Sun, Oct 18, 01:07 AM TOPEKA - Comp Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 10th annual Parts America Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   2 Randy Jones         7.986 -0.554  Q  26 Mike Foster         7.348 -0.312
   D/A    Index:  8.54                     B/ED   Index:  7.66 
   (M Johnson   ) 0.563  8.008 -0.532 E1   (A Bresch    ) 0.577  7.287 -0.373
 *****WINNER***** 0.624  8.071 -0.469 E2                  0.756  9.256  1.596

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   8 Don Stratton        8.256 -0.514  Q  16 Larry Mayes         8.387 -0.433
   B/SR   Index:  8.74                     D/SM   Index:  8.82 
   (J Geyer     ) 0.575  8.233 -0.537 E1   (T May       ) 0.503  8.356 -0.464
 *****WINNER***** 0.684  8.365 -0.375 E2                  0.499 16.159  7.339

Mayes red-lights, pulls the wheels up and heads toward the wall.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   4 Larry Pritchett     8.289 -0.531  Q  12 Doug Engels         7.543 -0.487
   D/SM   Index:  8.79                     A/EA   Index:  8.03 
   (A Christeson) 0.745  8.285 -0.535 E1   (D Robison   ) 0.599  7.689 -0.341
 *****WINNER***** 0.584  8.208 -0.582 E2                  0.533  7.701 -0.329

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  15 John Linton         7.536 -0.454  Q  23 Tom Suggs           8.500 -0.350
   C/ED   Index:  7.99                     C/EA   Index:  8.85 
   (M Artmann   ) 0.596  7.539 -0.451 E1   (P Carbery   ) 0.501  8.404 -0.446
 *****WINNER***** 0.618  7.576 -0.414 E2                  0.565  8.514 -0.336

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   6 Mike Hazlett        7.444 -0.526  Q  30 Mike Corvo          8.117 -0.133
   B/A    Index:  7.97                     C/A    Index:  8.25 
   (R Kelly     ) 0.564  9.721  1.751 E1   (B Browell   ) 0.608  8.442  0.192
                  0.000 (Broke)       E2 *****WINNER***** 0.506  9.229  0.979

Hazlett didn't make the call to the line.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   3 David Billingsley   7.712 -0.538  Q  11 Jason Tinberg       8.551 -0.489
   C/A    Index:  8.24                     D/EA   Index:  9.04 
   (T Schmidt   ) 0.550  7.734 -0.516 E1   (T Haueter   ) 0.534  9.064  0.024
 *****WINNER***** 0.477  7.812 -0.428 E2                  0.000 (Broke)      

Tinberg was a no show.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   1 Robert Bailey       6.812 -0.558  Q   9 Clint Sallee        7.199 -0.501
   A/ED   Index:  7.34                     C/D    Index:  7.70 
   (D Cook      ) 0.581  6.839 -0.531 E1   (J Angelo    ) 0.555  7.317 -0.383
 *****WINNER***** 0.521  7.138 -0.202 E2                  0.445  9.669  1.969

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   5 Bo Nickens          7.623 -0.527  Q  13 Maryann Austin      7.519 -0.471
   D/ED   Index:  8.15                     C/ED   Index:  7.99 
   (B Harris    ) 0.606  7.824 -0.326 E1   (L Ficco     ) 0.660  8.521  0.531
 *****WINNER***** 0.596 11.582  3.432 E2                  0.310 14.876  6.886

Nickens saw Austin's red light start and decided to take it easy.