Sat, 29 Sep 2001, 05:01 PM CHICAGO-2 - Comp Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the Inaugural NHRA Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  17 Mike Saye           8.926 -0.614 Q    1 Hurley Blakeney     6.606 -0.794
       G/A Index: 9.48                       AA/AT Index: 7.40
   (S Kalkowski ) 0.557  8.971 -0.569 E1   (D Auxier    ) 0.566  7.160 -0.240
 *****WINNER***** 0.574  9.008 -0.472 E2                  0.000  7.439  0.039

11:32 AM

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  14 Steve Ambrose       7.870 -0.620 Q    3 Bo Butner           8.057 -0.733
      I/AA Index: 8.49                        E/AA Index: 8.79
   (J Fairleigh ) 0.633  8.409 -0.081 E1   (S Johnson   ) 0.622  8.962  0.172
                  0.500  7.929 -0.561 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.548  8.124 -0.666

Ambrose gets a perfect light and makes a good run but can't hold off Butner. Margin of victory = 0.057 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 David Billingsley   7.505 -0.635 Q    7 Mike Hazlett        7.199 -0.671
      C/AA Index: 8.14                         B/A Index: 7.71
   (G Treadwell ) 0.501  7.725 -0.415 E1   (D Fiore     ) 0.677  7.201 -0.669
 *****WINNER***** 0.632  7.493 -0.647 E2                  0.504  7.300 -0.410

Billingsley takes the win and gets a CIC hit.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Brian Browell       7.331 -0.679 Q   11 David Cook Jr.      6.810 -0.630
       D/D Index: 8.01                         B/D Index: 7.44
   (F Allen     ) 0.543  7.562 -0.448 E1   (D Kilheffer ) 0.545  7.278 -0.162
                  0.611  7.337 -0.673 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.536  6.819 -0.621

Margin of victory = 0.023 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Santo Volpe         6.847 -0.703 Q   13 Doug Engels         7.388 -0.622
      AA/A Index: 7.55                        D/ED Index: 7.92
   (B Zaskowski ) 0.565  7.162 -0.388 E1   (M Lund      ) 0.605  7.415 -0.595
 *****WINNER***** 0.547  6.970 -0.580 E2                  0.583  7.807 -0.113

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Jeff Taylor         7.453 -0.757 Q   15 Jerry Arnold        8.513 -0.617
       C/A Index: 8.09                        E/EA Index: 9.13
   (R Slavinski ) 0.524  7.585 -0.625 E1   (J Perrella  ) 0.564  8.918 -0.212
                  0.521  7.700 -0.390 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.547  8.538 -0.592

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Robert Bailey       6.725 -0.625 Q    5 David Rampy         7.191 -0.679
      A/ED Index: 7.28                        B/AA Index: 7.87
   (P Ross      ) 0.537  6.772 -0.578 E1   (B Stufflebea) 0.516  7.731 -0.139
                  0.607  6.841 -0.439 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.518  7.308 -0.562

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Frank Affronti      7.574 -0.636 Q   25 Tom Schmidt         8.414 -0.516
       C/A Index: 8.11                        C/EA Index: 8.93
   (J Pursglove ) 0.522  7.604 -0.606 E1   (R Gillings  ) 0.531  8.436 -0.494
                  0.563  7.563 -0.547 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.516  8.407 -0.523

Margin of victory = 0.023 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink