Sat, Oct 10, 08:20 PM MEMPHIS - Comp Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Ed Dykes What, No Redlight?

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 11th annual Pennzoil Nationals presented by AutoZone:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  18 Joey Tanksley       7.197 -0.463  Q   2 Rob Slavinski       7.368 -0.592
   C/D    Index:  7.66                     B/A    Index:  7.96 
 *****WINNER***** 0.519  7.386 -0.274 E1                  0.614  7.768 -0.192

2:50 PM and Tanksley wins without the traditional first-pair redlight.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  13 Glen Treadwell      7.542 -0.488  Q  29 Jim Winje           9.199 -0.181
   A/EA   Index:  8.03                     B/SM   Index:  9.38 
 *****WINNER***** 0.573  7.652 -0.378 E1                  0.649  9.305 -0.075

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  14 Mike McGrew         8.285 -0.485  Q  30 Don Baskin          9.945  1.405
   B/SR   Index:  8.77                     D/A    Index:  8.54 
                  0.646 15.853  7.083 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.585  8.618  0.078

Baskin never got a full qualifying run all weekend, but he gets a gift here, as McGrew gets completely sideways at the 330' mark and has to abort.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  32 Scooter Anderson   20.922 11.592  Q  16 David Myers         8.048 -0.472
   C/SR   Index:  9.33                     B/EA   Index:  8.52 
                  0.630  9.262 -0.068 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.516  8.056 -0.464

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  10 David Dupps         8.259 -0.521  Q  26 Mike Johnson        7.585 -0.375
   J/A    Index:  8.78                     B/A    Index:  7.96 
 *****WINNER***** 0.609  8.153 -0.627 E1                  0.518  7.474 -0.486

Dupps needed a ton of index to overcome that start.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   9 Mike Saye           8.953 -0.527  Q  25 George Gallimore    6.975 -0.385
   G/A    Index:  9.48                     A/A    Index:  7.36 
 *****WINNER***** 0.511  8.929 -0.551 E1                  0.662  7.033 -0.327

Saye wasn't watching behind himself, that's for sure.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Mike Farrell        7.397 -0.563  Q  20 Doug Stewart        7.213 -0.447
   B/A    Index:  7.96                     B/ED   Index:  7.66 
 *****WINNER***** 0.526  7.402 -0.558 E1                  0.521  7.158 -0.502

More gifts for the CIC gods...

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  12 Maryann Austin      7.502 -0.488  Q  28 Tom Haueter         7.887 -0.263
   C/ED   Index:  7.99                     D/ED   Index:  8.15 
                  0.603  7.461 -0.529 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.563  7.591 -0.559

And more here.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Larry Pritchett     8.207 -0.613  Q  17 Allen Stanfield     9.322 -0.468
   D/SM   Index:  8.82                     F/SM   Index:  9.79 
 *****WINNER***** 0.529  8.331 -0.489 E1                  0.590  9.287 -0.503

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 Buddy Nickens       7.718 -0.532  Q  23 Tommy Porter        8.745 -0.395
   C/A    Index:  8.25                     F/A    Index:  9.14 
 *****WINNER***** 0.640  7.743 -0.507 E1                  0.545  8.766 -0.374

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 David Rampy         8.228 -0.542  Q  22 Jim Kimbrough       7.611 -0.419
   B/SR   Index:  8.77                     A/EA   Index:  8.03 
 *****WINNER***** 0.512  8.269 -0.501 E1                  0.526  7.590 -0.440

Just watching Rampy's car, I thought he redlighted, here...

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Larry Mayes         8.291 -0.529  Q  24 Mike Corvo          7.861 -0.389
   D/SM   Index:  8.82                     C/A    Index:  8.25 
 *****WINNER***** 0.514  8.284 -0.536 E1                  0.491  7.954 -0.296

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 Bill Kent           7.109 -0.591  Q  19 Todd Frantz         7.702 -0.448
   C/D    Index:  7.70                     D/ED   Index:  8.15 
 *****WINNER***** 0.500  7.267 -0.433 E1                  0.655  7.736 -0.414

Kent gets a perfect start, here, and the V-6 is outta here.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  11 John Linton         7.472 -0.518  Q  27 Greg Williams       8.478 -0.342
   C/ED   Index:  7.99                     D/SM   Index:  8.82 
 *****WINNER***** 0.535  7.762 -0.228 E1                  0.483  8.332 -0.488

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Jerry Hemmingson    7.407 -0.553  Q  21 John Frech          8.424 -0.436
   B/A    Index:  7.96                     F/D    Index:  8.86 
                  0.623  7.446 -0.514 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.522  8.382 -0.478

Hemmingson gave up a tenth at the start, and Frech took full advantage.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  31 Alan Freese        10.763  2.193  Q  15 Ted May             7.135 -0.485
   B/EA   Index:  8.57                     BB/AT  Index:  7.62 
 *****WINNER***** 0.579  8.472 -0.098 E1                  0.000 (Broke)      

And May is a no-show for the last pair of the round, so only the sweet sixteen remain.