitude 2,761 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

These two outlasted a star-studded field to get this far. Fuqua had the light, but Tatum got the "Perfectly Strange" award and the "Wally" with the win light when Fuqua gave up the stripe. David Tatum III's MOV: 0.0148 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink